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Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), 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/2018/06/07/still-waiting-for-evidence-of-a-russian-hack/</ref>

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), 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/2018/06/07/still-waiting-for-evidence-of-a-russian-hack/</ref>

Journalist Ray McGovern noted the episode reveals {{Quotebox|"a cynical decision to put U.S. intelligence agents and highly sophisticated cybertools at risk, rather than allow Assange to at least attempt to prove that Russia was not behind the DNC leak.

Ex-CIA presidential briefer [[Ray McGovern]] noted the episode reveals  

{{Quotebox|"a cynical decision to put U.S. intelligence agents and highly sophisticated cybertools at risk, rather than allow Assange to at least attempt to prove that Russia was not behind the DNC leak.

The greater risk to Warner and Comey apparently would have been if Assange provided evidence that Russia played no role in the 2016 leaks of DNC documents."<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/27/did-sen-warner-and-comey-collude-on-russia-gate/</ref>}}

The greater risk to Warner and Comey apparently would have been if Assange provided evidence that Russia played no role in the 2016 leaks of DNC documents."<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/27/did-sen-warner-and-comey-collude-on-russia-gate/</ref>}}