On Thursday,
the FBI and Department of Homeland Security released a joint analysis
report addressing persistent allegations that the Russian government
hacked the U.S. election.
Though, as
the White House fact sheet asserts, the report largely consists of
tips to improve cyber security and prevent future attacks, it also
appears to cite evidence Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) actively
attempted to hack into U.S. systems, a campaign the government has
named “GRIZZLY STEPPE.”
But as the
media runs with the story and many outlets accept the 13-page report
as fact, veterans of the intelligence community have pointed out
flaws with the FBI-DHS analysis.
According to
Philip Giraldi, a former CIA agent, the report fails to prove Russia
is behind the hack. In a recent Facebook post, he asserted that
“apart from assertions of Russian activity connected to an
unnamed political party, [the report] provides absolutely no evidence
that the alleged intrusions into the DNC servers were anything beyond
normal intelligence agency probing for vulnerabilities.”
“In
fact,” he adds, “it doesn’t even provide the evidence
for that.”
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