Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the election, said on Saturday evening that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed “on Tuesday or Wednesday.”

Speaking to a handful of reporters outside his Palm Beach, Fla., club, Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump cast his declarations of doubt as an effort to seek the truth.

“I just want them to be sure because it’s a pretty serious charge,” Mr. Trump said of the intelligence agencies. “If you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster, and they were wrong,” he added, referring to intelligence cited by the George W. Bush administration to support its march to war in 2003. “So I want them to be sure,” the president-elect said. “I think it’s unfair if they don’t know.”

He added: “And I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don’t know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation.”

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[scscholar]

1. We all know the FBI lied to Obama...

but we all know they'll tell a bigger lie to rump.

[TheBlackAdder]

66. Have faith! Trump will get to the bottom of things, he always does.

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[democrank]

2. Trump is filled with fabulous ideas. Believe me.

Take for instance his idea of using couriers instead of emails. Here in my tiny Vermont village, couriers are on almost every street corner....just waiting to be of service. And, it's so inexpensive for the average person. Count me in. Donald Trump making America great again.

[oldtime dfl_er]

11. and if a courier isn't available

there are always those 5 year old kids on the street corners selling matches, who would kill for the chance to deliver his idiot message. Oh wait, that was the "good old days".

[lancelyons]

55. What kind of clearance do these couriers have?

Your going to hand over our secret plans to the kid named Vihktor Srenkov to be delivered to Secretary of Defense for a small sum of change?

THat is not making america great again, its killing america softly.

Again, think before you post.

[gagarux]

57. You missed the sarcasm lancelyons...

[dionysus]

63. You can't spot obvious sarcasm, yet you're telling people to think...

[doc03]

3. He knows more about hacking than anyone else,

what an ass, he probably got the information from Putin.

[briv1016]

16. Keep in mind, he doesn't use a computer. (Other than his phone.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-email-computer-use-texting-2015-7

[safeinOhio]

17. He gets his best info from

Alex Jones.

[PatSeg]

46. He has had "his people"

looking into it and they "can't believe what they're finding"!

[NastyRiffraff]

60. Just like he knows more than "the generals"

Dump knows EVERYTHING!

[gordianot]

4. There go the narcissistic delusions again.

It is his only defense when cornered. Actually such statements from Trump are a good indicator of his distress.

[Hortensis]

65. Yep, but he's also just playing the press. OLD tactic already.

Draw national attention by promising big announcement, get talking heads speculating about Trump, Trump, Trump on TV about it for hours or days, then come out with some inane nothing or outright lie. I think we know Trump cannot trump the info provided by our long list of intelligence agencies.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. This Sucker has some really deep seated

mental issues going. Is he going public with Classified Intelligence in a attempt to save his sorry ass?

[jmowreader]

6. Here's his answer. Scroll to 1:00

[Fast Walker 52]

47. haha! I'm sure!

[truthisfreedom]

7. The oracle yawns open

Send us a tweet, twitler. We aren't interested in anything more than a few characters from you, James Bondbreaker.

[forgotmylogin]

61. "Tuesday or Wednesday..."

Whenever he feels like getting around to it.

Just wait till you start having to follow a strict calendar like politicians actually do, PrezLect.

Oh, and the revelation (IF he gets around to it) will likely be "I have personally investigated, and found there was no concerted effort to hack the election. (Now watch this drive.)"

[Charles Bukowski]

8. Actually the consensus from the Intel community

was that the evidence for WMD in Iraq was flimsy at best. The Bush administration wanted their war so badly, they purposely exaggerated it.

Try another example, Dumbfuck Donald.

[Achilleaze]

37. Republican draft-dodger VP Dick Cheney was the principal WMD liar

Just because Republican Comrade Casino (R) also dodged the draft (and his taxes) is no reason for him to now lie again and claim it was America's intelligence community. It was not. It was the Republican Administration. Check the record. Republican draft dodgers need to get their lies straight.

[Fast Walker 52]

48. the consensus was that Iraq had no active WMD program, and the Bush admin totally invented

the story that he had reconstituted his program, particular they LIED about a nuclear weapons program, with the help of Colin Powell.

[BeyondGeography]

9. A lot of people are saying?

[JI7]

10. Intelligence was NOT wrong with Iraq. the Bush admin Lied and Misled about it. Mainly Cheney and

some others.

[cstanleytech]

22. Thats why they call it plausible deniability, Trump and Pence dont have that luxury though

as they have been made aware of what Russia did but Trump for some odd reason is refusing to accept reality which makes me think he might have some severe mental problems in which case the 25th amendment might need to be invoked to remove Trump from office.

