Swordsmyth
12-14-2017, 04:54 PM
A Russian hacker has reportedly confessed (http://archive.is/62NDE) that he hacked the DNC and stole Hillary Clinton's emails under the direction of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), claims Russian news outlet The Bell (https://thebell.io/ya-byl-zaverbovan-haker-iz-ekaterinburga-vzyal-na-sebya-otvetstvennost-za-vzlomy-v-ssha/). (https://thebell.io/ya-byl-zaverbovan-haker-iz-ekaterinburga-vzyal-na-sebya-otvetstvennost-za-vzlomy-v-ssha/) Konstantin Kozlovsky - a Russian citizen with a hacker group called Lurk, confessed to the theft during a hearing about his arrest in August, along with a handwritten letter in which he admits to acting on the orders of an FSB agent he referred to as "Ilya."
Sound familiar?
In May, another Russian hacker claimed (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-13/russian-hacker-claims-fbi-coerced-confession-over-clinton-cyberattack) US officials offered him cash, citizenship and an apartment if he would accept responsibility for hacking the DNC and stealing Clinton's emails - which he refused, and was then arrested by the FBI under the lead of former Director James Comey.
“[They told me:] you will have to confess to breaking into Clinton’s inbox for [President Trump] on behalf of [Russian President Vladimir Putin],” Mr. Nikulin wrote, as translated by The Moscow Times (https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-hacker-claims-us-agents-pressured-him-to-confess-to-clinton-cyberattack-57965).
"Later I received an offer from an agent: "You will have to declare that you broke Hillary Clinton mailbox for J. Trump on Putin's orders, you must agree to the extradition to the US, then we will remove all charges give you apartment and money, US citizenship "- I gave up shortly" questioning "was over, the agent said that they had come"
According to Nikulin, the proposal was made during conversations 14-15 November. The following conversation then took place on February 7 (translation via Currenttime.tv (https://www.currenttime.tv/a/28478942.html))
"You have to say that it is you broke-mail Clinton, that you prepared and entered into a democratic network and polling stations on Putin's orders, you call the names of accomplices, agree to extradition, and in America we will resolve all the issues will be living in an apartment and we will provide you all."
“He was offered to falsely testify that he was cooperating in the attack on the Democratic Party,” defense attorney Martin Sadilek said Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
A tale of two headlines:
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/12/13/claimsh_0.PNG (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/12/13/claimsh.PNG)
Considering what we have learned about James Comey's FBI in recent weeks and months, something doesn't seem quite right with this story. After serious doubt was cast (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-28/something-stinks-here-crowdstrike-revises-retracts-parts-explosive-russian-hacking-r) on Crowdstrike, the firm hired by the DNC to inspect their servers - and recent forensic analysis which revealed at least the Guccifer 2.0 portion of the leaked emails could have only been accessed locally (http://disobedientmedia.com/2017/07/new-research-shows-guccifer-2-0-files-were-copied-locally-not-hacked/) - the Russian hacking narrative has been on incredibly thin ice.
More at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-14/new-russian-hacker-claims-putin-ordered-theft-clintons-email-after-first-one-refused
Sound familiar?
In May, another Russian hacker claimed (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-13/russian-hacker-claims-fbi-coerced-confession-over-clinton-cyberattack) US officials offered him cash, citizenship and an apartment if he would accept responsibility for hacking the DNC and stealing Clinton's emails - which he refused, and was then arrested by the FBI under the lead of former Director James Comey.
“[They told me:] you will have to confess to breaking into Clinton’s inbox for [President Trump] on behalf of [Russian President Vladimir Putin],” Mr. Nikulin wrote, as translated by The Moscow Times (https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-hacker-claims-us-agents-pressured-him-to-confess-to-clinton-cyberattack-57965).
"Later I received an offer from an agent: "You will have to declare that you broke Hillary Clinton mailbox for J. Trump on Putin's orders, you must agree to the extradition to the US, then we will remove all charges give you apartment and money, US citizenship "- I gave up shortly" questioning "was over, the agent said that they had come"
According to Nikulin, the proposal was made during conversations 14-15 November. The following conversation then took place on February 7 (translation via Currenttime.tv (https://www.currenttime.tv/a/28478942.html))
"You have to say that it is you broke-mail Clinton, that you prepared and entered into a democratic network and polling stations on Putin's orders, you call the names of accomplices, agree to extradition, and in America we will resolve all the issues will be living in an apartment and we will provide you all."
“He was offered to falsely testify that he was cooperating in the attack on the Democratic Party,” defense attorney Martin Sadilek said Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
A tale of two headlines:
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/12/13/claimsh_0.PNG (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/12/13/claimsh.PNG)
Considering what we have learned about James Comey's FBI in recent weeks and months, something doesn't seem quite right with this story. After serious doubt was cast (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-28/something-stinks-here-crowdstrike-revises-retracts-parts-explosive-russian-hacking-r) on Crowdstrike, the firm hired by the DNC to inspect their servers - and recent forensic analysis which revealed at least the Guccifer 2.0 portion of the leaked emails could have only been accessed locally (http://disobedientmedia.com/2017/07/new-research-shows-guccifer-2-0-files-were-copied-locally-not-hacked/) - the Russian hacking narrative has been on incredibly thin ice.
More at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-14/new-russian-hacker-claims-putin-ordered-theft-clintons-email-after-first-one-refused