{"id":35732,"date":"2020-08-21T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T23:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=35732"},"modified":"2020-08-21T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T23:42:42","slug":"no-forensic-evidence-russia-hacked-dnc-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/no-forensic-evidence-russia-hacked-dnc-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"No Forensic Evidence Russia Hacked DNC Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been 105 days since Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, was forced to release sworn testimony by Shawn Henry, President of Crowdstrike, admitting there was no forensic evidence<\/a> that the DNC emails so damaging to Hillary Clinton were hacked – by Russia or anyone else.<\/p>\n

The following excerpts<\/a> from Henry\u2019s testimony speak for themselves. The dialogue is not a paragon of clarity; but if read carefully, even cyber neophytes can understand:<\/p>\n

Ranking Member Mr. [Adam] Schiff: <\/strong>Do you know the date on which the Russians exfiltrated the data from the DNC? \u2026 when would that have been?<\/p>\n

Mr. Henry:<\/strong> Counsel just reminded me that, as it relates to the DNC, we have indicators that data was exfiltrated from the DNC, but we have no indicators that it was exfiltrated (sic). \u2026 There are times when we can see data exfiltrated, and we can say conclusively. But in this case, it appears it was set up to be exfiltrated, but we just don\u2019t have the evidence that says it actually left.<\/p>\n

Mr. [Chris] Stewart of Utah:<\/strong> Okay. What about the emails that everyone is so, you know, knowledgeable of? Were there also indicators that they were prepared but not evidence that they actually were exfiltrated?<\/p>\n

Mr. Henry: <\/strong>There\u2019s not evidence that they were actually exfiltrated. There\u2019s circumstantial evidence \u2026 but no evidence that they were actually exfiltrated. \u2026 <\/p>\n

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\u201cQED\u201d, said former NSA Technical Director Bill Binney. \u201cQuod erat demonstrandum<\/em>: that which was to be demonstrated\u201d (for those a bit stale in the old rubrics of geometry).<\/p>\n

We in VIPS had been saying what Shawn Henry finally admitted since Dec. 12, 2016. See: US Intel Vets Dispute Russia Hacking Claims<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Finally, we thought, the truth emerges. Better late than never – and how late it was!<\/p>\n

Sadly, we have not yet seen the end of the wait. The Establishment media story that Russia hacked the DNC emails is too big to fail. CrowdStrike\u2019s admission had been suppressed. We feel as though we are waiting for Godot.<\/p>\n

Shawn Henry testified under oath on Dec. 5, 2017, but it was not until May 7, 2020 – TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER – that he was forced to release Henry\u2019s testimony, parts of which actually do merit the usually-overused term \u201cbombshell\u201d. How, we wondered, would the NY Times<\/i> and other Establishment media handle this puncture of the hot air balloon named \u201cRussian hack of the DNC\u201d?<\/p>\n

Well, it turns out that a quick-reaction \u201cbombshell removal team\u201d was summoned into action to defuse and bury both bomb and shell. Readers of the Times<\/i> and other \u201cmainstream\u201d media have been prevented from learning of the CrowdStrike president\u2019s testimony. Incredibly, the MSM seem to be on their way to duplicate Adam Schiff\u2019s two-and-a-half year deep-sixing caper – only 26 months to go.<\/p>\n

On August 18, Lee Camp invited Ray onto \u201cRedacted Tonight\u201d to discuss this, Julian Assange plight, and other front-burner issues. Lee, a comedian by trade, was in a deadly serious mode, having done serious homework, asking serious questions.<\/p>\n

By the way, one of his best programs aired three years ago, after Patrick Lawrence told \u201cthe saga of the missing hack\u201d in an excellent article in The Nation, which raised hackles among the HWHW (Hillary Would Have Won) partisans there. Lee\u2019s coverage of the hack canard then is a hoot. I\u2019ll include a link to that one below the interview this week.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my interview (Tuesday) that aired Thursday:<\/p>\n

Julian Assange Prosecution an “Abomination” Says Former CIA Man
<\/em>August 20, 2020, 16 minutes<\/p>\n