Wasn’t this a thing on Weeds?

I’m not talking about the phishing scams so much as the use of weak/non-existent passwords.

Maybe this kind of behavior needs to become cause for termination? If you were running a store, and one employee kept leaving the door unlocked, and you got robbed, you'd probably fire that guy, right?

Hooli could have made it work!

Maybe it’s in there (not in those form emails) and we’re not being clever/diligent enough in our searches? I don't know.

Ok, but then what is it with Assange and his “vetting?” To me, he should be redacting this stuff ( or “curating” as is now the term). If he’s not going to do that, then my only interpretation of the delays of his release is that he is trying to maximize political damage. Hence, my original thesis, that he's a…

Also, would it really be surprising if someone sent their full CC by email for something? The DNC is a big organization. Someone might have ordered something and been sloppy.

Because it’s childish. If you can really use those numbers to connect the dots, I applaud you. But I suspect for most of these folks it just means that after they get a sufficient number of annoying calls they change their number and have to tell family/friends.

You sound like the cab driver who tried to convince me that Obama was the anti-Christ.

I’m glad you’re so confident that last four digits are “almost useless.” Also, search ssn. While the results may not correspond to donors, there are certainly live ones in there.

What do the personal phone numbers of members of congress and donors reveal?

While I don’t see, immediately, any full credit card numbers, its not very hard to find last 4 digits along with the associated full name, home address and phone number. Social security numbers are also very easy to find.

They had the DNC stuff for months. You think it’s just a coincidence that they finished “vetting” on the eve of the convention?

If they publicized the stuff as soon as they received and processed it, I’d characterize them as acting in non-partisan way. But they seem to be timing the releases (i..e, right before the DNC) to maximize trouble for the Dems and Hillary.

Assange hasn’t really been helping his own case. What is the public value in publishing documents with personal information (i.e., credit card #s and phone #s)? Does he make any distinction between leaked information (from a whistleblower) and hacked information (from a criminal/foreign intelligence service)?

Can we at least agree that Wikileaks has become overtly partisan? The timing of the release of the Clinton docs seems intended to maximize the negative impact.

It doesn’t give you pause, at all, that:

I’m trying to remember, which of them is Kumstain Kardashian?

There’s something to this (that there are problems with Democracy), and it’s typically not spoken of outside of reactionary circles. Take a step back and consider the major challenges our country (and many countries) face they are things like energy, the environment, health/elder care, and youth employment. These…

I have yet to hear coherent suggestions on what we were supposed to do in the Middle East and North Africa in response to the Arab Spring. Were we to support the dictators in the name of stability? Were we to send our troops in an attempt at nation building?