James Clapper: Russia Definitely Guilty Of Hacking, Fake News/Disinformation attack

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6. It's really pretty amazing don't you think??

I mean....think about it.

You used to have to invade a country, fight a war that cost many millions or billions and lives in order to install a leader friendly to your regime in power in a country you opposed.

Now thanks to the short attention span and natural paranoia of the US public Russia can use our own free press against us to install somebody as president without firing a shot.

Plus since repressive countries control the internet and press more than we do they are somewhat immune from the same type of retaliation from us.

We would have to wage war to achieve what they can achieve with some hackers and trolls to push public opinion.

Then you look at Trump. Just about the one thing that all the people he has appointed have in common is their ties to Russia.
He talks about weakening NATO, he's talking about doing the same thing to the CIA and US intelligence the GOP have already done to other parts of the gov't far as making them weak and ineffective.

It's amazing. I mean he pretty much bowing to Russia and the GOP electorate, who used to be so anti Russia, now conditioned to be loyal to brand only regardless of true ideology falls in line after years of hating on Russia.

We may be doomed if people remain so easily manipulated. I think they will and what a great revenge for the former Communists. They are doing us in using the very freedoms we always valued as weapons.

Remember the Rove tactic of attacking the candidate not on his weaknesses but on his greatest strength?? Looks like the Russians figured out our open society could be weaponized!