{"id":32720,"date":"2019-03-02T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=32720"},"modified":"2019-03-03T20:17:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T04:17:36","slug":"sorry-russia-gaters-wikileaks-got-the-dnc-emails-from-insider-not-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/02\/sorry-russia-gaters-wikileaks-got-the-dnc-emails-from-insider-not-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, Russia-Gaters: WikiLeaks Got the DNC Emails From Insider, Not Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHY THE DNC WAS NOT HACKED BY THE RUSSIANS<\/b><\/a> by Binney and Johnson<\/b><\/p>\n

The following is Ray McGovern’s commetary on this important article.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thinking back, President Barack Obama dropped a huge hint two days before he left office, using his last press conference to point out that the \u201cconclusions of the intelligence community\u201d regarding how WikiLeaks received the DNC emails were \u201cinconclusive.\u201d  The nerve!  Daring to say that just 13 days after the U.S. intelligence Gang of Four briefed Obama up and down on their evidence-free \u201cassessment\u201d that WikiLeaks got the DNC emails via a Russian hack.<\/p>\n

This was one time Obama summoned the courage to face down James (the-Russians-are-almost-genetically-driven-to-deceive) Clapper and other intelligence chiefs.  After all, Obama is a lawyer.  He \u201cdoes evidence.\u201d  In contrast, ex-CIA Director John Brennan, told Congress that he does not \u201cdo evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Back in the day, the intelligence community \u201cdid evidence.\u201d  As soon as the evidence-impoverished \u201cIntelligence Community Assessment\u201d was published on January 6, 2017, members of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) smelled a rat.  That same day, former NSA Technical Director William Binney and Ray published \u201cThe Dubious Case on Russian Hacking<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then came \u201cThe Gaping Holes of Russia-gate<\/a>,\u201d and in July 2017 VIPs published their key forensic-based study \u201cIntel Vets Challenge \u2018Russian Hack\u2019 Evidence,”<\/a> followed by \u201cMore Holes in the Russia-gate Narrative<\/a>\u201d, by Binney and Ray.<\/p>\n

Even Michael Cohen admitted yesterday that he had no \u201cdirect evidence that Mr. Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia.\u201d But, he added, \u201cI have my suspicions.\u201d  We intelligence analysts, back in the day, did not \u201cdo suspicions.”<\/p>\n

There are 1,001 other reasons to impeach President Donald Trump, if Nancy Pelosi had the courage.  But politics, not the Constitution, reigns supreme in the people\u2019s House to which Founders bestowed an orderly political process to get rid of such a president.  Shame on them all.<\/p>\n

Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in inner-city Washington. His 27-year career as a CIA analyst includes serving as Chief of the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and preparer\/briefer of the President\u2019s Daily Brief. He is co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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