[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Aaron Maté [@aaronjmate](/creator/twitter/aaronjmate) on x 466K followers Created: 2025-07-19 00:20:56 UTC Newly declassified documents show that US intelligence leaders concealed findings that undermined their core allegation of a "sweeping and systematic" Russian interference campaign in the 2016 election: Russia's alleged hack and release of Democratic Party emails via Wikileaks. In January 2017, a US intel assessment -- overseen by CIA chief John Brennan and endlessly parroted by media outlets -- claimed that Russia was behind the email hacking. Now in July 2025 we learn that the ICA hid the fact that the FBI and NSA only had "low confidence in the attribution of the data leaks to Russia." This was because, a September 2016 intel assessment explained, "we lack sufficient technical details to correlate the information posted online to Russian state-sponsored actors." This was obvious to those of us who read the available evidence, rather than just writing down what US intelligence leaders told us to. During these 8+ years of buried evidence and media stenography, we were told that "Russian interference" not only put Trump in power, but represented a Pearl Harbor/9-11-level threat to US democracy and security. It was all a scam.  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [hack](/topic/hack) [mat](/topic/mat) [Post Link](https://x.com/aaronjmate/status/1946364596568134132)
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Aaron Maté @aaronjmate on x 466K followers
Created: 2025-07-19 00:20:56 UTC
Newly declassified documents show that US intelligence leaders concealed findings that undermined their core allegation of a "sweeping and systematic" Russian interference campaign in the 2016 election: Russia's alleged hack and release of Democratic Party emails via Wikileaks.
In January 2017, a US intel assessment -- overseen by CIA chief John Brennan and endlessly parroted by media outlets -- claimed that Russia was behind the email hacking.
Now in July 2025 we learn that the ICA hid the fact that the FBI and NSA only had "low confidence in the attribution of the data leaks to Russia." This was because, a September 2016 intel assessment explained, "we lack sufficient technical details to correlate the information posted online to Russian state-sponsored actors."
This was obvious to those of us who read the available evidence, rather than just writing down what US intelligence leaders told us to.
During these 8+ years of buried evidence and media stenography, we were told that "Russian interference" not only put Trump in power, but represented a Pearl Harbor/9-11-level threat to US democracy and security. It was all a scam.
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