So, this happened yesterday
(UK Guardian) The US intelligence agencies are facing fresh embarrassment after WikiLeaks published what it described as the biggest ever leak of confidential documents from the CIA detailing the tools it uses to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices.
The thousands of leaked documents focus mainly on techniques for hacking and reveal how the CIA cooperated with British intelligence to engineer a way to compromise smart televisions and turn them into improvised surveillance devices.
The leak, named “Vault 7†by WikiLeaks, will once again raise questions about the inability of US spy agencies to protect secret documents in the digital age. It follows disclosures about Afghanistan and Iraq by army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in 2010 and about the National Security Agency and Britain’s GCHQ by Edward Snowden in 2013.
This involved 8,761 documents that show just how the CIA was spying. Going after smartphones, computers, and even using the apps in your Samsung TV to spy. Of course, if the CIA is doing this against foreign nations, well, that’s rather their job, is it not? If the documents are real, it represents a pretty big embarrassment to the CIA, and, don’t forget, this happened to the NSA already.
Of course, article after article are rather hysterical over the CIA doing what the CIA is supposed to do. One big question is whether the CIA did this on domestic soil. Regardless, if this happened during George W. Bush’s term, how would the media react? Lots of blame and condemnation, yes?
- The Guardian article mentions Trump’s name 5 times. Obama’s? Zero. It’s like the guy wasn’t president the past 8 years while this was occurring.
- NY Times front page article: Obama not mentioned.
- Washington Post article #1: Obama not mentioned. Trump mentioned twice. WP article #2: Obama not mentioned. Article #3: is all about Trump.
- Engadget: Obama mentioned zero times. Trump 2x.
- The Hill: Obama zero, Trump 2x.
- NBC News: Zero Obama mentions.
- CBS News: No Obama mentions.
This is repeated again and again and again by left leaning media outlets, from the big news papers, magazines, and networks, to blogs and such. Really, the only big news here is that the CIA is unable to keep its methods secret. But, again, if this happened under Bush, can you imagine the apoplexy from the media? Or, say, this happened 2-3 years from now. Can you imagine how the media would assault Trump over this spying?
Wonder if she showed up for work today.
https://spectator.org/all-roads-lead-back-to-brennan/
She did. She was rather unhinged this am.
trump IS the president, after all. But the Hill article was making the point that Wikileaks erred in their press release in asserting that trump had signed an executive order on Cybersecurity when he actually has not. They were defending trump. The Hill did not mention either former Presidents, Bush or Obama.
from the WaPo article
As you often crow, trump IS the president, not Obama. This is his problem, not Bush’s, not Obama’s.
You were more than good with Obama, Dems, and the media blaming Bush for everything that happened during O’s first term.
But, really, you missed the point.
Thanks for the confirmation, little dipshit guy.
“But, again, if this happened under Bush, can you imagine the apoplexy from the media? ”
Good point. Under Bush, everything was eventually his fault.
With obama, nothing was his fault. He learned about everything from the papers.
Problem this time is that he was the president the last 8 years, taking credit for things he never should have and avoiding any and all blame, almost always assigning it to his predecessor – right until the end of his term.
Unless, of course, Jarrett WAS calling the shots and all obama did was read his assigned speeches.