Thread by @kurteichenwald

1. One more thread. Someone just asked what a foreign enemy would do to drown out a story. I've seen it. So here is what they did.

I wrote a story about Russian disinformation pushed through wikileaks. It went from @TEN_GOP to a Russian publication in America to a Trump rally...

@TEN_GOP 2...there was another story I wrote that laid out the entire Russian scheme, based on information and reporting from allied intel services. (American intel was locked down silent, for the most part.)

The first story resulted in the first Denial of Service attack on Newsweek....

@TEN_GOP 3...the second story led to the entirety of Newsweek being taken down - within 30 minutes of the story being posted. I dont remember who came in to investigate, but the conclusion was we had been attacked by Russia.

At about the same time....

@TEN_GOP 4...my internet began crashing repeatedly. No big deal, i figured. It happens. Then...my computer crashed. Would not operate. Used my laptop - write an article. When it's almost finished, laptop crashes. Reboot - article is gone. And again. And again. Bring in a tech security....

@TEN_GOP 5...consultant. Goes over the whole system and tells me I am under a hack attack. Advised to disconnect everything from the internet, write my article, save it on a flash drive, take drive out, access internet through cell phone when need to send article, slam drive in and send..

@TEN_GOP 6....and to make sure I do it in less than 5 seconds.

After the election ended - literally, on November 9 - all of this stopped.

Meanwhile, mass attacks online after me. These are picked up by progressive outlets slamming me repeatedly....

@TEN_GOP 7...for pursuing what they all but said was the "delusion" of the Russian attacks. As I mentioned, the Washpost and Ars Technica laughingly attacked me for information I got from intel agency, because "oh dont be silly, it is all these accounts, not Russia." And now we know, as..

@TEN_GOP 8...I did and said then, those accounts (@Ten_GOP was main one) were run by Russia.

So how does press respond? No reporting, but opining "can't be true."

Russia attacks, online/hacking. Our press attacks. Idiots join in.

Thats what happens when you report what Russia is doing.