The past few weeks have been eventful, as numerous ideas emerge surrounding Trump's wiretap claims, as well as the administrations ties to Russia. Many people theorize that these investigations and criticisms have taken place as part of a sequence of events to take down Trump's presidency, to maintain the status quo. These conspiracy theories have gone under the categorization of "deep state" wherein political bodies attempt to manipulate election results non-democratically.
It is vital that the people of the United States treat Russia's interference with our election in the most serious manner possible. The idea that our own intelligence agencies are spreading misinformation due to bias is drawing attention to the wrong agencies.
Undermining the intelligence agencies which brought these cyber attacks to our attention is the last thing that should be done. Trump has done just that, both explicitly in his tweets and public statements, and implicitly by falsely accusing the former administration.
The unsubstantiated claims made by the president about the former administration are a poor attempt at leading media on a wild goose chase, and convincing his dedicated supporters that he is being unjustly monitored. While it is true that the media has an inherent bias against Trump, this does not mean that all government institutions are rigged against Trump in some kind of grand master plan for his demise.
The conspiracy is quite convenient for covering Trump's many missteps in public relations as simply "fake news" and biased media. The real injustice to focus on is the collusion between Russian representatives and Trump's campaign managers, especially on the front of data leaks widely ascribed to Russia. As much as Julian Assange would argue otherwise, Wikileaks is simply a medium for Russia's hackers to release compromising information about the U.S. electoral system.
These ties are real, and have been clearly drawn between the current administration and the Kremlin. The CIA and FBI have been tasked with discovering the nature of these relations in regard to the hacking of the DNC, and have received nothing but hindrance and criticism from the president.
Trump's behavior is entirely predictable based on his ego, but the reaction of right-wing media and congressmen effectively lightens the severity of Russia's actions during the election. Conspiracy theories are the definition of "fake news" and they're a way for people to make a joke out of a direct threat to the integrity of our electoral system.
It wouldn't be the first time CIA is spreading fake stories (did they find WMD in Iraq?).
So I wouldn't be shocked if this russian thing is not real, especially on the hacker side.
https://steemit.com/news/@dwinblood/catching-a-hacker-how-much-does-media-play-upon-public-ignorance
https://steemit.com/russia/@dwinblood/is-there-evidence-of-russian-hacking-or-is-it-in-fact-alphabet-agency-propaganda
They didn't find WMD's in Iraq obviously, but they were driven to investigate due to evidence. Not saying the Iraq War is justifiable on these grounds, but they had gathered evidence that led them to believe there were WMD's. Big difference between turning out to be wrong, and completely fabricating a story and arrests of Russian officials in the department of cybersecurity just to get Trump out of office. Russian interference is a very big threat, and not the first time they've tried to interfere with electoral processes, such as in France with Marine Le Pen.
Yeah I remember Colin Powell at UN and the "evidence". It was a war based on false or insufficient evidence, it's not a simple innocent mistake like "oops, we were wrong".
Hundreds of thousands of american and iraqi lives... and a completely destroyed country.
And that's just an example, CIA made a ton of filthy deeds (Nicaragua?).
So I don't trust USA institutions. You don't trust the USA President, I don't trust nor president nor CIA... And that's not to defend Putin who is also capable of anything.
Truth is the first thing to disappear when this kind of pigs are involved.