CrowdStrike is also the company behind Russiagate.
In some circles, it’s considered that they were not completely honest actors, to say the least. My understanding is that the FBI didn’t directly seize the DNC’s physical servers; instead, they relied on CrowdStrike’s forensic images and reports. This is unusual and they could have withhold evidence that didn’t fit “the narrative”, being that Donald Trump is a Russian asset.
To ELI5 what could be implied here, they will say whatever the intelligence agencies and the deep state want them to say, creating negative coverage about Chinese technology is kind of their MO. Allegedly.
But as I’m reading the other comments, they have quite a lot of notorious f ups, so I could be wrong.
These are serious allegations. Can you show evidence of any malfeasance?
These are not my allegations, I’m responding to a question “Sorry, what exactly is the implication here?”. Check the thread.
Thanks. I missed some context earlier.
I would still love to see some sort of source for the allegations. It sort of smells like the evidence didn't come out the way some people hoped so they blamed the investigators. Thats fair, if there's evidence to support the stance.
It is unproven that Trump is literally a Russian spy although that was not at the time even asserted. The entire issue was that Trump's campaign met with literal Russian spies at a time when Trump was in fact in the building although not verifiably at said meeting. The Russians received data useful insofar as targeting the American people with disinfo.
Subsequently Trump called for the Russians to attack the Democrats. They did. They also appear to have targeted the American people with disinfo which could have been aided by the data supplied to them. Ultimately Trump's position towards Russia has evolved into an uncharacteristically and uniquely favorable position for an American president.
If he isn't an actual asset he certainly at least collaborated and communicated with them as a fellow traveler with similar aims at odds with the actual geopolitical aims of America as a nation.