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French won't even let press &

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 06 May 2017 15:59:24 +0000

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French won't even let press & websites distribute the mixed real/fake docs - what a bunch of spoil sports - that would never fly in the US.

To my mind....it is un

Richard Day — Sat, 06 May 2017 15:35:06 +0000

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To my mind....it is un-English, it is un-American, it is French

(MT)

In this day and age, it is un-American, it is un-European,, it is Russian.

What is true and what is false, what is believable and what is fantasy....

I do not have the files so to speak.

Russia is still our enemy or our competitor or whatever.

The USSR is gone but the nukes are not gone.

The deep Reuters article on

Obey — Sat, 06 May 2017 14:16:54 +0000

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The deep Reuters article on the hack:

Vitali Kremez, director of research with New York-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint, told Reuters his review indicates that APT 28, a group tied to the GRU, the Russian military intelligence directorate, was behind the leak. He cited similarities with U.S. election hacks that have been previously attributed to that group.

APT28 last month registered decoy internet addresses to mimic the name of En Marche, which it likely used send tainted emails to hack into the campaign’s computers, Kremez said. Those domains include onedrive-en-marche.fr and mail-en-marche.fr.

"If indeed driven by Moscow, this leak appears to be a significant escalation over the previous Russian operations aimed at the U.S. presidential election, expanding the approach and scope of effort from simple espionage efforts towards more direct attempts to sway the outcome," Kremez said.

Added to the evidence that the GRU-connected hackers are also falsifying documents, it will be interesting to see how they escalate these operations against Merkel in the German election, given that she is turning out to be Putin's new Bête Noire. Bizarre that Russia still faces no repercussions for these actions. Are Trump and Tillerson really so deep in Putin's pocket that they are fighting any suggestion of counter-measures?

Caught this on twitter:

Obey — Sat, 06 May 2017 14:03:36 +0000

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Caught this on twitter:

https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/860825794876231684

metadata traces the bahama offshore account documents to Russia.

Latest poll says it's 63% for

Obey — Sat, 06 May 2017 13:29:19 +0000

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Latest poll says it's 63% for Macron and 37% for Le Pen, with 89% CERTAIN of their current choice, and numbers trending in Macron's favor. So it's looking pretty solid.

http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/05/05/presidentielle-un-sondage-ipsos-confirme-la-dynamique-en-faveur-d-emmanuel-macron-apres-le-debat_5123295_4854003.html

They've managed to swing coverage towards the FACT of the hack and away from any salacious CONTENT. So I don't think it will affect anyone's votes.

I didn't see the debate, but friends who watched said it was the worst debate in memory, with little discussion of policy proposals. But it seems that Macron just needed to appear authoritative and assured. Which he seems to have managed.

I might just sleep soundly tonight

For people who fit Trump's MO

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 06 May 2017 13:18:22 +0000

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For people who fit Trump's MO, who thought it mattered a lot, the majority thought he won the debates (by a small margin). Just remember that there are other people who seriously don't seen things like you, however reality-challenged that may make them.

Well, there is no question

CVille Dem — Sat, 06 May 2017 13:12:04 +0000

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Well, there is no question who won the Clinton-trump debates. But the French see what a bufoon trump is, and they know tha LePen is almost as bad. There are a number of "Deplorables" there too. Fingers crossed.

Flavius — Sat, 06 May 2017 10:16:56 +0000

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Seated at a long table at Alice Tully ,Wednesday , the guy to my wife´s right had just come from watching the final Macron/Le Pen debate. Which he described as a clear cut Macron win. For example , he said, when responding to a question Macron´s answer always directly addressed the issue whereas her´s ,usually given after fumbling in her documents,didn´t..

Which Macron pointed out.

In 25 years of watching such encounters in connection with his ¨Government¨ classes he said (they were academics on their way to the opera) he´d never seen such a conclusive victory.

Let´s hope.

His fault - why was he using

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 06 May 2017 05:13:26 +0000

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His fault - why was he using email that's not secured well enough, plus the public has the right to know.