emptywheel

Marcy, you & @MoonofA seem to have different takes on Binney. Mind expounding?

Marcy believes that Russia hacked the DNC and the U.S. elections. I have seen zero evidence for that and believe that the whole "Russian hacking" issues is nutty propaganda.

We may have the same view of Binney. I like him, have learned a lot from him. But even if you believe Forensicator is 100% correct, there is nothing about it that proves this was a leak.

Thanks to you both. Do you think Russian government actors tried to influence the election & that US officials & media are blowing it out of proportion?

Yes. RU actors tried to influence election. I think the way it is being covered is problematic (bc it ignores GOP operations, other election problems). Also bc it makes Putin out to be bigger than he is. But it is more serious than thus far made public.

Putin/Russia is just one of a long line of people meddling in US elections. China, England, France, Israel all guilty. Hell, Bibi and AIPAC (remember Jonathan Pollard?) are infinitely more sinister than Russia. Good news is nobody in the US died, cause when we meddle