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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>}}

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 used CrowdStrike's allegations in an attempt to delegitimize [[Donald Trump]] while providing an excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss of the [[2016 presidential election]]. 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 used CrowdStrike's allegations in an attempt to delegitimize [[Donald Trump]] while providing an excuse for Hillary Clinton's loss of the [[2016 presidential election]]. From there followed claims that "Russia hacked the U.S. elections."

On June 14, 2016 the DNC claimed ''Trump Opposition Research'' was stolen in alleged hack.<ref>https://archive.is/mIlwc</ref><ref>''Washington  Post'' puts out sensational [[fake news]] story of Russian hacking the DNC. CrowdStrike is reported as discovering the hack, but the hack has never been independently verified by the FBI or any other independent firm or government agency. CrowdStrike, [colloquially referred to as "industry" by the IC] under contract to the DNC, is assisting the DNC to brace for embarrassing Wikileaks revelations of the document dumps procured by DNC [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] Seth Rich by blaming Russian hackers. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.9c00be4c3957] http://www.voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-comey-russia-hack-dnc-clinton-trump/3776067.html http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-22/muzzled-breitbart-wh-correspondent-ordered-not-ask-televised-question-discrediting-d *'''15 June.''' Someone purporting to be Guccifer2.0 claims responsibility for DNC hack and claims to be a source for Wikileaks. The first 5 documents he posts are purposefully tainted with 'Russian Fingerprints' and the first of those documents just so happens to be the ''Trump Opposition Research'' the DNC announce on the previous day.</ref>

On June 14, 2016 the DNC claimed ''Trump Opposition Research'' was stolen in alleged hack.<ref>https://archive.is/mIlwc</ref><ref>''Washington  Post'' puts out sensational [[fake news]] story of Russian hacking the DNC. CrowdStrike is reported as discovering the hack, but the hack has never been independently verified by the FBI or any other independent firm or government agency. CrowdStrike, [colloquially referred to as "industry" by the IC] under contract to the DNC, is assisting the DNC to brace for embarrassing Wikileaks revelations of the document dumps procured by DNC [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] Seth Rich by blaming Russian hackers. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.9c00be4c3957] http://www.voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-comey-russia-hack-dnc-clinton-trump/3776067.html http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-22/muzzled-breitbart-wh-correspondent-ordered-not-ask-televised-question-discrediting-d *'''15 June.''' Someone purporting to be Guccifer2.0 claims responsibility for DNC hack and claims to be a source for Wikileaks. The first 5 documents he posts are purposefully tainted with 'Russian Fingerprints' and the first of those documents just so happens to be the ''Trump Opposition Research'' the DNC announce on the previous day.</ref>