Firstly, you are ignoring several issues with the CIA’s leaked conclusion as to Russian intent:

  • The CIA’s mission is foreign not domestic
  • The CIA is not the technical leader in SIGINT/cyber
  • How would the CIA have more insight than the FBI, given the latter’s mission?
  • How would the CIA have more insight than the NSA, given the latter’s capabilities?
  • How can you dismiss the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by 4 former Directors of the CIA and 2 former officers?
  • How can you dismiss the support for Hillary Clinton by the current Director or the fact that the Deputy Directors are political operatives?


Secondly, WikiLeaks’s primary release of information (the DNC e-mail correspondence) was prior to the Democratic Primary. The release on Podesta’s e-mails were in October, but had no noticeable effect, given the uproar over the Access Hollywood tape.

Thirdly, I am glad that you are acknowledging that WikiLeaks has ammunition with which to attack both Trump and the GOP.

Fourth, we can agree that Putin wants to undermine American democracy, particularly in order to legitimize Russia’s own “managed democracy”.

Fifth, you will have to post sources on the hacks on the DOD and US power grid in 2015.

Lastly, I am also glad that you are no longer insinuating that Trump is a Russian agent or that his election victory was due to Russian interference.