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:*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.}}</small>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/</ref><ref>''[https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/ A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack], Former NSA experts say it wasn’t a hack at all, but a leak—an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system'', By [[Patrick Lawrence]], ''[[The Nation]]'', August 9, 2017.</ref> Adam Carter writes, {{quotebox|"one particular group would have been particularly desperate precisely at that time, for the emergence of a narrative about Russian hackers to discredit proper leaks / justify claims that all leaks are 'probably doctored' and they will have very likely known [Warren] Flood too.<br>That group is the Clinton Campaign.<br>As of June 12th, [2016] they were in a position where [[Julian Assange]] had just announced WikiLeaks' upcoming release of [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary's emails]], she was still under [[FBI]] investigation, and [[Trump]] was attacking Hillary for her use of a private server with his supporters frequently chanting "lock her up!" at rallies.<br>The campaign was in a desperate position and really needed something similar to a Russian hacker narrative and one where they would be fortunate to have a seemingly clumsy hacker that leaves lots of 'fingerprints' tainting files and bringing the reputation of leaks into question... Sure enough, 2-3 days later, Guccifer2.0 - the world's weirdest hacker - was spawned and started telling lies in an effort to attribute himself to the malware discoveries, etc."<ref>http://g-2.spac/#7</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.}}</small>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/</ref><ref>''[https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/ A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack], Former NSA experts say it wasn’t a hack at all, but a leak—an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system'', By [[Patrick Lawrence]], ''[[The Nation]]'', August 9, 2017.</ref> Adam Carter writes,  

{{quotebox-float|"one particular group would have been particularly desperate precisely at that time, for the emergence of a [[narrative]] about Russian hackers to discredit proper leaks / justify claims that all leaks are 'probably doctored' and they will have very likely known [Warren] Flood too.<br>That group is the Clinton Campaign.<br>As of June 12th, [2016] they were in a position where [[Julian Assange]] had just announced WikiLeaks' upcoming release of [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary's emails]], she was still under [[FBI]] investigation, and [[Trump]] was attacking Hillary for her use of a private server with his supporters frequently chanting "lock her up!" at rallies.<br>The campaign was in a desperate position and really needed something similar to a Russian hacker narrative and one where they would be fortunate to have a seemingly clumsy hacker that leaves lots of 'fingerprints' tainting files and bringing the reputation of leaks into question... Sure enough, 2-3 days later, Guccifer2.0 - the world's weirdest hacker - was spawned and started telling lies in an effort to attribute himself to the malware discoveries, etc."<ref>http://g-2.spac/#7</ref>}}

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