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The [[mainstream media]] ran with the CrowdStrike version of a hack in an attempt to delegitimize Trump. Starting in June 2016 and continuing forward the DNC, ''Washington Post'', ''New York Times'', and other MSM outlets have been using CrowdStrike's allegations in an attempt to delegitimize Donald Trump while providing an excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss. From there followed claims that "Russia hacked the U.S. elections."

The [[mainstream media]] ran with the CrowdStrike version of a hack in an attempt to delegitimize Trump. Starting in June 2016 and continuing forward the DNC, ''Washington Post'', ''New York Times'', and other MSM outlets have been using CrowdStrike's allegations in an attempt to delegitimize Donald Trump while providing an excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss. From there followed claims that "Russia hacked the U.S. elections."

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, which includes among members two former Technical Directors of the National Security Agency, has repeatedly called attention to its conclusion that the DNC emails were leaked — not “hacked” by Russia or anyone else.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/27/did-sen-warner-and-comey-collude-on-russia-gate/</ref> In analyizing the The Time Sequence:

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, which includes among members two former Technical Directors of the National Security Agency, has repeatedly called attention to its conclusion that the DNC emails were leaked — not “hacked” by Russia or anyone else.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/27/did-sen-warner-and-comey-collude-on-russia-gate/</ref> In analyizing the time sequence:

:*June 12, 2016: Assange announces WikiLeaks is about to publish “emails related to Hillary Clinton;”

:*June 12, 2016: Assange announces WikiLeaks is about to publish “emails related to Hillary Clinton;”

:*June 15, 2016: “Guccifer 2.0” affirms the DNC statement; claims responsibility for the “hack;” claims to be a WikiLeaks source; and posts a document that the forensics show was synthetically tainted with “Russian fingerprints;"

:*June 15, 2016: “Guccifer 2.0” affirms the DNC statement; claims responsibility for the “hack;” claims to be a WikiLeaks source; and posts a document that the forensics show was synthetically tainted with “Russian fingerprints;"

VIPS noted {{Quotebox|We do not think that the June 12, 14, & 15 timing was pure coincidence. Rather, it suggests the start of a pre-emptive move to associate Russia with anything WikiLeaks might have been about to publish and to “show” that it came from a Russian hack.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/</ref>}}

VIPS noted {{Quotebox|"We do not think that the June 12, 14, & 15 timing was pure coincidence. Rather, it suggests the start of a pre-emptive move to associate Russia with anything WikiLeaks might have been about to publish and to “show” that it came from a Russian hack.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/</ref>}}

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<!--???*'''June.''' Civilian(?) From the industry probe(?) into the (2015?) hack finds servers in two Moscow banks (what does this have to do with probe of DNC servers?) (Alfa and Sperbank) directly pinging one server in Trump Tower.-->