The Trump Hack Could Extend Far Beyond a Hack-and-Leak - emptywheel

The question of how to approach this news that Iran hacked Trump's campaign goes well beyond the question of whether to publish the documents allegedly stolen. In significant part because Trump refuses to firewall his political life from his criminal life, hacks by Iran could create real damage to the United States far beyond what they do to Trump's campaign.

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@emptywheel If you really wanted to damage Trump you would totally go to *checks notes* POLITICO lol.
@nf3xn @emptywheel George Conway had two psychiatrist on assessing Trump's psychotic and Narcissistic behavior. Conway said he was going to keep poking Trump until he breaks. The shrinks said that was exactly how to break a person with that characteristic.
To be clear, I am not sure this isn't a false flag.
BUT, if it is Iran, Iran has a large psychological warfare unit.
They know the best way is to release something to a 'safe place' so the victim knows what they have and let them stew on it.
Then release it to a perceived enemy. TFG's hate for WaPo is only slightly higher than NYT. WaPo got the next bundle.
Just before the debate, look for a release to NYT, CNN, or MSNBC. Or, a new media arch enemy of the guy with a Tribble on his head.
When that calms down, yet another. Until late October, when they dump the rest, all at once, at the one news source that upset Trump the most.
They will kill him without a shot.
@Ralph058 @emptywheel We should remain very sceptical about whether any of it is true and remember that they are always telling on themselves. I'm not really buying any of it at the moment.
@nf3xn @emptywheel Right.
What they have released hasn't been that damaging.
The Vance dossier is all publicly available. It could have been created for the false flag.
The fun thing is that US hackers like Harris. They might use the false flag as a cover for their operations and release the stuff and let Iran get the blame. After all, they are America's favorite whipping boy.