Graham and Feinstein Start the Horowitz Hearing with a Lie

Lindsey Graham and Diane Feinstein both issued opening statements asserting that the Russian government hacked into the Democratic National Committee and copied files from their server over the Internet. They know that the files were copied from inside the DNC headquarters. This has been documented by a few news organizations including this account from 2017 from the Hill:

A forensic report claiming to show that a Democratic National Committee insider, not Russia, stole files from the DNC is full of holes, say cybersecurity experts. 

“In short, the theory is flawed,” said FireEye’s John Hultquist, director of intelligence analysis at FireEye, a firm that provides forensic analysis and other cybersecurity services. 

“The author of the report didn’t consider a number of scenarios and breezed right past others. It completely ignores all the evidence that contradicts its claims.”

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A blogger named “The Forensicator” analyzed the “last modified” times in one set of documents released by Guccifer 2.0. Based on the size of the documents and the times they were downloaded, Forensicator calculated that a hacker was able to copy the files at a speed of more than 20 megabytes per second. 

That is faster than consumer internet services in the United States can upload documents.

The best “theory” for who copied the files is Seth Rich. As we know, dead men tell no tales.

This hearing started out with this lie and Diane Feinstein’s assertion that there is no Deep State: an assertion that even the CIA has verified. For those who expected the Republican Senate to bring the Obama administration’s crimes to light, I believe that you will be disappointed. Feinstein’s assertion that we “move on” coupled with Graham’s similar sentiment outlined previously on Maria Bartiromo’s show seems to confirm a continuation of the cover-up. We may get a few breadcrumbs but we will not get justice.

David DeGerolamo