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Putin: Hey, it's not in Russia's interests to hack Democrat e-mails

By Dan Calabrese ——--October 12, 2016

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Is Russia really behind the hacks of the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign? I have no idea. The fact that the Obama Admininstration says so means nothing to me because it's so politically convenient for them to claim that - as it takes all the focus off the content of the e-mails (or tries to, anyway) and puts it on the urgent imperative of stopping the Russkies from their dastardly deeds. But I do find part of Vladimir Putin's official denial awfully curious. Here's how Reuters reports it:
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"They started this hysteria, saying that this (hacking) is in Russia's interests. But this has nothing to do with Russia's interests," President Putin told a business forum in Moscow. Putin said the accusations were a ploy to divert U.S. voters' attention at a time when public opinion was being manipulated. "Everyone is talking about 'who did it' (the hacking)," said Putin. "But is it that important? The most important thing is what is inside this information." The Kremlin said earlier on Wednesday it took a negative view of White House statements about a planned "proportional" response to the alleged cyber attacks. Putin complained that all sides in the U.S. presidential race were misusing rhetoric about Russia for their own ends, but said Moscow would work with whoever won the election "if, of course, the new U.S. leader wishes to work with our country". "About a decade ago, they wouldn't mention Russia at all, because it was not even worth talking about, such a third-rate regional power and not interesting at all. Now Russia is problem number one in the entire election campaign," said Putin.
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So you notice that while Putin insists Russia doesn't care one way or the other who wins the election, he certainly makes a point of countering the Democrat narrative, which is that the identify of the hacker is more important than the contents of the hacked e-mails. On hno, Putin insists, the content is far more important! And of course we know the content is not very helpful to the Democrats. The Hillary campaign has insisted all along that Putin wants Trump to win, either because Trump loves Putin or because Trump is a bumbling fool that Putin can roll, or both. Does Putin's decision to point us to the content of the e-mails serve as confirmation of that assertion? I still find it hard to buy it. The Obama foreign policy has been great for the Russians, who have been able to re-assert much of their old geopolitical aggressiveness without any resistance from Washington. Hillary was one of the architects of that foreign policy and vows to continue it, so why would Putin not want to see her win? Trump, by contrast, is either a strong leader and a great negotiator (if you believe his supporters) or an unhinged lunatic (if you believe his critics). If you're Putin, why would you find either one appealing? The former means you're going to face a stronger and more capable foe. The latter means no one knows what the hell he might do. So no, it doesn't make sense to me that Putin would want Trump to win. But he sure does seem to want you to read those embarrassing Democrat e-mails. So I guess you should.

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