Grumpy Bear, a/k/a, Russia, is alleged to have interfered with the 2016 US presidential election.
I say “alleged” because the “evidence,” if you want to call it that, consists of “looks like,” “similar to,” and similar comparisons, to yet unrevealed evidence.
Being mindful that the FBI, one of the supporters of the Russian interference rumor mill, had to get special Windows software written to separate husband and wife emails.
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Forensic computer experts developed new software to “de-dupe” the contents, weeding out duplicate emails. With a warrant in the FBI’s possession, agents can read Weiner’s emails and determine if any of the messages are relevant to Mrs. Clinton’s server.
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The CIA has the technical chops to make an assessment but you have to assume they aren’t aping the FBI from published news reports. The Department of Homeland Security echoes that opinion, but the CIA + FBI + DHS = one opinion. With no facts being given.
Whatever conclusion you reach on the involvement or non-involvement of Grumpy Bear, Hillary Clinton had the ability to end the email “crisis” at the time of her own choosing.
The simple solution was to release all of her unclassified emails and those of her campaign staff. Not just John Podesta‘s but all of them.
For good measure, I would have thrown Bill Clinton‘s in as well. Give the press a target other than Hillary.
After the initial shock of transparency wore off, the press would quickly discover there’s nothing there and move along. Something else, perhaps legitimate campaign issues, would have been at the top of the news.
Don’t repeat Clinton’s mistake and allow a leak, that has already happened, become an albatross around your neck.