Peachmint narrative building: can we revisit NYT's story re Russia's recent Burisma hack

Cajun A had some posts about this the other day, which some of us may have missed due to LSU NC hangovers.

The timing of this story 2 days ago, together with the Lev Parnas "bombshell" hotel scribble and Schiff's document dump, may make a little clearer what the dims have been up during the Christmas break, and why Madame Whiskey Dentures was holding onto the articles.

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the transparency and timing of tonight's "bombshell" report from The New York Times of an 'alleged' hacking by 'allegedly' Russian hackers of Burisma - the Ukrainian energy firm that VP Biden's crack-smoking, energy-ignorant son was paid $50,000 per month as a board member - reeks so strongly of foundational narrative-building for something "embarrassing" that is coming, it is stunning just how dumb the deep state must think the American public really is. Actually, maybe not all that stunning.

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According to Area 1, the Silicon Valley security firm that detected the hacking, Russian hackers from a military intelligence unit known formerly as the G.R.U., and to private researchers by the alias “Fancy Bear,” used so-called phishing emails that appear designed to steal usernames and passwords, to gain access to Burisma's network.

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Oren Falkowitz, a co-founder of Area 1, and previously a hacker at the National Security Agency, proclaimed in the report that "the attacks were successful," even though it is unknown what the alleged hackers were attempting to discover.

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Additionally, and coming as no surprise to many, Mr. Falkowitz is a significant donor to Democrats; and even more intriguing, the company's CSO - Blacke Darche - also worked at the NSA and most notably, Crowdstrike.

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The Times, citing an American security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence, claiming - without any proof - that the Russian attacks on Burisma appear to be running parallel to an effort by Russian spies in Ukraine to dig up information in the analog world that could embarrass the Bidens. The spies, the official said, are trying to penetrate Burisma and working sources in the Ukrainian government in search of emails, financial records and legal documents.

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So, what are the Democrats preparing for? Another round of embarrassing leaked emails - Wikigate 2.0? And this story is designed to plant the seed that anyone who releases any of the "hacked" emails - which may or may not expose crimes by the Bidens (or Pelosis) is a Russian agent and must be shunned, censored, and generally disavowed by any and all Western media.

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And so we have come full circle back to muh Russia. Are the dims building up a preemptive defense of Biden's (and Pelosi's) profiteering in Ukraine with a makeover of the thoroughly debunked Trump-is-Putin's-puppet attack?

It would make sense given the recent "all-roads-lead-back-to-Russia/Putin" narrative being espoused by Pelosi, Schiff and Naddler.

While this time the dims are relying on familiar allies in the MSM and lefty techy Crowdstrike types, at least this time they won't have the full force of the FBI and the CIA to coordinate their frame job.

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Original NYT Article