The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has recently released their report titled “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections." The report claims to cover "the motivation and scope of Moscow’s intentions regarding US elections and Moscow’s use of cyber tools and media campaigns to influence US public opinion." Almost immediately, a distributed mass wave of Twitter voices originating from a multitude of backgrounds and professionals emerged to dismantle some of the DNI report's most glaring inconsistencies and leaps of accusatory faith.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald — reporter for the outlet The Intercept — distilled his breakdown of the DNI report as follows:
Journalist Glenn Greenwald — reporter for the outlet The Intercept — distilled his breakdown of the DNI report as follows:
Journalist Abby Martin — former host of RT’s Breaking the Set — fired back at the DNI report’s absurd and patently untrue claims that her show played a hand in undermining the 2016 U.S. elections by writing:
The discredited New York Times produced an article calling the report “a damning and surprisingly detailed account of Russia’s efforts to undermine the American electoral system and Mrs. Clinton…” However, just one paragraph later, the New York Times is forced to admit the DNI report contained poor sourcing and no evidence by writing ”But the declassified report contained no information about how the agencies had collected their data or had come to their conclusions.”
The DNI report comes on the heels of two embarrassing articles by the Washington Post, which were picked up by national media and run as fact, in which accusations that Russia was behind the recent explosion of "fake news" and how Russia invaded the U.S. electric grid. Both stories were found and proven to be fundamentally false. "Each [Washington Post Article] now bears a humiliating editor’s note grudgingly acknowledging that the core claims of the story were fiction" writes Glenn Greenwald in his breakdown.
Amidst perpetual accusations about the credibility of Wikileaks among corporate media and those within the U.S. government, the recent DNI report — comprised of information and analytic assessment drafted and coordinated among The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and The National Security Agency (NSA) — authenticated the sometimes controversial “Podesta” and “DNC” releases from Wikileaks by stating:
“Moscow most likely choose Wikileaks because of its self-proclaimed reputation for authenticity. Disclosures through Wikileaks did not contain any evident forgeries.”
Hours after its public release, journalists at sputniknews.com pointed out the following issues with the DNI report by writing:
"The annex that contained factual material that was thought to provide evidence of RT influencing the American public was compiled in December 2012, right after the reelection of Barack Obama."
The DNI report comes on the heels of two embarrassing articles by the Washington Post, which were picked up by national media and run as fact, in which accusations that Russia was behind the recent explosion of "fake news" and how Russia invaded the U.S. electric grid. Both stories were found and proven to be fundamentally false. "Each [Washington Post Article] now bears a humiliating editor’s note grudgingly acknowledging that the core claims of the story were fiction" writes Glenn Greenwald in his breakdown.
Amidst perpetual accusations about the credibility of Wikileaks among corporate media and those within the U.S. government, the recent DNI report — comprised of information and analytic assessment drafted and coordinated among The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and The National Security Agency (NSA) — authenticated the sometimes controversial “Podesta” and “DNC” releases from Wikileaks by stating:
“Moscow most likely choose Wikileaks because of its self-proclaimed reputation for authenticity. Disclosures through Wikileaks did not contain any evident forgeries.”
Hours after its public release, journalists at sputniknews.com pointed out the following issues with the DNI report by writing:
"The annex that contained factual material that was thought to provide evidence of RT influencing the American public was compiled in December 2012, right after the reelection of Barack Obama."
| The DNI report seems to continually circle back to vague generalities, untrue statements and head-scratching assertions. The report states that “RT's reports often characterize the United States as a "surveillance state" and allege widespread infringements of civil liberties, police brutality, and drone use.” According to the whistleblowing evidence provided by Edward Snowden — along with former 36-year NSA veteran William Binney — the US is indeed a surveillance state. |  |
Many in the US have also come to the same conclusion according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in which 54% of Americans said they disapprove of NSA surveillance and admitted government collection of phone and internet data.
 | Buried among the trumpeted quotes from the DNI report, chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC and contributor to The New York Times John Harwood conducted a poll on his Twitter account asking, "Who do you believe America?". The options presented to the 84,115 voters who participated in the survey were |
"Wikileaks" or "US Intel officials." Given Harwood's pedigree and employers, the results must have caused a moment of pause and reflection.
Open source intelligence via social media platforms and the decentralized internet at large has become the arch enemy and main target of global governments wishing to keep their citizens uninformed. Free sharing of ideas and transparent information has also emerged victorious over the now-fallen corporate media outlets who continue their attempts to sell the public on false narratives.
It is no surprise that Facebook has announced a “fake news” initiative to regain control while many social media outlets are now actively engaged in 'ghost banning.' The escalation of establishment-based adversarial rhetoric towards independent truth tellers and online media outlets reporting truth and providing transparency counter to official narratives signals that we, as a society, have entered into a new age of information warfare. Will the current anti-Russian witch hunts gaining momentum be used to further censor those speaking, writing, creating and sharing truth that opposes the often limited and quetionable corporate and government talking points?
UPDATE:
Wikileaks has announced that they will be holding a press conference Monday (1/9) at 9 am ET streamed live responding to the DNI report.
It is no surprise that Facebook has announced a “fake news” initiative to regain control while many social media outlets are now actively engaged in 'ghost banning.' The escalation of establishment-based adversarial rhetoric towards independent truth tellers and online media outlets reporting truth and providing transparency counter to official narratives signals that we, as a society, have entered into a new age of information warfare. Will the current anti-Russian witch hunts gaining momentum be used to further censor those speaking, writing, creating and sharing truth that opposes the often limited and quetionable corporate and government talking points?
UPDATE:
Wikileaks has announced that they will be holding a press conference Monday (1/9) at 9 am ET streamed live responding to the DNI report.
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