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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by hackinthebochs on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:07PM (#24519983)
You seem to be confused about what this thread was discussing. The question was whether Assange received the emails from an insider or a third party. Who actually did the phising is a separate concern.

That said, considering the context of the election, Trumps close ties with Russia and Russian agents, and the broad and multifaceted attempts at hacking the election attributed to Russia (disinformation farms, hacking state election networks), it is very likely that Russia was also behind the DNC hack. These weak attempts at casting doubt on Russia's involvement are transparent.

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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by jessaustin on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:28PM (#24520216)
You, directly above: We know that Podesta was a victim of spear phishing.

You, directly above that: Assange's denials about Russia's involvement aren't credible on its face.

Yeah, I'm confused. This is all beside the point. It is lawful to publish true information about candidates that is of interest to the public.

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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by hackinthebochs on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:29PM (#24520933)
It turns out you need context to understand the meaning of words. If you keep reading, you will see the rest of that context. I wasn't saying "it is obviously false that Russia didn't hack the DNC", I was saying that "Assange cannot claim to know Russia didn't hack the DNC [unless he was involved directly]". See the difference?
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by Balgair on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:29PM (#24520936)
As of 19:23 UTC, the poster's profile's 'About' section only lists: " "obvious troll" ".
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by jessaustin on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:48PM (#24521153)
19:23?!? Oh shit, dude, you caught me! I had so meant to change that sometime in the last three years! After all, HN people can't be expected to understand a joke in any context!
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by Tanath on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:35PM (#24531576)
> it is very likely that Russia was also behind the DNC hack.

Actually it's an established fact. They were being watched live on their computers and security cameras as they were doing the hacking.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/dutch...

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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by jessaustin on Sunday September 20, 2020 @04:09PM (#24536981)
The data collected by AIVD began to pay off in November of 2014, when the agency alerted US intelligence officials that the Cozy Bear group had obtained login credentials and email from US State Department employees. enabling the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the State Department to shut down the attack within 24 hours.

Is there some connection between State Dept in 2014 and DNC in 2016?

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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by hackinthebochs on Sunday September 20, 2020 @02:58PM (#24536382)
I remembered that from years ago, but couldn't remember where I saw it. Thanks.

Imaging burning a source so valuable for the sake of the U.S., only to have us elect Trump anyways and four years later pretend like its still an open question whether Russia was involved.

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