Those guys in Russia are to blame for everything.
Those guys in Russia are to blame for everything.
At least that’s what those guys who supported Hillary in the presidential election would have us believe. I don’t think Putin and his guys are what you would call champions of truth and virtue, and I would not be surprised to learn that they hack anyone’s emails who they view as an opponent, but I also know that the NSA in the US has been doing exactly the same thing around the world for many years. That doesn’t make it OK, but it shows the hypocracy of those who endorse such actions for themselves but pretend to be shocked when done by others.
On top of that is the fact that, so far, neither the CIA or NSA have offered any hard evidence that Russia had anything to do with the DNC email hacks. In fact, there is good reason to suspect that the emails were sent to WikiLeaks by Seth Rich, an computer programmer for the Democrat National Committee who had access to the DNC computer. It may not be a coincidence that Seth was shot to death on the street near his home shortly after the hack was discovered. In case you are not aware of this, here are two stories that provide the details: (News item 1) (News item 2)
Even if the hack really was done by Russia, the facts revealed in the emails are more important to the security of America than who released them. The Establishment wants us to be indignant at the possibility of Russia doing the same thing the US does and entirely forget about the corruption that the emails revealed.
If Al Capone had leaked the private letters of Bugsy the Butcher proving that Bugsy had murdered the Chief of Police, are we to be so offended by the unauthorized publication of Bugsy’s letters that we forgive him of the murders? Even if Russia did hack the emails – which is doubtful – that would not purify Hillary or entitle her to occupy the White House.
G. Edward Griffin
2016 December 16