WikiLeaks/CIA

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm beginning to wonder if Comey isn't a mole.

No conspiracy, just Russia pulling assange's strings to make timely and effective use of Wikileaks to influence American election and discredit accusations of Russian involvement at critical times, as Russia has done throughout the election.

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That's the definition of conspiracy.

It's also exactly how intelligence organizations engaged in active operations behave.

[chimp3]

Last year there were news reports of hackers being able to use these unsecured devices - toasters, thermostats, X-Boxes- to access computers and phones. If hackers can do it , why is it news that spys can do it?

I think the revelation is less that they can do it and more about how aggressively they've done it(not that that's all that surprising either).  The other big thing was that they lost control of their software and have no idea who now has their hundreds of millions of lines of code they wrote to hack people.  The 'C' in CIA has never stood for competency.

It seems pretty clear to me that the timing of this leak dropping while Trump is taking so much heat over the Russians and his Obama wire-tapping claim was no coincidence.

I assume the CIA is using this knowledge to spy on us. Why do I assume this? This adage : 

Why does a dog lick his own balls? Because he can.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I've yet to see a power granted to the government that hasn't been abused.

[Anomalocaris]

I've yet to see a power granted to the government that hasn't been abused.

The power to excel has never been abused. In fact seldom exercised even with the most tentative and delicate hand.