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"The FBI saw the attack starting in mid-June 2016, with the first dumping of stolen emails".
But wasn't the FBI already trying to contact the DNC in 2015, that Yared Tamene guy?
But wasn't the FBI already trying to contact the DNC in 2015, that Yared Tamene guy?
Comey's acting as if everybody, including the FBI, only found out about Russia's hacking of the DNC mid-June, presumably around June 14. But that was a carefully constructed story by the DNC, Michael Sussmann [a future CHS] and CrowdStrike, who made the Russia report.
"The federal investigation, involving the F.B.I. and the intelligence agencies, has been going on since the Democratic National Committee first called in a private cybersecurity firm, Crowdstrike, in April."
nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/…
nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/…
"The D.N.C. executives and their lawyer had their first formal meeting with senior F.B.I. officials in mid-June."
"Among the early requests at that meeting: that the federal government make a quick “attribution” formally blaming actors with ties to Russian government".
"Among the early requests at that meeting: that the federal government make a quick “attribution” formally blaming actors with ties to Russian government".
