Russia to U.S., Trump: Sort out your own pre-election hacking scandal

[uawchild]

Source: Reuters

Russia told the United States on Thursday to get to the bottom of a hacking scandal involving Democratic Party emails itself and rejected what Donald Trump said was a sarcastic suggestion that Moscow should dig up Hillary Clinton's "missing" emails.

Trump, the Republican Party's presidential candidate, angered Democratic circles on Wednesday by inviting Russia to unearth tens of thousands of emails from rival Clinton's tenure as U.S. Secretary of State.

He spoke out after U.S. President Barack Obama said it was possible Russia might try to influence the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election after a leak of Democratic National Committee emails that experts blamed on Russian hackers.

Suggestions of Russian involvement have riled the Kremlin, which has categorically denied this and accused U.S. politicians of seeking to play on Cold War-style U.S. fears of Moscow by fabricating stories for electoral purposes.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russia-idUSKCN1081U7

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"On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said accusations of a Russian hand in hacking Democratic Party emails bordered on "total stupidity" and were motivated by anti-Russian sentiment. He rejected Trump's apparently sarcastic suggestion for Russia to dig up Clinton's emails point-blank.

"As regards these (email) batches, that is not our headache. We never poke our noses into others' affairs and we really don't like it when people try to poke their nose into ours," he said.

"The Americans needs to get to the bottom of what these emails are themselves and find out what it's all about."


I, for one, am awaiting the FBI report on this issue.

If Russian government involvement is as easy to detect as "experts" have claimed, this FBI report should be forthcoming very shortly.

Perhaps within hours... or days... or months?

[cstanleytech]

1. "We never poke our noses into others' affairs" Gee, that will be a relief to the Ukraine.

[uawchild]

4. I know, really.

"We never poke our noses into others' affairs" <--- That line is laughable!

I am glad we don't say things like that because that would be absurd too.

[cstanleytech]

8. Oh our government does plenty of other absurd and asinine things. nt

[snooper2]

16. LOL, that was the line I copied to reply with :) SURE...we ALMOST believe you

oh wait-

[KittyWampus]

2. Sort out the hacking scandal YOU caused?

[uawchild]

3. I want to see the FBI report before rushing to judgement.

I think we can all afford to wait for it, it should be out soon.

It very well could indict the Russian government.

Or it could say there is no definitive answer but "most likely" or "probably" a particular actor is responsible.

[Iliyah]

5. Straight lies and isn't it . . . that Russia and T-rump used the same word

"sarcastic"

[uawchild]

7. Um, you may have misread the OP

The only use of "sarcastic" is being attributed to Trump's claim. The Russians didn't say they thought Trump was being sarcastic.

"and rejected what Donald Trump said was a sarcastic suggestion"

Let's not blame the poor Russians for making excuses for Trumps idiocy.

[Kathy M]

17. Yes ..... T needs to be held accountable for his words

There should be a law against the majority of things he has said since he started . We are talking of the Pres of USA not high school class president ....... even then they know words matter .

[avaistheone1]

6. I am sure we never spied on Russia either.

This is all business as usual from time immemorial.

[Journeyman]

9. I wonder if the Rooskies are getting a little "buyer's remorse" on their Trump Deal . . .

He doesn't seem a very artful advantage for them, and appears to be losing value with every passing hour and errant twit (or is that tweet?). No. He's a twit.

[uawchild]

10. we should wait for the latest polls...

Trump has said racists, asinine things over and over again and yet his polls went up.

Let's not underestimate the stupidity of a large portion of voters.

[4lbs]

11. LOL. Sure, Russia and the Soviet Union before it, NEVER stuck their noses into the affairs

of the US and the US companies herein.

It's pure coincidence that the Russian MiG-29 looks almost exactly like the F-14 and the MiG-31 looks like the F-35 (aka Joint Strike Fighter).

It's pure coincidence that the Russian T-90 tank looks almost the same as the M1-A1 Abrams.

There have never, ever, been Russian/Soviet spies in the US. Suuuuuurrrreeee.

[David__77]

12. I doubt that either the US or Russia would deny spying on one another.

They may deny specific actions.

[uawchild]

13. So, the Russians have Time Travel?

"It's pure coincidence that the Russian MiG-29 looks almost exactly like the F-14 and the MiG-31 looks like the F-35 (aka Joint Strike Fighter). "



Check out the production dates of the Mig-31... 1975-1994.

Obviously you just mis-spoke, pardon the light-hearted reply.

But also, the T-90 and the M1-A1 Abrams tanks bear only the slightest resemblance, probably due to them both being designed as modern battle tanks. Here, compare:

T-90

M1

Shrug.

[4lbs]

14. Yes, it should have been MiG-35.

Thank you for the correction.

[uawchild]

15. Thanks.

And of course you have a point that espionage is very real.

[cstanleytech]

19. There are only so many ways you can design a jet though.

Do I suspect they copied some of the technology? Sure but every country that can do that does it.

[getagrip_already]

18. surely, comey will pop up any minute in a presser..

Detailing supposition after supposition, presented as facts he couldn't prove in court, and say while he can't prove clinton herself hacked the dnc, given what they know, it's a real possibility.

[0rganism]

20. tRump already creating international discord

he's the political version of a live hand grenade, destroying everything around him

[Laser102]

21. I really thought I heard the FBI has retrieved all her emails from her device including the deleted

ones. Her team was worried her private mail would be made public.? I must be wrong.