Prominent conservative blog Gateway Pundit is blaming the Obama Administration for a "cyberattack" on their site. Gateway Pundit offers no proof or explanation for these claims.
Looking into these claims, it appears that the rants of this blogger are likely fabricated. I'm really sure that the President of the United States is going to go out of his way to 'silence' some insignificant blogger just because he doesn't like what's on Kevin Jenning's reading list.
There's a couple of problems with the hypothesis. Let's take a look at some famous cases of cyber warfare:
* In the aftermath of massive voter fraud in the June 2009 Iranian "elections" sites supporting the Green movement of reformists were attacked. In a highly sophisticated attack, attackers likely emanating from Tehran's technology bureaus attacked Twitter and other sites.
* During the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, Russian hackers plagued Georgian sites, shutting down much of the Georgian internet system. These hackers also attacked former SSR Estonia with similar tactics.
* In June 2009 the government of North Korea attacked South Korean systems. These included high-profile and highly sensitive sites such as banks, the government, and businesses.
So in all three of these cases we had a coordinated attacks by governments with attempts to destabilize entire nations. In two cases, Russia itself mobilized to help demoralize and confuse former Soviet blocs. So in order to believe this attack on GP, we'd likely have to see a coordinated effort.
But there are inconsistencies and questions surrounding GP's dubious claims.
Gateway Pundit's claims were not even original. They appeared first and foremost on a much larger site. Last I heard, there were no massive attacks on any of the Breitbart internet sites. If the government wanted to silence or punish a critic, it would surely attack the largest and most prominent and the originator of the anti-Obama claims.
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Caught in a lie, Tiger Woods style.