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New Cold War McCarthyism
Weaponizing
Putin
Stephen F. Cohen, NUY, Princeton University. EastWestAccord.com
New
Cold War McCarthyism. Weaponizing Putin. Stephen F. Cohen, NUY,
Princeton University. EastWestAccord.com.
“…Now
the question has emerged in the United States election campaign
whether Mr. Putin has opted — directly or covertly — to throw
Russia’s support behind Mr. Trump. The conclusion by cybersecurity
experts that Russian intelligence agencies breached the Democratic
National Committee and released thousands of emails on the eve of the
party’s convention prompted accusations from Democrats and some
Republicans that Mr. Trump was a kind of “Siberian candidate,”
bolstered from abroad to undermine the nation.
“Given
Donald Trump’s well-known admiration for Putin and his belittling
of NATO, the Russians have both the means and the motive to engage in
a hack of the D.N.C. and the dump of its emails prior to the
Democratic convention,” Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a Democrat
who is the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, said in a statement on Monday.
“That
foreign actors may be trying to influence our election — let alone
a powerful adversary like Russia — should concern all Americans of
any party,” he added….”
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