Obviously the hot news is the indictment right now, but right now I want to focus on an unnamed entity in the Mueller indictment.
Organization 1 - better known as WikiLeaks.
The significance: Direct and intentional collusion between the Russian government and WikiLeaks. (Not random hackers)
First the Indictment: In PDF form https://www.justice.gov/file/1080281/download
Actions/Mentions of Organization 1:
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7. The Conspirators also used the Guccifer 2.0 persona to release additional stolen documents through a website maintained by an organization (“Organization 1”), that had previously posted documents stolen from U.S. persons, entities, and the U.S. government.
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In or around May 2016, YERMAKOV also participated in hacking the DNC email server and stealing DNC emails that were later released through Organization 1.
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Use of Organization 1 47. In order to expand their interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Conspirators transferred many of the documents they stole from the DNC and the chairman of the Clinton Campaign to Organization 1.
The Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, discussed the release of the stolen documents and the timing of those releases with Organization 1 to heighten their impact on the 2016 U.S.presidential election.
a. On or about June 22, 2016, Organization 1 sent a private message to Guccifer 2.0 to “end any new material [stolen from the DNC] here for us to review and it will have a much higher impact than what you are doing.” On or about July 6, 2016, Organization 1 added, “if you have anything hillary related we want it in the next tweo [sic] days prefable [sic] because the DNC [Democratic National Convention] is approaching and she will solidify bernie supporters behind her after.” The Conspirators responded, “ok . . . i see.” Organization 1 explained, “we think trump has only a 25% chance of winning against hillary . . . so conflict between bernie and hillary is interesting.”
b. After failed attempts to transfer the stolen documents starting in late June 2016, on or about July 14, 2016, the Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, sent Organization 1 an email with an attachment titled “wk dnc link1.txt.gpg.” The Conspirators explained to Organization 1 that the encrypted file contained instructions on how to access an online archive of stolen DNC documents. On or about July 18, 2016, Organization 1 confirmed it had “the 1Gb or so archive” and would make a release of the stolen documents “this week.”
48. On or about July 22, 2016, Organization 1 released over 20,000 emails and other documents stolen from the DNC network by the Conspirators. This release occurred approximately three days before the start of the Democratic National Convention. Organization 1 did not disclose Guccifer 2.0’s role in providing them. The latest-in-time email released through Organization 1 was dated on or about May 25, 2016, approximately the same day the Conspirators hacked the DNC Microsoft Exchange Server.
49. On or about October 7, 2016, Organization 1 released the first set of emails from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign that had been stolen by LUKASHEV and his co-conspirators. Between on or about October 7, 2016 and November 7, 2016, Organization 1 released Case 1:18-cr-00215-ABJ Document 1 Filed 07/13/18 Page 18 of 29 19 approximately thirty-three tranches of documents that had been stolen from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign. In total, over 50,000 stolen documents were released.
Next steps:
The connections between Roger Stone and WikiLeaks.
Specifically this Tweet.
"Wednesday H Hillary Clinton is done. #Wikileaks," Stone tweeted.
When combined with point:
49. On or about October 7, 2016, Organization 1 released the first set of emails from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign that had been stolen by LUKASHEV and his co-conspirators. Between on or about October 7, 2016 and November 7, 2016, Organization 1 released Case 1:18-cr-00215-ABJ Document 1 Filed 07/13/18 Page 18 of 29 19 approximately thirty-three tranches of documents that had been stolen from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign. In total, over 50,000 stolen documents were released.
Who is Roger Stone?
Roger Stone was fired from the Trump Campaign in 2015. While I think Roger Stone is aware of and supports illegal activities by WikiLeaks, which he himself does not seem to deny apart from denying having direct and advanced knowledge of their work. We do see he has communicated directly with WikiLeaks and has the contacts available to create back channel communications.
Personally, I think Roger Stone may have been aware and encouraging some of these shadow activities but likely did not cross into the realm of a prosecutable offense.
But the 2015 departure is where it gets interesting. As this subsequent is when we also the accusations of back-channel communications developing.
Exactly who or what or how communications occurred will have to be disclosed further. However we see that this is real and distinct link in passing of stolen information from Russia actors to various channels.
