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Beware of Narratives and Misinformation
Townhall.com ^ | September 7, 2017 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 09/07/2017 6:20:56 AM PDT by Kaslin

U.S. intelligence agencies said Russia was responsible for hacking Democratic National Committee email accounts, leading to the publication of about 20,000 stolen emails on WikiLeaks.

But that finding was reportedly based largely on the DNC's strange outsourcing of the investigation to a private cybersecurity firm. Rarely does the victim of a crime first hire a private investigator whose findings later form the basis of government conclusions.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is many things. But so far he has not been caught lying about the origin of the leaked documents that came into his hands. He has insisted for well over a year that the Russians did not provide him with the DNC emails.

When it was discovered that the emails had been compromised, then-DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz weirdly refused to allow forensic detectives from the FBI to examine the DNC server to probe the evidence of the theft. Why did the FBI accept that refusal?

That strange behavior was not as bizarre as Wasserman Schultz's later frenzied efforts to protect her information technology specialist, Imran Awan, from Capitol Police and FBI investigations. Both agencies were hot on Awan's trail for unlawfully transferring secure data from government computers, and also for bank and federal procurement fraud.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: antifa; dnc; fbi; itgate; jamescomey; mediabias; presidenttrump; russia; wikileaks

1 posted on 09/07/2017 6:20:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
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2 posted on 09/07/2017 6:22:39 AM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: Kaslin

But don’t they know that if Bolton, Nikki Haley, and McCain, say “Russia did it,” it’s gotta be true?


3 posted on 09/07/2017 6:24:41 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Kaslin

Who killed Seth Rich?


4 posted on 09/07/2017 7:13:28 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Dump Flake)
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To: All
The USA is edging toward a Democrat-triggered fascist takeover, if the corruption in DC is not steam-cleaned of these political stains. D/W/S, Clinton, and Obama should all be arrested, charged, and tried. All of Obama's operatives sucking up air in the Trump admin should be frog-marched out of our government ASAP.

FACTS ON FILE Democrats demand a special counsel to investigate Trump for a fictitious, unsubstantiated claim of "collusion with the Russians" - w/ exactly ZERO EVIDENCE brought forward to justify a 'special counsel.' racking up lawyer billing hours like there's no tomorrow.

OTOH, there's MOUNTAINS OF EVIDENCE, actual tangible proof.....Hillary's private server, the infamous found laptop full of incriminating evidence...plus a DEAD BODY (Seth Rich)....yet still NO SPECIAL COUNSEL! NO INVESTIGATION.

5 posted on 09/11/2017 6:47:39 AM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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To: Liz

"I solemnly swear to my publisher I will pitch my book in my
testimony to Congress, as long as they pay me ten million dollars"

6 posted on 09/11/2017 6:51:32 AM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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