Oh hey Frink. Getting the facts right isn’t apologetics.
Puggo, the quote is also in the articles I linked. The context and the understanding is what’s missing from the current discussion. Thus the NYT expressed a different understanding 2 years ago.
dahmage, that’s true. But asking someone to engage in future hacking is different from asking for information that’s already in the hands of shady people.
Consider that asking someone to steal the Pentagon Papers = bad; wanting them published = less bad.
You sound like you’re grasping for reasons why Trump’s public call for Russia to get directly involved in American politics, through shady means and for sinister purposes, isn’t really as bad as it sounds. It’s like you’re saying “If you think about it, he didn’t really say what you think he said, and so he’s really not that bad a guy. Especially compared to Obama.”
I mean, seriously? Come on.