Forget Collusion. Can Mueller Prove Russia Committed Cyberespionage? If not, what’s the point?

National Review ^ | December 11, 2017 | Andrew C. McCarthy

[ptsal]

Xavier Becerra is in deep poop.

[stylin19a]

The rationale for Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel is that Russia conducted a cyberespionage attack

I thought the rationale was Comey set it up to have a special counsel appointed with a reason not needed.

[FreeReign]

Please stop it. Mueller is NOT working with Trump.

[SubMareener]

And you know this how?

[EVO X]

There's a simple reason why the FBI accepted the CrowdStrike finding and never insisted on examining the DNC server. The refusal of the DNC to turn over their computer hardware was prima facie evidence that there was no crime.

I side with your conclusions. However, they don't have to turn over the hardware. If they want to be co-operative, they could have provided an image of the server or pertinent log files. This was a bulk release of emails, so it was either insider or a hacker that gained admin privileges. It could also be something like the Equifax hack when a crucial system didn't get patched. I haven't heard of any reports that puts that theory high on my list.

[butlerweave]

Mueller and the Obama/Hillary Minions he hired are only there to look through Trump’s dirty laundry ,but the only problem is they haven’t any dirty laundry yet to look through

[Hotlanta Mike]

He should be indicted by AG Sessions...

[Golden Eagle]

My recollection is there was a public pissing contest between the FBI and the chair of the DNC at the time, when this last garnered any press coverage. The FBI claimed they contacted the DNC when they first heard about the potential hacking, from where I don’t recall. The FBI claimed they were ignored, if not rebuffed. DWS claimed the DNC was never contacted, at least not at the appropriate levels.

Ultimately, the only suppposed evidence put forth that they were hacked, came from a 3rd party company called Crowd Strike, indicating the FBI was pretty much cut out from investigating directly, at any point in time. Around this same time, Wikileaks revealed US agencies such as the CIA had the ability to mimic attacks as originating from elsewhere.

[ctdonath2]

Muller et al can’t even articulate what the supposed crime is.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Exactly right, how can there be “collusion” if there is no crime? Every day it becomes more obvious that this is and has always been as Trump says nothing more than a “witch hunt” with the aim of impeaching the President and negating the election. A new low for the left.

[SunkenCiv]

Once a NeverTrumper, always a NeverTrumper.

THE POINT IS -- this so-called investigation is ENTIRELY BASED on Clinton-funded oppo research (smears) compiled on Clinton's dime, and ALL ALLEGATIONS contined within are utter BULL****.

[mojito]

Mueller hasn't even attempted to analyse the DNC server.

If Mueller was conducting a real investigation, that would have been one of his very first moves. But it wasn't.

This fatally undermines not only any criminal charges, but any impeachment charges as well.

[SPRINK]

Please stop it. Mueller is NOT working with Trump

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I agree.. I don’t know where people get that silliness.

Mueller is working to impeach Trump because he dissed the FBI and Comey....repeat it over and over

[mojito]

The most important angle to that story is how the FBI got involved in the first place. Did they get involved based on media reports, or did someone at the DNC actually report the matter to the FBI?

The DNC discovered the leak/hack in late April 2016. The DNC/Hillary Campaign/Perkins Coie hired the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and it began monitoring the servers on May 5th. Debbie Wasserman Schultz did not get around to informing other DNC officials of the leak/hack until July 2016, and only because the story uncovering it was about to appear in the WaPo. In June 2017, 0bama's Director of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson testified before congress that the DNC rebuffed FBI help, and in her book published last month Donna Brazile wrote that both Susan Rice and Eric Holder told her the DNC refused to cooperate with the FBI. My guess is that the FBI only learned of the matter in July 2016, with the publication of the WaPo story.

[mojito]

Oh, and just coincidentally, July 2016 is when Hillary hired Fusion GPS to concoct the Russian dossier story.

[SunkenCiv]

Same NeverTrumper:

On Strzok, Let’s Wait for the Evidence
National Review | December 7, 2017 | Andrew McCarthy
Posted on 12/07/2017 8:14:03 AM PST by billorites
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3611546/posts

[Lisbon1940]

Russia dindu nuffin.