As Wikileaks "CORRUPTS" the election day by day we see just how insane this election actually is. However, 80% to 90% of all voters already have decided who they will vote for. However, with 10 to 20% undecided still likely this election is still up for grabs in some ways. However, Wikileaks from Russia is likely grinding down some voters just like Trump bedding 15 year old models from his agency and giving them cocaine is also weighing down on the election as well.
It's no wonder these two candidates make most of the world nauseated in various ways. And the world is likely as scared as it ever was since I was born this year because of this too. (I was born around 1950.)
Top Clinton aides blast handling of emails as 'f--king insane'
| New York Daily News | - |
Private
emails between top Hillary Clinton aides show that her closest advisors
kept them in the dark about the extent of her use of a private email
server, leading to a furious response as they struggled to handle the
situation as it became public ...
New DC routine: Wake up, search WikiLeaks, wince
Story highlights
- The website has faced criticism for not screening releases for sensitive info
- The information opens up bystanders to a range of risks
Washington (CNN)It's
shaping up to be a new part of the morning routine for DC's elite: Grab
coffee, skim the news and type your name into WikiLeaks to see what
damage the day's hacked emails might hold for you.
And the fallout isn't just political; it's personal.
Amid
the campaign strategy, snide comments and other headline fodder culled
from the hacked accounts of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John
Podesta, and groups including the Democratic National Committee, the
emails include the private information of a large number of bystanders,
ranging from email addresses to financial data.
"It's
just awful," said one individual not involved in the campaign who has
been caught up in the Podesta hack. The person requested anonymity for
the sake of security.
"I've had
sleepless nights," the individual continued, "because it's like, what if
I sent him an email saying, 'My Aunt Sally was here this weekend and
she is just terrible?' Because you say that to your friends, you confide
in your friends, and who knows what's in there of your personal life
and your professional life."
Wikileaks: Bad for democracy? 04:57
The
Clinton campaign has refused to confirm or deny the authenticity of any
of the emails and has accused WikiLeaks of working with the Russian
government in releasing them. WikiLeaks and the Russians have denied the
charge, though US officials have pointed the finger at Moscow for
meddling in the US election through cyberattacks.
The
website has faced criticism in the past for its tendency not to screen
releases for personally identifiable information or security
sensitivities, including from famed National Security Agency leaker
Edward Snowden.
Now for more than
two weeks, WikiLeaks has each day dumped thousands of unredacted emails
online and shows no signs of letting up.
Personal data disclosed
In
addition to the campaign's inner workings, the Podesta emails -- which
go back to the 2008 race -- have contained personal email addresses and
even cellphone numbers for a wide range of DC personalities, from
current and former members of Congress and Cabinet secretaries all the
way up to the President himself.
Also
included are the vetting documents and resumes of people seeking jobs
with the Obama administration and Clinton campaigns, and even
communications between Podesta and his students at Georgetown Law. In at
least one case, sensitive financial information was contained in the
emails published online.
WikiLeaks reveals emails with Obama's personal address 01:04
The
documents WikiLeaks posted earlier this year that were hacked from the
DNC and congressional candidate committees included financial and
personal information for hundreds of top donors.
The
information introduces these peripheral individuals to a range of
risks. The most obvious may be public embarrassment, as dirty laundry is
aired in the press. But there are other dangers, including personal
security and financial fraud.
Once
an email address or phone number is released, it opens those individuals
up to both the nuisance of being inundated with harassing calls and
emails and the possibility that they may be targeted by phishing or
scams to try to lure them into further traps.
With
resumes, vetting forms and other sensitive documents, the dangers can
increase to identity theft and the risk extended to family, friends and
professional contacts.
Taking precautions
Some people may have no idea they're even at risk. But the ones that do are rushing to take precautions.
"I've
got a new email address, I've got all kinds of new security provisions,
new computers, and I'm changing how I use email. I'm not candid
anymore," said the individual whose information WikiLeaks released,
though he acknowledged, "I may be locking the barn door after the horse
escapes."
"I hired a cybersecurity firm and I'm not rich," he added. "I've spent for me what's an enormous amount of money."
Fox
News pundit Juan Williams wrote a first-person account of the reaction
to his cellphone number being in the hack -- and how what he described
as an innocuous email was quickly misinterpreted.
Wikileak shows Clinton campaign chair calling Sanders 'doofus' 05:10
"The
flood of anonymous calls began politely, checking to see if it was
really me. Then they sank into rude and threatening language," Williams
wrote for The Hill. "By 4 a.m., I figured out that a new batch of hacked
emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, had been
released, including a note I wrote to Podesta with my cell number."
In a similar vein, Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein tweeted about his own run-in with the ripple effects of the hack.
"To
the exquisite creep who got my # off Wikileaks, I was gonna say: Jews
don't believe in hell," Stein tweeted about his experience.
Podesta
has mostly been quiet about the impact of the hack on himself, though
he did answer reporters' questions about it on a campaign trip earlier
this month.
'It doesn't feel great'
"My
personal reflection is that anybody, any individual ... any of the
people on this plane, if you think you would like all the contents of
your emails for 10 years dumped out into public, think about how that
feels. It doesn't feel great," Podesta said. "They may preempt my
campaign book by doing so. But I am kind of zen about it at this stage,
personally."
He also tweeted pictures of himself making risotto, a tongue-in-cheek reference to cooking advice he gave in an email.
The
individual stung in the hack said it's understandable that journalists
go through the emails for news, saying the First Amendment freedom
trumps personal privacy.
But he also lamented that more focus hasn't been put on the fact that a crime was committed.
"A
friend of mine who was also caught up in this said this: 'It's like
somebody robbed a bank and as they're running away the money is spilling
out of the backpack and instead of catching the criminal everyone is
stopping to chase the money.' "
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