Waving the bloody false flag
by digby
A leading contender for Trump's state department, either as Secretary or Deputy secretary:
John Bolton, an adviser to Donald Trump and a likely pick for a top foreign policy position in his administration, suggested on Sunday that evidence of Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election could be a “false flag” cooked up by the Obama administration.
The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the election with the express purpose of improving Trump’s chances, the Washington Post reported on Friday. In response, a bipartisan group of senators has called for an investigation into Russia’s role.
During an appearance on Fox News, Bolton laid out a different theory. Russia, according to Bolton, might not have been involved at all. Rather, the entire incident — including the hacking of Democratic and Republican emails — was a “false flag” operation perpetrated by the Obama administration.
A “false flag” is a clandestine operation designed to appear as if it is carried out by someone other than the entity responsible.
In other words, Bolton is suggesting that the Obama administration hacked the computers of the DNC and the RNC and then manufactured evidence to make it seem like Russia was responsible.
The outrageous charge seemed to shock Eric Shawn, the Fox News anchor.
“You actually accusing someone here in this administration of trying — in the intelligence community of trying to throw something?” he said.
“We just don’t know, but I believe that intelligence has been politicized in the Obama administration,” Bolton replied.
Interestingly, Bolton is one of the most aggressive Neocons around, pretty much advocating for years for American world domination but without all the unnecessary frills about democracy and letting a thousand flowers grow nonsense. He's a good fit with Trump who far too many people have mistaken for an isolationist. Bolton and Trump are both conspiracy nuts who believe in winning by any means necessary. That's a bad combo.
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