What Glenn Greenwald Gets Wrong about Russian Hacking

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https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-glenn-greenwald-gets-wrong-about-russian-hacking/

His latest essay on Substack shows that even while he has gained a reputation of late for telling it as it is, his perspective on broader U.S.–Russia issues is still blinkered, leading him to some odd, though characteristic, conclusions that ignore the nature of the Russian regime. He downplays the seriousness of the cyberattack, says that the alarm is a product of intelligence community lies, and writes that it’s nothing abnormal because the United States does the same things.

Of course, people with knowledge of the situation would disagree that it’s something to be brushed off. Here’s a brief, though incomplete, summary of the damage from the Wall Street Journal:

The hacking operation exposed as many as hundreds of thousands of government and corporate networks to potential risk and alarmed national-security officials in the Trump administration as well as executives at FireEye, some of whom view it as far more significant than a routine case of foreign cyber espionage, people familiar with the matter said.

While those familiar with the hack couldn’t precisely specify its scope or the resulting damage to the U.S. government, several described it as among the most potentially worrisome cyberattacks in years, because it may have allowed Russia to access sensitive information from government agencies, defense contractors and other industries. One person familiar with the matter said the campaign was a “10” on a scale of one to 10, in terms of its likely severity and national-security implications.

 

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In what's clearly a "believe this person, not that person!".. having reported on issues of national security for years (and in the business of exposing the very abuses "national security" tries to protect), Glenn has long been proven reputable and ethical, not to mention as a public figure he's both scrutible and accountable. The sourced opposition are faceless bureaucrats such as "one person familiar with the matter", among good company of bureaucrats who are among the most unaccountable people clearly protecting themselves from transparency. 

 

No contest.. Glenn. 

Edited December 24, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

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Not to mention that Glenn never said it was not the Russians, only that the evidence has not conclusively proven it.

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Greenwald mantra "Russia and China, they didn't do it and the US does worse every day"

 

 

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On 12/25/2020 at 11:11 AM, CanAm1980 said:

Greenwald mantra "Russia and China, they didn't do it and the US does worse every day"

 

 

Not entirely a narrative.  Greenwald makes a point regarding those calling this an act of war, if this was indeed the case, the US would be at war with almost every country out there.