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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19

    Q: Why do people claim the Internet Research Agency indictment shows awesome forensics? It shows nothing of the sort. It shows one email that could be collected under 702, and Facebook's own analysis, plus a vague nod to IDing VPNs.

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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19

        Mueller may well have used great forensics as part of his investigation (thus the addition of Ryan Dickey to the team). But he's not showing them and won't ever have to here.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19

        Following up on my forensics comment. There is this small reference to the use of cryptocurrencies. But Mueller's not SHOWING how they know that or where the money flowed.pic.twitter.com/LYgZDgMIV4

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      2. Eight‏ @Voidoided Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think there's a lot more than that. Just by way of eg, para 38. How is that provable in evidence? Don't have a witness to speak to that

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19
        Replying to @Voidoided

        You do have the unnamed person who traveled to the US in Nov 2014 as a witness, and possibly others (some IRA insiders have complained they didn't get a call). But that's also intercepts, not forensics.

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      4. Eight‏ @Voidoided Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Oh OK, completely misunderstood what you meant, ref to one email and 702.

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19
        Replying to @Voidoided

        I'm just saying I don't think this indictment demanded the full extent of Dickey's abilities.

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      6. Eight‏ @Voidoided Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Yes my misunderstanding. Agree fully with that, suspect he has plenty else to work on.

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      7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19
        Replying to @Voidoided

        Yup. There will be forensics. Mueller might even be forced to show them, if anything goes to trial. But we haven't seen them yet.

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      2. Edward Shain‏ @ems1944 Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Real question: Why are you tweeting this? What's the point you're trying to make?

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19
        Replying to @ems1944

        I'm trying to make the point that numerous people are misrepresenting what the indictment showed, and based off that misrepresentation, misunderstood the indictment.

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      4. Zap Radon‏ @zapradon Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel @ems1944

        Since this will never come to trial, it falls into the category of 'poisoning the well'--misinformation. We'll never know the facts behind it, but it will be repeated endlessly in order to further demonize Russia--again without evidence.

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      2. Jeff A. Taylor‏ @TheFree_Lance Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Because it fits w the “ohh you better hurry and flip” narrative they’ve been pushing for months.

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      3. Smelodies‏ @SmelOdiesOG Feb 19
        Replying to @TheFree_Lance @emptywheel

        With the third guilty plea expected shortly, it doesn’t seem like a narrative being pushed as much as a legal necessity.

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Feb 19
        Replying to @SmelOdiesOG @TheFree_Lance

        Fourth.

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      1. TW “VOTE NOV 6” Polk‏ @twpolk Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Cuz many people don’t understand how things like this work.

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      1. Euphonius Bugnuts‏ @EuphoniusNuts Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The New York Times did this story in 2015, basically.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html …

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      1. I'm FFFFFurious‏ @sherrydeatrick Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        People don't understand that an indictment does not set out ALL the facts - just enough to indict. Oh so much more is there, I'm sure.

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      1. chris savage‏ @chris0s Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think most people are not aware of (a) how hard/easy various forms of electronic sleuthing are, or (b) the scope of our (NSA) capabilities

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      1. B.G. Pelaire‏ @bgpelaire Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        And a Russian journo is claiming most of the info comes from a 2-year-old article he wrote anyway. Who cares, as long as it’s true, strong evidence, and is followed by a big wallop of Trump, family, cronies, GOP Congress and maybe Hugh Hewitt.

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      1. Saul Tannenbaum‏ @stannenb Feb 19
        Replying to @emptywheel

        It’s the emotional impact of the “I’m going to be late getting home because of work” email. That’s relatable to anybody and feels like the US was all over everything the IRA was doing.

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