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WikiLeaks
Figure Says ‘Disgusted’ Democrat Leaked Clinton Campaign
Emails
By Dave Boyer
December 17,
2016 "Information
Clearing House"
- "Washington
Times"
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WikiLeaks figure is claiming that he received leaked
Clinton campaign emails from a “disgusted” Democratic
whistleblower, while the White House continued to blame
Russian hackers Wednesday for meddling in the
presidential election and asserted that Donald Trump was
“obviously aware” of Moscow’s efforts on his behalf.
Craig Murray, a
former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and a close
associate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, said in
the report by the Daily Mail that he flew to Washington
for a clandestine handoff with one of the email sources
in September.
He said he
received a package in a wooded area near American
University.
“Neither of [the leaks] came from the Russians,” Mr.
Murray told the British newspaper. “The source had legal
access to the information. The documents came from
inside leaks, not hacks.”
WikiLeaks
published thousands of emails stolen from Clinton
campaign chairman John Podesta, providing a steady
stream of negative news coverage of the Democratic
presidential nominee during the final weeks of the
campaign. Mr. Murray said the leakers were motivated by
“disgust at the corruption of the Clinton Foundation and
the tilting of the primary election playing field
against Bernie Sanders.”
The Daily Mail
report noted that Mr. Murray was removed from his
diplomatic post amid allegations of misconduct.
The White House
said Wednesday that Mr. Trump was “obviously aware” of
Russian hacking to benefit his presidential campaign and
suggested that the administration didn’t retaliate
against Moscow because the U.S. has more to lose than
Russia does in an all-out cyberwar.
Russia tells US to prove campaign
hacking claims or shut up:
The United States must either stop accusing Russia of
meddling in its elections or prove it, a spokesman for
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
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