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#1 | Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility datum

Mon Jan 02, 2017 1:25 am

Editor�s Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Russian hackers had penetrated the U.S. electric grid. Authorities say there is no indication of that so far. The computer at Burlington Electric that was hacked was not attached to the grid. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat...m=.477b13a156d1

By Aaron Short, January 1, 2017

The Washington Post has retracted its story about Russian hackers penetrating the nation�s electricity grid with a virus found in a Burlington, Vt., electric company laptop.

�Authorities say there is no indication of that so far [that Russians had penetrated the US electric grid],� according to an editor�s note attached to a corrected version of the story on the paper�s Web site.

�The computer at Burlington Electric that was hacked was not attached to the grid,� the editor�s note read.

News of the supposed hack had set off a firestorm of recriminations, with Vermont leaders calling Russian President Vladimir Putin �a thug� earlier Saturday, after one of the state�s electric utilities found a virus on a laptop computer.

A utility spokesman has also told the Burlington Free Press the laptop was not hooked into the grid.

http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-...ermont-utility/

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#2 | RE: Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility datum

Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:38 am

I'm not hearing much about the retraction, though. You can't unring a bell, and that's the point.

Obama is going to get his "hacking" report in two weeks...the one he asked his intelligence agencies to rush through knowing full well he planned to leave that landmine for Trump.

So Media will be obediently "reporting" on his propaganda just before and even while Trump is being inaugurated.

I hope Trump drops a nice big bombshell on that party.

"All Trump has going for him is the votes."

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#3 | RE: Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility datum

Mon Jan 02, 2017 2:23 pm

"I'm not hearing much about the retraction, though. You can't unring a bell, and that's the point."

precisely

Illegitimi non Carborundum

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.- Orwell

Irredeemable Deplorable

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#4 | RE: Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility datum

Mon Jan 02, 2017 3:17 pm

It's all a diversion anyway, an attempt to draw attention away from how the information got released and what it contains, with the added benefit it impugns PEOTUS Trump's victory. Interesting to see, however, how a propaganda campaign is conducted as the message is repeated ceaselessly from a plethora of sources, not just news outlets.

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#5 | RE: Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility datum

Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:06 pm

I just had to post this picture from Drudge:

Assange To Hannity: Source For WikiLeaks Was Not Russian Government
Posted By Ian Schwartz
On Date January 2, 2017

n an exclusive interview with FOX News Channel's Sean Hannity the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange said Russia was not the source for the DNC and John Podesta hacks.

HANNITY: Can you say to the American people, unequivocally, that you did not get this information about the DNC, John Podesta's emails, can you tell the American people 1,000 percent that you did not get it from Russia or anybody associated with Russia?

JULIAN ASSANGE: Yes. We can say, we have said, repeatedly that over the last two months that our source is not the Russian government and it is not a state party.

Hannity's full interview with Assange will air Tuesday night at 10pm ET. More from the interview:

ASSANGE: Our publications had wide uptake by the American people, they're all true. But that's not the allegation that�s being presented by the Obama White House. So, why such a dramatic response? Well, the reason is obvious. They�re trying to delegitimize the Trump administration as it goes into the White House. They are trying to say that President-elect Trump is not a legitimate President...

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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...government.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2...government.html