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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Replying to @HbdNrx
This is a good timeline. But you omit a lot of key details. 1. Trump's weird connection to Russia was well publicized during GOP primary. 2. Russia's use of social media to undermine trust in US news media was being reported as far back as 2014.
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Replying to @Fly_Agaric @HbdNrx
3. Wikileaks teased a leaks detailing Russia government corruption. It never materialized. This wasn't long before Snowden.
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Replying to @Fly_Agaric
1. Russia has been the lib/neocon bogeyman since 2014, so chatter about Trump being connected to Russia can only be considered in light of that. In other words, even during the GOP primaries they were just using "Russian ties" as a smear without evidence due to favoring detente.
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2. These reports are worthy of being trusted in the same way that "Assange is a Russian agent" can be trusted. This is classic herd/groupthink behavior against the perceived enemy.
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Replying to @HbdNrx @Fly_Agaric
3 is most interesting and worthy of looking into more. It's possible some kind of deal was struck in order to get Snowden to safety.
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(Although I don't specifically remember that detail)
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