Former Reagan adviser Richard Clarke tells Maher that Russia hacking is far worse than people....

[DonViejo]

Former Reagan adviser Richard Clarke tells Bill Maher that Russia hacking is far worse than people realize

http://www.salon.com/2017/07/01/former-reagan-adviser-richard-clarke-tells-bill-maher/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Richard Clarke is far more than just a former Reagan adviser.

He also worked in national security and counterterrorism in the Clinton and Bush administrations (he left the Bush admin in '03), and was one of the people who tried unsuccessfully to warn Bush et al. before 9/11 that a terror attack was probably imminent. He's someone who ought to be listened to.

[nycbos]

3. Thank you.

He has spent pretty much his entire career in counter terrorism.

[Pachamama]

2. Most people outside of DU don't realize how bad it was...

On DU, we knew on election night when our server was hacked that something was very very wrong. We knew when Hillary on Election night didn't come out to the stage. She and Bill and team had known from the Obama White House and after their email hacking what was happening and it was much worse.

We knew when Obama expelled in December the Russians in 24 hours and closed their two compounds that it was much worse.

We knew when Sally Yates was fired it was much worse. We knew when Michael Flynn had to resign it was much worse. We knew when James Comey the FBI Director was fired it was much worse.

We know it's worse and there is much worse to come.

[FarPoint]

6. Many of us regulars understand...

The gravity of this attack on America and are essentially held hostage.

[Scarsdale]

9. Why

are the gop afraid of tRump? Are they involved with the Russians, too? This is a disgrace, and the longer it stretches out, the worse it gets. tRump is a laughingstock, but running the country is serious business. He can not declare bankruptcy and walk away. He has ZERO respect from anyone, yet spouts all his BS, as though each tweet is earth shattering.

[Missn-Hitch]

10. Pure power. Stopping the progressive movement is of UTMOST importance to them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Janes Comet

James Comey

[Pachamama]

19. I know....

....texted it from my iPhone....Siri autocorrect clearly doesn't know the words and his name and I am blind....

time to get an iPhone 6 plus with big screen - and glasses...

[Iliyah]

4. No sh*t Sherlock

The party first a-holes are doing their bestie to best the outcome.

[ancianita]

5. No one's wanted to believe this. But. The U.S. has capabilities to stop it that it just hasn't

shown the world yet.

I think the MIIC will show its cards when it needs to.

[Amaryllis]

12. What is MIIC?

[CottonBear]

13. MIC: Military Industrial Complex

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military–industrial_complex

[ancianita]

14. Military Industrial Intelligence Complex

[CottonBear]

22. Thanks for the correct name. N/T

[ancianita]

24. ...

[lindysalsagal]

7. Don't watch if you're already on anxiety meds....

Because this is truly scary. Clarke was also Clinton's terror expert, and his book Against all Enemies has all become true with hindsight.

He's one expert you should believe. Holy crap we're screwed. 45 sold us to russia and all we can do is be disgusted by his tweets.

Darwin was wrong: We don't evolve. The fittest don't survive. Our species just slowly rots from the head down.

[Pachamama]

20. Clarke was the one who with "Hair on Fire" warned pre-911 the Bush team about Bin Ladin....

Your right....anyone on anxiety meds or suffering from Trump induced anxiety, should definitely not watch this.

And yes - America is rotting away right now....from its core...

If we don't stop it, its going to rot completely...

But we need people to wake up and see what is happening before its too late...

[lindysalsagal]

21. Yup. The Bush admin blew him off.

Stupid fool.

[liberal N proud]

8. It truly poses a constitutional crisis.

Our very democracy has been damaged.

[LakeArenal]

11. Well, if they would tell us we would realize.....

Right now we can only imagine.....

[YOHABLO]

15. I am not feeling any sense of urgency by this administration to look into this attack.

Why do we continue to use computerized hackable voting systems that are privately owned? When in God's name is anyone going to get a clue.

[MrPurple]

18. They're urgently denying and distracting from doing anything about this

Instead of the crime that did happen, there's a commission pursuing the fantasy of people voting multiple times as an excuse to massively expand voter suppression. While in Kansas, Kobach made it the only state to require a passport or birth certificate to register to vote, raising the bar so that fewer average working people jump through the hoops and end up on the rolls.

[peggysue2]

17. Watched this segment last night

At the very end (not included in the clip) is a discussion about the collusion investigation/analyses and the ongoing right-wing nonsense that colluding with a foreign adversary is not a crime. Newt Gingrich has gone as far as saying a sitting POTUS cannot be guilty of collusion. Hilarious, considering The Eye of the Newt's opinion when the sitting POTUS was Bill Clinton.

But I digress.

When the question came up on Maher's roundtable about the specific crime, Clarke immediately said the right-wing take was dead wrong. The specific crime? Treason. He said it twice, softly, and no one took the comment up. Which I found remarkable in itself.

Yes, we have a traitor sitting in the WH. Chew on that for a few moments. Then spit it out, the poison pill to infect the country, a redux of the Manchurian candidate. Putin's puppet. How nice.

Sound far-fetched? I'm beginning to think not so much.

[peacebuzzard]

23. Thanks for posting this.