Tweetstorm: Links Between “Climate Gate” and Election Hacks ’16
November 29, 2016
1) You can't truly understand Wikileaks in 2016 w/o understanding ClimateGate in 2009 & 11 / tweetstorm kanvz’d here https://t.co/NBa3ibJVpb
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
3) There are 7 broad similarities between the FAKE ClimateGate "scandal" in 2009/2011 and what happened w/ Wikileaks & HRC in 2016
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
5) 2nd: News reports indicated a Russian link to the hackers: limited evidence in ‘09/11, much stronger evidence in ’16 pic.twitter.com/D0t6Qbk91R
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
6) 3rd: Timing of illegal hack was before a major event: UN Climate Change conferences COP 15/17 in ‘09/11 & Election in ’16 pic.twitter.com/dKL8D7RqzW
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
7) The goal? Directly influence outcome of the event IN FAVOR OF GOP/Conservatives: Climate Change Conferences in ‘09/11, Election in ‘16
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
8) 4th: Focus was destroying the credibility of targets to make them look corrupt & dishonest: Climate Scientists in ‘09/11, HRC in ‘16
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
9) W/ ClimateGate, intent was to make PUBLIC distrust climate science/scientists & seriously question global warming https://t.co/nXFwB1g7b8 pic.twitter.com/ixEesd8xC2
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
10) With Election 2016, the goal was to make the public – esp. potential HRC supporters – distrust HRC & make Trump the victor
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
11) 5th: Tactic used – cherry-pick out-of-context phrases/sentences from hacked emails to DECEIVE the public about the targets of the hack
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
12) Let’s walk thru 3 of MANY ClimateGate examples to illustrate the deception at the core of the unprecedented attack on climate scientists
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
13) Ex1: The most famous ClimateGate phrase that got extensive media coverage – “use Mike’s trick to hide the decline”
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
14) When full context was added you’ll notice it was a totally fake controversy https://t.co/h2SD5Ev3VP pic.twitter.com/iuMpLPGytl
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
17) 6th: Major media & respected journalists (see the names!) ran “clouds” & ”shadows” stories feeding the fake scandal pic.twitter.com/VcXJisBQXd
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
24) 8 committees (!) investigated alleg of fraud etc. in ClimateGate– found NO real wrongdoing when context added https://t.co/awulSyyBoH pic.twitter.com/i9mO2F7Skd
— T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 29, 2016
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