The cable news channels this morning are emphasizing links among Russian hacking, Trump and the recent election. The CIA and Obama have succeeded in shifting attention away from the content of the scandalous and factual Clinton-Podesta e-mails and onto the unknown process by which they were made known. To cement these connections in people’s minds, Obama has ordered a review of hacking in past elections. This is mission accomplished for the CIA and the Obama team, at least for now. They favor government secrecy. For the time being, he and others in his administration have shifted the controversy away from … Continue reading Lights Out on Real News