[oldtime dfl_er]

12. Watch for a BIG distraction

He knows hearings are coming, and he hopes to knock them off the front page with some ridiculous stunt.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

13. He also has a good deal on a bridge

for all the believers out there !

[Oldtimeralso]

14. I thought he sold that yesterday

Chris Christy bought it and immediately closed down the ramps!

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

19. LOL

nt/

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Like he was so sure about that birth certificate? Every time...

he opens his mouth it's a lie, or worse, something just plain stupid.

[UpInArms]

18. I call bullshit

Because that is all tiny hands has to offer

I spit in his general direction

[royable]

20. Obfuscating megamaniacal word salad

He added: “And I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don’t know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation.”

Obfuscating megamaniacal word salad.

I detest this crap. I'm so over and done with it. I can't imagine it going on for another month, let alone a few years. I can't imagine the general public, or the media, or his mentally diminutive supporters, or sold-their-soul-to-the-devil repukes putting up with this bait-and-switch, bait-and-switch, bait-and-switch for much longer. It's so appallingly transparent, plus it shows he has the intellectual capacity of a 5-year-old and the emotional restraint of a three-year-old.

I may have to just put on blinders and avoid all news regarding our national drumfster fire in order to stay sane.

[iluvtennis]

21. +1000 nt

[Cha]

25. REC

[Fast Walker 52]

49. who wants to bet it's something he saw on Infowars?

[llmart]

67. Great summation of how I feel about this.

I've already found that I have to change the channel as soon as the media start showing his ugly face and trying to normalize the situation. I'm beginning to think that I'll just watch my local news. We have got to stand strong in the face of the corporate media and support those journalists and outlets that are not afraid of this monster bully. I'm sick of it already.

[Blue_Roses]

71. Exactly!

nt

[TeamPooka]

23. he got the memo from Putin. nt

[Cha]

24. That's such a dumb headline.. like dump's "promises" are

worth more than a sack of shite.

[Feeling the Bern]

26. What did his Magic 8 Ball tell the Assfaced Shitgibbon to write on Twitter?

[vlyons]

27. He knows a lot about hacking ???

Now what might that logically mean?

1. He's knows programming and how to hack? No way, Jose.

2. His computer got a virus, and he hired an expert to clean his machine and install virus protection software on his network and computer? More likely.

3. He's just lieing again. Most certainly.

[C Moon]

28. I was at a New Year's Eve gathering tonight that took place in a garage...

A next door neighbor brought in a monitor and they put on the New York celebration via the internet (I'm guessing through their cable tv login).
After a while, I noticed there were some Obama bashing segments that ran between the New York celebration and the commercials. And soon there was Trump praise, as well.

In one of these in-between-segments, while they were spewing their bullshit, they had a footer announcing Trump's latest Tweet.
God help us all if a great number people seriously watch Fox News: it was so sappy and overtly full of bull shit.

Several of us eventually complained and they changed stations.

[Chipper Chat]

29. He'll blame it on Hillary Clinton

She and Bill hatched the plot together. It was originally Chelsea's idea.
"I know, bigly, that this is true. I have people that know these things."

[mnhtnbb]

30. Trump is a pathological liar. Nothing he says can be trusted.

People have to remember that every time he opens his mouth. Nothing he says can be taken at face value
without fact checking, EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH. Fact check.

[smirkymonkey]

31. More pearls of wisdom from president-elect Mr. idiotic orange head-up-his-fat,

bloated ass. Does he even know how incredibly stupid he sounds?

[Mc Mike]

32. Here's to hoping all his followers hold their breath waiting for the big revelation.

I think he said it would come on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and the Times accidentally misquoted him.

[bucolic_frolic]

33. Always this paranoid cynicism where only he knows the inside game

this is total bullshit

[Vinca]

34. I understand his son Baron is in charge of the investigation.

[riversedge]

35. Trump reminds me of Rudy G, when he said gleefully something he FBI and emails.

[True_Blue]

74. I think he's so proud that he's dying to brag about

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It to show us all how smart he is. Putin probably reined him back in.

[riversedge]

75. Bragging is his speciality

[lanlady]

36. He's gonna to reveal the name of the 400-lb guy

Sitting on a bed in his mother's basement whe's responsible for the hacking. Good sleuthing, Sherlock Trumpster! Who needs a CIA/NSA/FBI when we have you and your beautiful brain?

