Amazing - TPM - "Todays Johnson Hearing Glossed Over One of the FBIs Most Epic Fails"

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/todays-johnson-hearing-glossed-over-one-of-the-fbis-most-epic-fails#more-1066015

By JOSH MARSHALL Published JUNE 21, 2017 3:46 PM

This morning former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson testified before the House committee investigating Russia’s 2016 election subversion campaign. In the course of the hearing we heard the jarring information that Johnson only heard about the initial hacking into the DNC network sometime in 2016, months after the FBI first learned of the intrusion in the summer of 2015. Johnson said he was told that the FBI had contacted the DNC about the intrusion but was told “they don’t want our help.”

This sounds hard to fathom on a number of levels. There is no question that it delayed any more aggressive law enforcement posture as the hacking campaign continued and escalated over the course of 2016. Indeed, during the hearing, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) jumped in to press the point that the DNC was significantly responsible for what happened since it refused any involvement from federal law enforcement.

This also sounds bewildering. But remember: this isn’t the first we’ve heard about this story. It is a highly misleading rendition of what happened and absolves the FBI of its own pretty clear responsibility for what happened.

Before delving into this I want to be clear that I don’t have a clear sense or any specific reason to think that there was something suspicious or malign going on here. It’s quite possibly just a matter of indifference and incompetence on the part of the FBI. But it’s still an important part of the story to understand.


snip...much much more to read and weep about

[DK504]

1. Johnson and his 'I wish I knew then what I know now' bullshit excuses

don't fly. Why bother with an act of war and terrorism from a hostile nation?

Yet still they do nothing to ensure the safety of our elections and democracy. Trey the Pinhead needs to STFU.

[rickford66]

2. Has anyone under oath been asked if the RNC was hacked ?

[Madam45for2923]

3. Weird that they kept calling this low level tech support guy but not try someone higher like DWS!

Yep, the FBI dropped the ball.