{"id":76908,"date":"2016-08-01T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=76908"},"modified":"2016-07-28T16:18:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:18:36","slug":"if-russian-intelligence-did-hack-the-dnc-the-nsa-would-know-snowden-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/08\/if-russian-intelligence-did-hack-the-dnc-the-nsa-would-know-snowden-says\/","title":{"rendered":"If Russian Intelligence Did Hack the DNC, the NSA Would Know, Snowden Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FRANCE-EU-<\/a><\/p>\n

26 Jul 2016 – <\/em>As my colleague Glenn Greenwald told WNYC<\/a> on Monday [25 Jul] while there may never be conclusive evidence that the Democratic National Committee was hacked by Russian intelligence operatives to extract the trove of embarrassing emails<\/a> published by WikiLeaks, it would hardly be shocking if that was what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernments do spy on each other and do try to influence events in other countries,\u201d Glenn noted. \u201cCertainly the U.S. government has a very long and successful history<\/a> of doing exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, he added, given the ease with which we were misled into war in Iraq by false claims about weapons of mass destruction \u2014 and the long history of Russophobia<\/a> in American politics \u2014 it is vital to cast a skeptical eye over whatever evidence is presented to support the claim, made by Hillary Clinton\u2019s aide Robby Mook, that this is all part of a Russian plot to sabotage the Democrats and help Donald Trump win the election.<\/p>\n

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Clinton campaign manager on DNC leak: Experts say "Russians are releasing these emails" to help Trump #CNNSOTU<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/GwJhloosPs<\/a><\/p>\n

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n