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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>RUSSIA GATE HOAX – Evidence # 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“ The FBI instead relied on the assessment from a third-party security company called </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CrowdStrIke.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CNN.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>FBI: DNC rebuffed request to examine computer servers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/evan-perez-profile"><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/evan-perez-profile"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=120 height=120 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D49B66.71B89A40" alt="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150630141215-evan-perez-photo-small-11.jpg"></span><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/daniella-diaz"><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/daniella-diaz"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=120 height=120 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D49B66.71B89A40" alt="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160314170609-daniella-diaz-profile-small-11.jpg"></span><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>By <a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/evan-perez-profile"><span style='color:blue'>Evan Perez</span></a> and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/daniella-diaz"><span style='color:blue'>Daniella Diaz</span></a>, CNN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Updated 9:04 PM ET, Thu January 5, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=1600 height=900 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D49B66.71B89A40" alt="Clapper: Russia hacks a multi-faceted campaign "></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Story highlights<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The FBI said they had to rely on a third-party source for information<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Washington (CNN)</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Democratic National Committee "rebuffed" a request from the FBI to examine its computer services after it was allegedly hacked by Russia during the 2016 election, a senior law enforcement official told CNN Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"The FBI repeatedly stressed to DNC officials the necessity of obtaining direct access to servers and data, only to be rebuffed until well after the initial compromise had been mitigated," a senior law enforcement official told CNN. "This left the FBI no choice but to rely upon a third party for information. These actions caused significant delays and inhibited the FBI from addressing the intrusion earlier."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This statement is in response to reports that the FBI never asked the DNC for access to the hacked systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The DNC told Buzzfeed News that they did not receive a request from the FBI to access their computer servers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"The DNC had several meetings with representatives of the FBI's Cyber Division and its Washington Field Office, the Department of Justice's National Security Division, and US Attorney's Offices, and it responded to a variety of requests for cooperation, but the FBI never requested access to the DNC's computer servers," Eric Walker, the DNC's deputy communications director,<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/the-fbi-never-asked-for-access-to-hacked-computer-servers?utm_term=.oxOqzoqJr3#.xuD6VQ6lEZ" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'> told BuzzFeed News</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The FBI instead relied on the assessment from a third-party security company called </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CrowdStrIke.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CNN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>