As the story of the hacking of the DNC and Podesta emails continues, one thing is clear: the people at the DNC can't run anything.
According to the New York Times, the FBI called the DNC on multiple occasions in 2015 to warn that attempts were being made to hack the Democrats. The staff member at the DNC who took the call never did anything in response, however, because he wasn't sure that the person calling was really an FBI agent.
Let's stop here. Think about that. Someone claiming to be an FBI agent calls the DNC and warns them of possible hacking. The warning is ignored because the DNC staffer isn't sure if it really is the FBI. C'mon, doesn't the DNC have people who could pick up the phone and call the FBI to verify that the message was real? Maybe one of the members of Congress who were chair or vice chair of the DNC at the time could get through to the FBI? Wouldn't that be the prudent thing to do? It's roughly like getting a call at 2 am from someone saying that they are outside your house and the roof is on fire. Would you just go back to sleep because the call might be a phony, or would you check the situation out? The DNC chose to go back to sleep and got burned as a result.
Then there's a mistake in a message given to John Podesta about a phishing email he got. The aide who sent it told Podesta that "this is a legitimate email." and that Podesta "needs to change his email password immediately." Podesta, of course, never changed his password, and all of his email was hacked. Somehow, the aide left out the word "not", since he intended to say "this is not a legitimate email." Still, Podesta was warned to change his password and did nothing. He too chose to go back to sleep and got burned as a result.
What this all proves is that the people at the DNC and the Clinton campaign can't run anything.
According to the New York Times, the FBI called the DNC on multiple occasions in 2015 to warn that attempts were being made to hack the Democrats. The staff member at the DNC who took the call never did anything in response, however, because he wasn't sure that the person calling was really an FBI agent.
Let's stop here. Think about that. Someone claiming to be an FBI agent calls the DNC and warns them of possible hacking. The warning is ignored because the DNC staffer isn't sure if it really is the FBI. C'mon, doesn't the DNC have people who could pick up the phone and call the FBI to verify that the message was real? Maybe one of the members of Congress who were chair or vice chair of the DNC at the time could get through to the FBI? Wouldn't that be the prudent thing to do? It's roughly like getting a call at 2 am from someone saying that they are outside your house and the roof is on fire. Would you just go back to sleep because the call might be a phony, or would you check the situation out? The DNC chose to go back to sleep and got burned as a result.
Then there's a mistake in a message given to John Podesta about a phishing email he got. The aide who sent it told Podesta that "this is a legitimate email." and that Podesta "needs to change his email password immediately." Podesta, of course, never changed his password, and all of his email was hacked. Somehow, the aide left out the word "not", since he intended to say "this is not a legitimate email." Still, Podesta was warned to change his password and did nothing. He too chose to go back to sleep and got burned as a result.
What this all proves is that the people at the DNC and the Clinton campaign can't run anything.
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