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13 Russians indicted specifically for ... uh ... stuff they did 

The Biblical meaning of the number 13: symbolic of rebellion and lawlessness
The Freemason meaning: ubiquitous number in American symbolism

Actually there are 16 indictments: On Friday, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller announced that a grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals, along with 3 Russian entities, accused of “supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump … and disparaging Hillary Clinton.”

As proven? by Russian emails:

From Reuters (the News template provider):

• For example, in September 2017, one defendant wrote an email to a relative stating: “We had a slight crisis at work: the FBI busted our activity (not a joke). So, I got preoccupied with covering tracks together with colleagues.”
• The email continued: “I created all these pictures and posts, and the Americans believed that it was written by their people.”

YYC: Only extremely amateur sleuths would have sent unencrypted email messages outlining detailed specifics of their dastardly deeds. Sounds more like something adventuresome teens might enjoy doing - or desperate US security agents might hope would be convincing.

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From Consortium News (Russian Hack Myth Buster - see YYC side panel for earlier articles):

• U.S. empire loyalists are so close to telling the truth when they babble about “Russian propaganda.” They are openly admitting that it is wrong to use media to manipulate the ways that Americans think and vote. Now all we need is for them to admit that they themselves do this constantly, and we’ll be on the right track.

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From the Windsor Star:

• [Mikhail] Burchik was identified in the indictment as executive director of an organization that allegedly sowed propaganda on social media to try to interfere with the 2016 election.
• He was quoted as saying that “they have one-sided justice, and it turns out that you can hang the blame on anyone.”

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From CTV:

• [Russian Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov argued that U.S. officials, including Vice-President Mike Pence, have said no country influenced the U.S. election results.
• "Until we see the facts, everything else is just blabber. I'm sorry for this not very diplomatic expression," Lavrov said.

YYC: Lavrov is direct -- though gentlemanly -- which proves Trump has not been under Russian influence.

• Pressed on the election interference that is alleged to have occurred while he was Russia's envoy to Washington, [Sergei] Kislyak said, "I'm not sure I can trust American law enforcement to be the most precise and truthful source of information about what Russians know."
• "I have never done anything of this sort, no one in my embassy did," he said during a panel discussion at the Munich conference. "So whatever allegations are being mounted against us are simply fantasies that are being used for political reasons inside the United States in the fight between different sides of the political divide."

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From StraitsTimes:

• The report by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee says some 50,000 text messages between two FBI investigators show they and others went easy in a probe of 2016 Democratic presidential election candidate Hillary Clinton, while launching an investigation of the Trump campaign.

YYC: Whether or not there was Russian meddling (there is certainly a tradition on both sides of spying with intent to disrupt) there does appear to be "deep state" collusion within the security services. They've dug their own pit, have been embarrassed at every turn, and are now into immature face-saving.

Personally, if the US security services had in any small way contributed to the thwarting of 9/11, and had offered better intelligence regarding Saddam's supposed WMD's, I wouldn't be wondering today for whom they actually work. Instead, it seems to be largely gratuitous smoke and mirrors designed solely for public consumption.

My general scepticism appears supported by this GetLiberty article: Mueller’s blind eye is troublesome in Russia probe, ignores pro-Clinton Russia ads.

(Please also see earlier related post of mine.)

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