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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by wyager on Friday October 07, 2016 @04:23PM (#12663657)
>Why would they lie?

Are you joking? Do you not see the massive political motivation there?

And of course, the US government has a great track record with telling the truth about security issues.

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by tomjakubowski on Friday October 07, 2016 @04:26PM (#12663672)
What's the political motivation for the DNI to lie? Clapper isn't really a politician and as far as I know he's not affiliated with any party.
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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by dragonwriter on Friday October 07, 2016 @04:35PM (#12663737)
> Clapper isn't really a politician

No one who gets any position that requires Senate confirmation is "not really a politician" (and, yes, that includes general/flag officers in the military) -- they may be purely bureaucratic rather than electoral politicians, but they are politicians nonetheless.

But, yeah, I don't see a lot of evidence that Clapper is a Democratic (or other) partisan.

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by turar on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:38PM (#12664471)
Russia just told the US that if Americans attack Syrian troops, Russia will intervene on Syria's behalf. That should be the major story actually.
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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by ak4g on Friday October 07, 2016 @04:26PM (#12663677)
Of course I do, which is why I asked the 2nd question:

> What gives you reason to think they (not the DNC!) be that colossally stupid?

The political motivation is what would make lying here colossally stupid.

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