[Infowarrior] - OT: I have to say it.

[Richard Forno]

Trump: Russian hacking 'a big Dem HOAX'
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/338938-trump-russian-hacking-claims-a-big-dem-hoax

....Speaking as a security person, registered independent, and someone who cares deeply for the current and future state of this country, it is quite disturbing that the *only* person in the US government who seems to believe/say this -- or prefers remaining oblivious to it -- is the President.  This, despite Congressional hearings, third party analyses, and the consensus of career experts in the US intelligence community who are far far more knowledgeable about "the cyber" than he'll ever be.   Contrary to his own sense, he does not know everything about everything, no matter how good he thinks his brain might be.

Apparently claims of Russian influence in the 2016 election simply provide him an easy outlet to re-litigate the election results by projecting his still-lingering feelings about it[1] upon his political opponents.  Moreover, although it's a "hoax" to him, he now blames his predecessor for it ... so is it a "hoax" or isn't it?  

[1] After all, he's still steamed about the popular vote & size of his ... crowds, remember.

As one of the Hill reader comments note, "Imagine FDR telling Americans, "The Japanese didn't attack Pearl Harbor! That's just sour grapes from Wendell Wilkie!"

We are so far beyond 'bizzarroworld" at this point.   

-- rick