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Russian treason convictions raise questions over US election hack
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-treason-convictions-raise-questions-over-us-election-hack/ar-BBUasTORussian treason convictions raise questions over US election hack
By Mary Ilyushina, CNN
2/27/19
Convictions handed down this week in a high-profile treason case in Russia have reopened questions about the Russian hacking of the 2016 US presidential election.
On Tuesday, a Russian military court issued lengthy sentences to two top cyber-security experts, Russian news agencies reported. Sergei Mikhailov, a former officer with the Federal Security Service (FSB) -- Russia's domestic intelligence agency -- received 22 years in prison, and Ruslan Stoyanov, a former Kaspersky Lab employee, was sentenced to 14 years.
Both men had years of experience fighting cyber-crime, and Mikhailov was one of the few FSB officers who had the privilege of traveling abroad and interacted with Western colleagues at events and conferences.
Complicating matters is the secrecy surrounding the case. The court proceedings were closed, but Ivan Pavlov, a lawyer for one of the defendants, previously told CNN that Stoyanov and Mikhailov were involved in a two-year long secretive case of treason "on behalf of the United States."
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Russian treason convictions raise questions over US election hack (Original Post)
saidsimplesimon
Feb 2019
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Beakybird
(3,330 posts)1. Trump probably gave Putin the names of Russian counterspies.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)2. Could be, or
Butina, the red sparrow, may have slept with a Republican who had access to the information? We may never get the CIA insider version of the truth on this, imo.
mitch96
(13,869 posts)3. agreed... nt
rump is a traitor to the country that helped him make his millions...fucker..
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. +1 One of the many topics in all his secret trysts with Putin and Lavrov
ck4829
(35,037 posts)5. Kick