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Clinton Campaign: Russia Leaked Emails to Help Trump (washingtonpost.com)

An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes the Washington Post: A top official with Hillary Clinton's campaign on Sunday accused the Russian government of orchestrating the release of damaging Democratic Party records in order to help the campaign of Republican Donald Trump -- and some cyber security experts in the U.S. and overseas agree. The extraordinary charge came as some national security officials have been growing increasingly concerned about possible efforts by Russia to meddle in the election, according to several individuals familiar with the situation.

Late last week, hours before the records were released by the website Wikileaks, the White House convened a high-level security meeting to discuss reports that Russia had hacked into systems at the Democratic National Committee... Officials from various intelligence and defense agencies, including the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, attended the White House meeting Thursday, on the eve of the email release.

Clinton's campaign manager told ABC News "some experts are now telling us that this was done by the Russians for the purpose of helping Donald Trump." Donald Trump's son later responded, "They'll say anything to be able to win this."

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  1. Dammit Trump! Enough with the Conspiracy Theories! by CajunArson · · Score: 4, Funny

    That crazy Trump running around blaming the Russians for everything! That guy is completely unhinged and we need a sane establishment-connected candidate like Her Highness Hill --- [whispering] --- Uh.. wait that was Hillary who said that?

    Well uh, she's obviously right. There's a vast right wing conspiracy led by the Russkies that's infiltrated all levels of the U.S. Government to stop the most qualified woman on EARTH from being coronated queen of 'Murica! I have in my hand here a list of 47 Russkie agents that are hellbent on subverting Hillary's ascendency to the throne and I propose a witchhunt to ruin their lives!! (in the name of diversity and BLMLGBTQQRSUNVAKEHG rights of course)

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    AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
  2. Re:Trumps son... by Dahamma · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which one, Uday or Qusay?

  3. Re:well well well by drnb · · Score: 5, Funny

    A bunch of petty, unethical DNC employees (which is highly shitty, no question) still pales compared to a Manchurian candidate.

    Given the Clinton's history of illegal political financial support from China it may be best not to mention Manchuria.

  4. From Russia with love by WaffleMonster · · Score: 3, Funny

    What difference at this point does it make who hacked DNC's dammed emails?

  5. Re:Cheesy 80's movie excuse by prisoner-of-enigma · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a vast left-wing conspiracy!

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    In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. Re:Cheesy 80's movie excuse by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't believe they're using "our emails were hacked by Russians" as their excuse.

    Next we'll be hearing that Trump is organizing all those shootings and bombings across Europe to boost his campaign. That's gotta be really expensive.

  7. Re:Cheesy 80's movie excuse by Hartree · · Score: 5, Funny

    But, but...

    The dog really did eat my homework!

  8. Re:Dammit Trump! Enough with the Conspiracy Theori by vandelais · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know when fluoridation first began?
    Nineteen hundred and forty-six. 1946, CajunArson. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
      first became aware of it during the physical act of love. Yes, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily, I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.

    And there's no fighting in here.

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    Game: Player 'Donald J Trump' now has AI skill level 'experimental'.
  9. Re:Cheesy 80's movie excuse by lucm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Over in Russia, things aren't the same; they don't have a booming tech sector like we do

    They have a booming tech sector: spam, botnets, credit card fraud, etc.

    And it's a real industry. Not happy with the stolen credit card numbers you bought? Call customer service and you get a discount on your next order.

    They make non-Russian organized crime look like drunk hooligans.

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    lucm, indeed.
  10. So I understand... by Alypius · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Hillary's staff has insisted for months that Russia never hacked her accounts. Yet for some reason the same staff is blaming the Russians for leaking these details. Must be more of that Smart Diplomacy we've been hearing about, what with that Russian Reset and all.

  11. Re:Cheesy 80's movie excuse by Hodr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, he hires immigrants who will work for less.