Background timeline of the Wikileaks/Russian hacking conspiracy theory: 2006: Wikileaks begins publishing leaks 2007: Leaks related to Guantanamo Bay published 2008: Scientology leaks published. Sarah Palin's email account allegedly breached by Anonymous & published on Wikileaks
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When did the "Russia is meddling in our democracy/hacking our election" meme start, specifically? I think it must have been immediately after Assange/Wikileaks first leaked any campaign documents related to the 2016 election.
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Assange was of course a "known Russian agent" (note: not really), so any leaks related to the election were obviously attacks by Putin on American Democracy. This became the conventional wisdom even before Hillary accused Russia of these leaks during the debates.
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Naturally, after the election the obvious scapegoat was Putin. Putin meddled with American Democracy (note: there is little to no evidence for this) and prevented Her from taking Her rightful position.
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What's the big point here? That all of this started with speculation about Assange and Wikileaks that simply became accepted without evidence due to geopolitical considerations and the need for a scapegoat.
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(We could include the Crowdstrike report or the "17 intelligence agencies" stuff in here, but all of that was actually a result of the unfounded suspicions that were whipped up in the wake of Snowden)
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