[KewlKat]

40. that was my first thought......lol

[elehhhhna]

51. Said 400 pounds to throw us off the trail - he weighs 300

[randome]

38. Nuh-uh. He didn't use the word 'promise' so he can drool out whatever he wants now.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[mahatmakanejeeves]

39. Send one person with a handheld camcorder to cover the event. Don't bother with a tripod.

There's no reason for the networks to send any more stenographers than that. It's going to be a one-hour infomercial for his hotel, with maybe ten seconds of denial about the hacking. The networks can run that ten seconds on the "news."

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, while everyone is distracted and looking elsewhere, the real damage will be underway.

Also, the "information" spread by the Bush administration on Iraq is only vaguely related to the information provided them by the CIA.

[Botany]

41. Trump is guilty of Treason

[Fast Walker 52]

50. many times over

[Rorey]

42. Could you each somehow get your home addresses to me?

My courier(s) will be arriving forthwith so I can send messages to you. Thanks in advance.

[Snarkoleptic]

43. I imagine this will come in the form of talking points from his BFF, Vlad.

In the real world, we're as likely to see this info as we are to see his (Nixonian) secret plan to stop ISIS.
He's the king of empty promises.

[Maeve]

44. Yeah cuz hackers pour bleach on the computers and

sometimes they acid-wash them, very expensive process but worth it and Barron told me all about it because he knows everything about computers and....

[tblue37]

45. Right after Melania gives her speech clarifying her immigration status

when she worked as a model in New York on a tourist visa.

[Fast Walker 52]

52. It would be hilarious if he revealed his source for the info was Russian intelliegence

[RKP5637]

53. Hmmmm Guess he will be getting a briefing from Alex Jones! n/t

[truthisfreedom]

54. He must have a new Chinese trinket-filled hotel to show us

Just another con job,. Lucy with a football.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

56. It's a signed letter from Vladimir Putin

"Dear Foolish Americans:

I did not hack your elections. Also, if you haven't read Art of the Deal by my new BFF and your future president, I highly recommend it. Okay, I have to go conquer the Baltic States now.

Toodles, Vlad"

[Nitram]

58. Dump is a one trick pony, taking this one from the Nixon playbook.

Just like he had "special information" about Obama's birth certificate. One of these days even his supporters might start to see through the bullshit. I'm not holding my breath, though.

[MurrayDelph]

59. I think the revelation will occur right after

He releases his taxes as promised

Melania holds that news conference he promised would occur in the next week or so several months ago

He holds that pre-Christmas news conference to announce his plans to avoid conflicts of interest


Instead, one of his toadies will come out, say "move on, nothing to see here" and the news will go back to trying to find the droids we were really looking for.

[colorado_ufo]

62. The announcement will surely be held at the new Trump hotel

and will be as exciting as his "birther" announcement. Hotel tour, anyone?

[lanlady]

64. Donnie knows something we don't

He's got a... don't tell anyone... secret Annie Orphan presidential decoder ring. When the message is decoded, it reads YOU'RE OFF YOUR MEDS AGAIN

[hollowdweller]

68. Russians are providing him refuting evidence

[xor]

69. "And I know a lot about hacking."

I am so tired of hearing this asshole talk about stuff like this. I cannot stand people like this in my life, and now we'll be hearing that sort of language for the next 4 years. Ugh.

Knowitalls who know nothing make me want to TYPE IN ALL CAPS!

[anneboleyn]

70. Soooo...Trump "knew things" that he didn't bother to share w/US intelligence communities?!! Treason

Yes I know Trump is a pathological liar but his statements are of course NOT being criticized by the media or anyone in politics (of course). His comments border on treason! Trump said that he "knows things" that nobody else knows -- which means that he WITHHELD/IS WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ABOUT RUSSIAN HACKING in the presidential election. This means he was in some way aware of the fact that Russian hacking occurred, and that hacked info was being illegally procured and deployed by a foreign gov and its agents, yet he has not shared this information with intelligence agencies. Isn't this actually a crime?!

Even if Trump states that he "knows" the Russians didn't do all or some of the hacking because...they told him so -- he withheld this info from US intelligence agencies?!!! Even if Trump is wildly exaggerating (or whatever) he is demonstrating that he will keep info secret from our own country's agencies in order to protect himself and to protect a FOREIGN POWER.

And this man is going to take the oath of office in a little more than two weeks. A man who is making statements and behaving in a manner that looks rather like treason -- the constant, unflagging support for Putin, his pre-emptive dismissal of our intelligence agencies, and now his statement that he "knows" secret info about the Russian hacking that our intelligence agencies do not know.

[riversedge]

72. Tweety is all over this issue right now.

[riversedge]

73. But keeps showing that hack Spicer!! Spicer saying Trump will not politicalize the Russia hacking!!

thumbsdown: :

[MFM008]

76. LIARS

All liars.