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1. Thanks I read about this on Bloomberg the other day but didn't post it

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:04 PM

Aug 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-10/why-some-u-s-ex-spies-don-t-buy-the-russia-story

It includes details about download speed which I had not heard before but it also took VIPS claims at face value.

The really interesting part to me was that it mentions that The Nation and Consortium News are now Russian disinformation distributors:

Unlike the "current and former intelligence officials" anonymously quoted in stories about the Trump-Russia scandal, VIPS members actually have names. But their findings and doubts are only being aired by non-mainstream publications that are easy to accuse of being channels for Russian disinformation. The Nation, Consortium News, ZeroHedge and other outlets have pointed to their findings that at least some of the DNC files were taken by an insider rather than by hackers, Russian or otherwise.

There is now another thread dealing with the changes in The Nation
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029442979

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Excellent takedown of the Nation and its ridiculous DNC hacking story [View all] Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 OP

Thanks I read about this on Bloomberg the other day but didn't post it underpants Aug 2017 #1

+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #2

I posted in that thread too but wanted people to see this story Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #3

Obviously Russian apologists, the nation is not for this nation. America is Russia or USSR MiddleClass Aug 2017 #4

I read her rebuttal Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #5

Exactly, authoritarian? I believe that it's just a partial descriptive adjective MiddleClass Aug 2017 #6

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It has been and is being investigated Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #8

Check out my post 9. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #10

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That's the second time you are repeating this alt-right meme, debunked by Comey himself. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #13

They didn't have to ... YCHDT Aug 2017 #22

Holy Shit You Just Posted Conspiracy Theory Tweeted By Donald Trump! VermontKevin Aug 2017 #9

Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #12

Again, you are repeating an alt-right meme debunked by Comey himself. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #14

But did the FBI actually investigate the actual DNC servers? Trial_By_Fire Aug 2017 #15

Why don't you address the points in the article rather ... Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #17

Not just an "alt-right" meme, but bullshit raised by Trump himself. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #25

Again, you repeat an alt-right meme debunked by Comey himself. I can't make you read why VermontKevin Aug 2017 #18

The statement about the servers is false on its face, why repeat that here? YCHDT Aug 2017 #16

Indeed, why? VermontKevin Aug 2017 #19

I am a Democrat - I am fact based... Trial_By_Fire Aug 2017 #20

Not on this issue, copies of the servers were given to the FBI YCHDT Aug 2017 #23

The Moral Majority is neither. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #24

Your title is rather prescient. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #21

Thank you and for your contributions here n/t Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #26

You are quite welcome. This is an informative OP, and a revealing thread. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #27