Well, WL's first comment was that these might be fake, and it has done some very visible vetting since then.
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Replying to @emptywheel
And its second went in hard against Macron, saying he couldn't know they were fake and they were ahead (I wonder how?). Backpedalling after.
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Replying to @Voidoided
And guess what? In retrospect, that proved smart, bc we have been reminded that Macron said he'd seed fakes.
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Incidentally, something very similar happened w/US attempts to discredit WL, bc Dem sources elevated a fake of a doc WL subsequently dumped.
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And (2) was their bias showing. It was not about whether they were ahead of Macron/ANSSI -they were trying to validate while not doing so.
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Which is why this could be counterproductive. Bc WL's bias (I think you overestimate its justification) proved correct.
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Replying to @emptywheel
They either had them before and distanced themselves, or didn't, and didn't have a platform from which to speculate about who was 'ahead'.
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So if they had them before then they failed to serve GRU's (presumed) purpose and that makes them look good.
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In any case, if fake email thing was meant to discredit WL, it failed, in part bc Macron blabbed abt it first, & was too quick in statement
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Not directly aimed at WL, but at hackers who have other choices of other distrib channels. You must know that 2nd WL tweet was political.
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Right. But that's seems to be a separate issue (and should be) from question of discrediting this MODE of operation.
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