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Line 21: − Former and [[NBC News]] "expert" [[Shawn Henry]] admitted under oath he had no evidence of Russia hacking the [[DNC]], despite having originated the [[fake news]].+
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Third, the FBI’s brass was so hot to nail Trump for supposedly being a clandestine agent of Russia that the line agents’ rejection of the evidence made no difference. “People on the 7th floor to include the Director are fired up about this server,” said headquarters agent [[Joe Pientka]] in a message to one of the Chicago agents. The 7th floor houses the suite of top executive offices at FBI headquarters, including that of director [[James Comey]]. When the Chicago cyber investigators found no basis for criminal charges, they were told to keep the case open as a [[counterintelligence]] matter. “[[Priestap]] says it’s not an option — we must do it,” admonished Pientka, referring to the bureau’s top counterintelligence official.
Third, the FBI’s brass was so hot to nail Trump for supposedly being a clandestine agent of Russia that the line agents’ rejection of the evidence made no difference. “People on the 7th floor to include the Director are fired up about this server,” said headquarters agent [[Joe Pientka]] in a message to one of the Chicago agents. The 7th floor houses the suite of top executive offices at FBI headquarters, including that of director [[James Comey]]. When the Chicago cyber investigators found no basis for criminal charges, they were told to keep the case open as a [[counterintelligence]] matter. “[[Priestap]] says it’s not an option — we must do it,” admonished Pientka, referring to the bureau’s top counterintelligence official.
[[Shawn Henry]], former assistant director of the of the FBI's cyper crimes unit promoted by [[Robert Mueller]], who then left the FBI in 2012 to become a top executive for [[CrowdStrike]], the cybersecurity firm hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] to investigate the 2016 alleged "hack" of its email system and an [[NBC News]] "[[national security]] expert", admitted under oath he had no evidence of Russia hacking the [[DNC]], despite having originated the [[fake news]] story.
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