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CrowdStrike: a Conspiracy Wrapped in a Conspiracy Inside a Conspiracy
2019-12-07
[Frontpage] In the last few days, media talking heads have been saying the word "CrowdStrike" a lot, defining it as a wild conspiracy theory originating in Moscow. They were joined by Chris Wallace at Fox News, who informed us that president Trump and his ill-informed fans believe in a crazy idea that the DNC wasn't hacked by the Russians but by some Ukrainian group named CrowdStrike that stole the DNC server and brought it to Ukraine , and that it was Ukraine that meddled in our 2016 election and not Russia.

A crazy idea indeed. Except that neither Trump nor his fans had ever heard of it until the Democrat-media complex condescendingly informed them that these are their beliefs.

Let's look at the facts:
Fact 1. In 2016 the DNC hired the Ukrainian-owned firm CrowdStrike to analyze their server and investigate a data breach.

Fact 2. CrowdStrike experts determined that the culprit was Russia.

Fact 3. The FBI never received access to the DNC server, so the Russian connection was never officially confirmed and continues to be an allegation coming from the DNC and its Ukrainian-owned contractor.

Fact 4. Absent the official verdict, other theories continue to circulate, including the possibility that the theft was an inside job by a DNC employee, who simply copied the files to a USB drive and sent it to WikiLeaks.

None of these facts was ever disputed by anyone. The media largely ignored them except for the part about the Russian hackers, which boosted their own, now debunked, wild conspiracy theory that Trump was a Russian agent.

Now that Trump had asked the newly elected Ukrainian president Zelensky to look into CrowdStrike during that fateful July phone call, the media all at once started telling us that "CrowdStrike" is a code word for a conspiracy theory so insane that only Trump could believe in it, which is just more proof of how insane he is.

But if Trump had really said what Mr. Wallace and the media claim, Ukrainians would be the first to call him on it and the impeachment would've been over by now. Instead, Ukrainians back Trump every step of the way.
Related:
CrowdStrike: 2019-11-20 FBI Never Saw CrowdStrike Unredacted or Final Report on Alleged Russian Hacking Because None was Produced
CrowdStrike: 2019-11-19 US embassy official says Sondland told him Trump 'doesn't give a shi* about Ukraine'
CrowdStrike: 2019-11-08 Alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella was Biden guest at State Department banquet
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Ref #5: Tell me again who killed Seth Rich?

We certainly do not know the 'who' but we can undoubtedly guess the 'why.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-07 15:46  

#6  SS Part 213
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-07 13:40  

#5  Tell me again who killed Seth Rich?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-12-07 12:17  

#4  FBI: "So, you're saying Spetznaz assassins used your gun to shoot you, but you won't let us examine it? Hmmm.

Hokay, we'll buy that"
Posted by: Frank G   2019-12-07 08:18  

#3  Ref #2: The fact that the FBI didn't get to examine the server, and never made that an issue, tells me they were conspiring with Brennan, Clapper, and the DNC all along

An interagency courtesy. Keeping in one's lane, larger fish to fry, 'need to know.' Those sorts of issues. Can't we simply move along ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-07 07:57  

#2  The fact that the FBI didn't get to examine the server, and never made that an issue, tells me they were conspiring with Brennan, Clapper, and the DNC all along
Posted by: Frank G   2019-12-07 07:04  

#1  Are we to assume this is the same 'James Comey' who orchestrated Trump Dossier back-up data for FISA warrants ?

Wiki: CrowdStrike helped investigate the Democratic National Committee cyber attacks and connected those attacks to Russian intelligence services. On March 20, 2017, during testimony before congress, James Comey stated "CrowdStrike, Mandiant, and ThreatConnect review[ed] the evidence of the hack and conclude[d] with high certainty that it was the work of APT 28 and APT 29 who are known to be Russian intelligence services."[38]
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-07 05:08  

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