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Here’s the public evidence that supports the idea that Russia interfered in the 2016 election

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Thu, 2017-07-06 18:12 — Kathy Gilbeaux

washingtonpost.com - by Philip Bump - July 6, 2017

. . . “I think it was Russia,” Trump said, “but I think it was probably other people and/or countries, and I see nothing wrong with that statement. Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure.”

There’s a lot packed into that statement: a cursory acceptance of the consensus view that Russia was involved, a shadow of doubt overlaid with the idea that Russia didn’t act alone, and a blanket shrug at the idea that the truth was really knowable . . .

. . . we’ve cobbled together the publicly available information to demonstrate why a layperson might have reasonable confidence that Russia was behind the election hacks — even if Trump, with access to a fuller set of information, does not concur.

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Thu, 2017-07-06 18:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE ARTICLE ABOVE . . .

Trump heads to foreign soil, promptly bashes two ex-presidents and his own intelligence community
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/06/trump-heads-to-foreign-soil-promptly-bashes-two-ex-presidents-and-his-own-intelligence-community/?utm_term=.66f967e568a1

Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?utm_term=.03c1824b918e

All Signs Point to Russia Being Behind the DNC Hack
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/4xa5g9/all-signs-point-to-russia-being-behind-the-dnc-hack

Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national

Intelligence Report on Russian Hacking
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/06/us/politics/document-russia-hacking-report-intelligence-agencies.html

Was It a 400-Pound, 14-Year-Old Hacker, or Russia? Here’s Some of the Evidence
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/06/us/russian-hack-evidence.html

Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution (25 page .PDF report)
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election
https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/top-secret-nsa-report-details-russian-hacking-effort-days-before-2016-election/

Here’s the Public Evidence Russia Hacked the DNC - It’s Not Enough
https://theintercept.com/2016/12/14/heres-the-public-evidence-russia-hacked-the-dnc-its-not-enough/

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ALSO SEE . . .

Trump still doesn't seem to believe his intelligence agencies on Russia
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/06/politics/trump-intelligence-agencies-russia/index.html

Russia steps up spying efforts after election
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/06/politics/russia-steps-up-spying-efforts-after-election/index.html

 

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