Organization 1 - better known as WikiLeaks.
The significance: Direct and intentional collusion between the Russian government and WikiLeaks. (Not random hackers)
First the Indictment: In PDF form https://www.justice.gov/file/1080281/download
Actions/Mentions of Organization 1:
Page 3.
7. The Conspirators also used the Guccifer 2.0 persona to release additional stolen documents through a website maintained by an organization (“Organization 1”), that had previously posted documents stolen from U.S. persons, entities, and the U.S. government.
Page 4
In or around May 2016, YERMAKOV also participated in hacking the DNC email server and stealing DNC emails that were later released through Organization 1.
Page 17- 19
Use of Organization 1 47. In order to expand their interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Conspirators transferred many of the documents they stole from the DNC and the chairman of the Clinton Campaign to Organization 1.
The Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, discussed the release of the stolen documents and the timing of those releases with Organization 1 to heighten their impact on the 2016 U.S.presidential election.
a. On or about June 22, 2016, Organization 1 sent a private message to Guccifer 2.0 to “end any new material [stolen from the DNC] here for us to review and it will have a much higher impact than what you are doing.” On or about July 6, 2016, Organization 1 added, “if you have anything hillary related we want it in the next tweo [sic] days prefable [sic] because the DNC [Democratic National Convention] is approaching and she will solidify bernie supporters behind her after.” The Conspirators responded, “ok . . . i see.” Organization 1 explained, “we think trump has only a 25% chance of winning against hillary . . . so conflict between bernie and hillary is interesting.”
b. After failed attempts to transfer the stolen documents starting in late June 2016, on or about July 14, 2016, the Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, sent Organization 1 an email with an attachment titled “wk dnc link1.txt.gpg.” The Conspirators explained to Organization 1 that the encrypted file contained instructions on how to access an online archive of stolen DNC documents. On or about July 18, 2016, Organization 1 confirmed it had “the 1Gb or so archive” and would make a release of the stolen documents “this week.”
48. On or about July 22, 2016, Organization 1 released over 20,000 emails and other documents stolen from the DNC network by the Conspirators. This release occurred approximately three days before the start of the Democratic National Convention. Organization 1 did not disclose Guccifer 2.0’s role in providing them. The latest-in-time email released through Organization 1 was dated on or about May 25, 2016, approximately the same day the Conspirators hacked the DNC Microsoft Exchange Server.
49. On or about October 7, 2016, Organization 1 released the first set of emails from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign that had been stolen by LUKASHEV and his co-conspirators. Between on or about October 7, 2016 and November 7, 2016, Organization 1 released Case 1:18-cr-00215-ABJ Document 1 Filed 07/13/18 Page 18 of 29 19 approximately thirty-three tranches of documents that had been stolen from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign. In total, over 50,000 stolen documents were released.
Next steps:
The connections between Roger Stone and WikiLeaks.
Specifically this Tweet.
"Wednesday H Hillary Clinton is done. #Wikileaks," Stone tweeted.
Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. #Wikileaks.
— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) October 2, 2016
When combined with point:
49. On or about October 7, 2016, Organization 1 released the first set of emails from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign that had been stolen by LUKASHEV and his co-conspirators. Between on or about October 7, 2016 and November 7, 2016, Organization 1 released Case 1:18-cr-00215-ABJ Document 1 Filed 07/13/18 Page 18 of 29 19 approximately thirty-three tranches of documents that had been stolen from the chairman of the Clinton Campaign. In total, over 50,000 stolen documents were released.
Who is Roger Stone?
Roger Stone was fired from the Trump Campaign in 2015. While I think Roger Stone is aware of and supports illegal activities by WikiLeaks, which he himself does not seem to deny apart from denying having direct and advanced knowledge of their work. We do see he has communicated directly with WikiLeaks and has the contacts available to create back channel communications.
Personally, I think Roger Stone may have been aware and encouraging some of these shadow activities but likely did not cross into the realm of a prosecutable offense.
But the 2015 departure is where it gets interesting. As this subsequent is when we also the accusations of back-channel communications developing.
Exactly who or what or how communications occurred will have to be disclosed further. However we see that this is real and distinct link in passing of stolen information from Russia actors to various channels.
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