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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by ecommerceguy on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:37PM (#12739987)
My gosh is the Russia did it meme still floating around?
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by cm2012 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:22PM (#12740227)
The US gov is 99% certain it was and is Russia.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by krylon on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @07:26AM (#12742828)
Remember how certain the US government was about chemical and biological weapons in Iraq?

I do not consider the US government a credible source in these matters. Especially since the pointing to Russia seemed more about distracting from the content of the documents WikiLeaks released.

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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by virtuabhi on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:41PM (#12740317)
Care to point to proof?
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by blkhawk on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @05:06AM (#12742252)
It was widely reported that the US Goverment said it was the russians - so its 100% true!!!11!!!1
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by zackya89 on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @06:39AM (#12742609)
Yes, The US Govt. would never have an agenda. I dont regard Russia as some democratic bastion, quite the contrary, but let's not pretend that the U.S is a democratic bastion, its more of an oligarchy compared to most industrialized countries with legalized bribery.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by heurist on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @08:56AM (#12743297)
Even the oligarchy has multiple factions. In the most partisan era since the civil war how could the White House expect to release a statement that Russia is attempting to subvert our elections without being called out as fraud? They either have no dignity or are absolutely certain. You can say a lot about Obama but he certainly has dignity.
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