Readers were unable to access the pioneering powerhouse news website Drudge Report for an hour and a half on Thursday, due to what site founder Matt Drudge says was a denial-of-service attack. On Twitter Thursday night in the midst of the attack and shutdown, Drudge questioned whether the U.S. government might be behind the attack, which he said was the largest in the website’s history. Later, Drudge said the attack came from “thousands” of sources. Attacking coming from 'thousands' of sources. Of course none of them traceable to Fort Meade... — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) December 30, 2016 Is the US government attacking DRUDGE REPORT? Biggest DDoS since site's inception. VERY suspicious routing [and timing]. — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) December 30, 2016 Ace investigation reporter Sharyl Attkisson responded…