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Keep in mind the American public won't look at that statement with the same care (if at all). People (even Hillary, last debate) have no problem pointing fingers:

"[The hack] has come from the highest levels of the Russian government, clearly from Putin himself, in an effort – as 17 of our intelligence agencies have confirmed – to influence our election."

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This infuriates me to no end -- misrepresenting the issue and making an enemy out of Russia with a single bold-faced lie. The problem is not Russia airing dirty laundry, it's that our politicians have dirty laundry to air.

I have a fundamental problem with this. Someone working on an election campaign still has as much of a right to private (professional and personal) communication as you or I do.

Good, then it should make you angry as well -- Hillary's repeatedly shown herself to be in favor of weakening encryption. Out of all the possible responses to the leak hers was the absolute worst.

If that someone is working for the campaign of a politician/party which supports NSA spying on Americans, he or she has no right to privacy in my eyes. The way I see it, if you want me to respect your privacy, you have to respect mine.

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