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Durham’s Debunking of the ‘Clinton Plan’ Emails, Explained
Trump allies have fixated on a purported message about Hillary Clinton and Russia. John H. Durham, the special counsel, found evidence that it was likely a fake assembled by Russian spies.
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I see some grasping at the line in the annex about how some IC analysts told Durham the emails looked likely authentic. Read the dates in the footnotes people. That was his starting point in going down this rabbit hole, before he gathered all the evidence to the contrary.
It is amazing how many reports - in partisan outlets mostly, but even so - are reporting on the "emails" discussed in the annex at face value as if they were real. Can people read?
(Putting aside that the "Clinton approved a plan" claim has been out there since Sept 2020 anyway - that's not news.)
‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows
An annex to the Durham special counsel report was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Epstein files
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‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows
An annex to the Durham special counsel report was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Epstein files
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It’s long been known that a trove of 2016 Russian intel analyst reports purporting to describe the contents of emails of US people who were victims of SVR hackers were hacked out by the Dutch intel service and turned over to the US. What is missing is the US IC thought they were seeded with disinfo.
New Reports on Russian Interference Don’t Show What Trump Says They Do
The administration’s claims are overblown, but newly declassified information provides some messy details about a January 2017 intelligence assessment of Moscow’s election interference.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
RIP Dick Fallon. A devastating loss professionally and personally.
Feels like a James Joyce book should be in here
Is there any upside to Southwest Airlines’ no-assigned-seats system? Not boarding by back to front rows is super inefficient and it seems to make everyone stressed as the non middle seats dry up.
