Mr. Cole. You seem to suggest that you have more evidence on this matter than the CIA and dozens of intelligence officials who claim that the Russian government is directly responsible for hacking into the DNC and Clinton's emails. And that our government is in panic mode with dubious foreign policy intentions. You also claim that "There is no point at which anything Russia is said to have done can be shown to have determined the election outcome." I ask you, is "influencing the election" enough?
You seem to contradict your claim when you say that it was a "Phishing" scam, while on the other hand, you say," I don’t doubt that Russian intelligence was interested in sowing discord in the US around its election. I am saying that there is no evidence that it succeeded." It seems to me that they succeeded, Mr. Cole.
Mr. Cole. You seem to suggest that you have more evidence on this matter than the CIA and dozens of intelligence officials who claim that the Russian government is directly responsible for hacking into the DNC and Clinton's emails. And that our government is in panic mode with dubious foreign policy intentions. You also claim that "There is no point at which anything Russia is said to have done can be shown to have determined the election outcome." I ask you, is "influencing the election" enough?
You seem to contradict your claim when you say that it was a "Phishing" scam, while on the other hand, you say," I don’t doubt that Russian intelligence was interested in sowing discord in the US around its election. I am saying that there is no evidence that it succeeded." It seems to me that they succeeded, Mr. Cole.