Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections [pdf]
Unfortunately there isn&#x27;t any new evidence here.<p>First, there&#x27;s no doubt that RT is Russian propaganda.  That&#x27;s not news, and I&#x27;m unsure why it&#x27;s in this kind of report.  Paid russian internet trolls is an old accusation too.  I think it&#x27;s probably true but I don&#x27;t see any concrete evidence in this report.<p>The real question here centers on the emails: did some Russian intelligence agency leak the DNC emails to wikileaks?  The report asserts that this occurred, but again offers no concrete evidence.  Instead it focuses on establishing motive.<p>We do have concrete evidence (published by crowdstrike) that Russian intel hacked the DNC.  But we don&#x27;t have concrete evidence linking the leaked emails to that hack.<p>I&#x27;m trying to remain objective here.  I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s unlikely that Russian intelligence was the source of the emails.  I just don&#x27;t see anything new here to conclusively prove that assertion.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m being too picky about what constitutes concrete evidence.