Did Russia Hack the Election?

Obama must declassify evidence of Russian hacking. View this email in your browser December 11-17, 2016 Share Tweet Forward Editor's Picks Did Russia Hack the Election? According to anonymous government leakers, Russian hackers broke into computers and email accounts belonging to Democratic party officials in order to help Donald Trump win the presidency. The Intercept's Sam Biddle sifted the public evidence, most of which comes from private security firms with a vested interest in the outcome, and found questionable assumptions, guesswork, and speculation.  The case against Russia is plausible, even likely, but too many questions remain. Jeremy Scahill and Jon Schwarz call on President Barack Obama to disclose the secret evidence. "U.S. intelligence agencies have repeatedly demonstrated that they regularly both lie and get things horribly wrong. In this case, they may well be correct, but they cannot expect Americans to simply take their word for it." Roger Hodge National Editor Here's the Public Evidence Russia Hacked the DNC — It's Not Enough Sam Biddle It's impossible to present the evidence that Russia hacked the DNC without using words like "possibly," "appears," "connects," and "indicates." Obama Must Declassify Evidence of Russian Hacking Jeremy Scahill, Jon Schwarz If there were ever a situation in which it was crucial to lean in the direction of more rather than less disclosure, it's now.   Top Stories   Google Publishes Eight Secret FBI Requests Jenna McLaughlin Google revealed in October that it had been freed from a gag order preventing it from talking about a secret FBI request for customer data made in 2015.   A Mother and Child Trapped in Obama's Brutal Family Deportation System Ryan Devereaux, Helena Borges Jayne Alves Vilas Novas and her 2-year-old daughter fled violence in Brazil only to become ensnared in an unforgiving system of detention for mothers and children seeking asylum.   Transition Adviser Peter Thiel Could Directly Profit From Mass Deportations Spencer Woodman ICE contracted with Palantir, founded by Trump adviser Peter Thiel, to create an intelligence-sharing database used to track and deport immigrants.   If You Want to See How Trump Will Destroy the Environment, Read This Legislative Roadmap Sharon Lerner Just a few months ago, this radical plan to dismantle environmental safeguards would have been dismissed as the wacky wish list of a fringe group.   Cartoon: How a Democracy Gets Hacked Matt Bors The Nib cartoonist on those clever Russian hackers and all the things they can do.   Follow The Intercept

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