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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Durham-related emails prompt DARPA to deny involvement in attributing 2016 DNC hack to Russia

2022-03-15

[Washington Examiner] A Pentagon agency has denied any role in attributing the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee to Russia after an email indicated special counsel John Durham's team asked a computer expert who had researched Trump-Russia collusion claims about it.

Democratic cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann was indicted last year for allegedly concealing his clients, including Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, from the FBI when he pushed since-debunked claims of a secret back channel between the Trump Organization and Russia’s Alfa Bank.

Durham revealed in February he has evidence Sussmann’s other client, known to be former Neustar executive Rodney Joffe, "exploited" domain name system internet traffic at Trump Tower, former President Donald Trump’s Central Park West apartment building, and "the Executive Office of the President of the United States."

Dr. Manos Antonakakis, dubbed "Researcher-1" in Durham’s filings, is a professor at Georgia Tech, wrote in a July 2021 email that Durham prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis asked him about work he had done associated with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, apparently also asking him about an online persona named "Guccifer 2.0," whom U.S. intelligence officials and special counsel Robert Mueller concluded was created by Russian intelligence to assist in a hack-and-leak operation against the DNC in 2016.

Posted by:Besoeker

#3 Seth Rich unavailable for interviews.

Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-03-15 10:47

#2 War with Russia - this is going to go nowhere.

In fact, starting the war can be argued as an excellent reason for avoiding this investigation in the first place.

Posted by: Punky Elmigum9411 2022-03-15 10:03

#1 The question NOT asked.

The alleged DNC "hack" was big news at the time. Someone at DARPA must have heard the news. Did DARPA investigate the "hack", it's origins, attributions? If not, why not ?

Was DARPA simply in the nur befehle befolgen mode. Additional clarification appears to be required.

Notice if will, how the correct questions are so seldom asked.

Posted by: Besoeker 2022-03-15 06:11

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