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McClatchy reports:
A Russian venture capitalist and tech expert whose name and company are mentioned in the now-notorious document alleging connections between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian hackers says no intelligence officers have ever contacted him about the accusations, which he says are false.
A report compiled by a former Western intelligence official as opposition research against Trump [...] alleged that global tech firm XBT Holding, with operations in Dallas, was instrumental in the hack of leaked Democratic Party emails that embarrassed Hillary Clinton and fellow Democrats.
XBT, owner of Dallas-based enterprise-hosting company Webzilla, is run by a successful Russian tech startup expert, Aleksej Gubarev. In a phone interview from Cyprus, where he said he'd lived since 2002, Gubarev said he was surprised to see his name in the report.
[...] Gubarev said he operated 75,000 servers across the globe and got real-time information if there had been hacking or illicit activity tied to his businesses. There is no evidence of that, he said, adding that no one has contacted him.
[...] If law enforcement wants to talk with him, Gubarev said, his door is open.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @05:00AM
When clinton changed her mind on TPP there was no mystery why she did it - Sanders proved that enough of the party was against it so she had better damn well fall in line.
What part of the republican party was demanding that Trump play Neville Chamberlain to Puttin's ambition to retake former Soviet Union territories?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @07:29AM
was demanding that Trump play Neville Chamberlain to Puttin's ambition to retake former Soviet Union territories?
Prove it. So far I have watched 'the news' make up story after story after story about him. Most of them false. There are actual REAL stories of shady crap he has done but they ignore those. They keep trying to paint him as a monster. Because he gives them so little to go on they fall back to their natural position. That is to randomly make up shit. Random pundents arguing with each other is not news. We used to call them talk shows. Reporters used to get fired for less shit than they have pulled off in the past year. Unethical at best is what I have been telling my family.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @07:36AM
Prove what?
That he is OK with Putin's landgrabs?
Ok:
"But you know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were. And you have to look at that, also."
Trump was asked to clarify a comment he made in a recent news conference indicating he was looking at whether Crimea should officially be considered Russian territory.
At the news conference, Trump said he "would be looking at" the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia tied to its annexation of Crimea, which the U.S. government refuses to accept.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/trump-crimeas-people-prefer-russia-elected-putin-ukraine/story?id=41029437 [go.com]
That's bit about the people in Crimea wanting to stay with Russia is an echo of Russia's own propaganda on the Crimea.
Why the fuck is Trump mouthing Putin's talking points?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:41AM
That's bit about the people in Crimea wanting to stay with Russia is an echo of Russia's own propaganda on the Crimea.
It was also the result of the vote in the area. But of course, how would some one living in a country that prides itself on not being a democracy understand the idea of letting people vote on matters that concern them...
"Vote fraud" you say? Not according to those who sent people to monitor the vote. Only according to those who were so scared that they might actually have to acknowledge the results, that they refused to send anybody to monitor the vote.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:02PM
> Not according to those who sent people to monitor the vote.
So... Nobody then?
The referendum was more than 97% in favor of russia. That lopsidedness only happens in autocracies not free democracies.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday January 17 2017, @07:59AM
Random pundents arguing
"Pundits", the word is "pundit"! Originally from the Hindi,
The Sanskrit पण्डित (frequently transliterated as pandit, pundit, or pandita) referred in its original use specifically to a person who had memorized a substantial portion of the Vedas, which are the primary texts of Hinduism.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/08/ironic-etymology-of-the-day-pundit-comes-from-a-sanskrit-word-for-spiritual-leader/261493/
Or perhaps you were thinking "pudenda"? So lettuce have lease of the deaf throws of pendants here on SoylentNews, please? You have to be literate to memorize the Vedas, doncha know!
(Score: 2, Funny) by RS3 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:19AM
No, he meant "pundents"- it's where there are so many bad puns flying around that things get damaged.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:31AM
Ah, good catch, RS3! But shouldn't that be hyphenated? "Pun-dents"? Or, oh dear. Sorry! Nothing kills a pun so much as making it too oblivious.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:04PM
its the internet we dont need no extra punctuation
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:44PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua-VfW9m7UM [youtube.com]
(Score: 1) by RS3 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @06:20PM
I'm not sure, I'm pun-dense.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @04:27PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbLkXhGEmo [youtube.com]