This is an expanded version of my previous article "Julian Assange, CrowdStrike, and the Russian Hack that Wasn't." "American Greatness" wanted me to do it because CrowdStrike has received so much attention recently. There's a good bit of overlap, but this is more comprehensive. It incorporates new information and further elaborates on old info. Supersedes original piece as best source for full story of how and why fake DNC hack was perpetrated and precisely what it was designed to do.