Monday, August 01, 2016

NATIONAL SECURITY 101

First came the now old news that Hillary had her own illegal Email servers.  Then came the word that her servers had undoubtedly been hacked and that national secrets were probably compromised because she had classified documents on her servers. 

Anyone in his right mind would have to think that the Clinton camp learned its lesson.   

Now, of course, we know that the DNC computers were hacked at least once and probably by the Russians, who have been hacking away at federal government computers in virtually every agency to their heart's content.  By Friday, we also knew that Hillary's own campaign computers had been hacked.  

Saturday morning, we awakened to hear that the FBI had warned both the DNC and Hillary's campaign that there were likely ongoing attacks against their computer systems.  Evidently, both organizations fluffed the FBI warnings off.  

There have been some rumbles that the Trump people must have been involved in these hacks because, as we understand it, neither the RNC or the Trump campaign have been attacked.  Of course, we have to presume that attempts were made against those systems and that the FBI had also warned them of possible hacking, so it is evident that they responded by making absolutely certain that they had the best cybersecurity in place that they could get their hands on. 

The logical conclusion is that Clinton and her cohorts are not capable of securing computer systems, but that Trump and his people are... all of which leads us to the inevitable question: Can we once again trust Hillary with our national secrets and if so, just what do we base that trust on?  

 

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