The extradition of Romanian hacker “Guccifer” to the U.S. at a critical point in the FBI’s criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email use is “not a coincidence,” according to an intelligence source close to the case.
One of the notches on Guccifer’s cyber-crime belt was allegedly accessing the email account of Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal, one of Clinton’s most prolific advice-givers when she was secretary of state. It was through that hack that Clinton’s use of a personal account — clintonemail.com — first came to light.
Former law enforcement and cyber security experts said the hacker, whose real name is Marcel Lehel Lazar, could – now that he’s in the U.S. – help the FBI make the case that Clinton’s email server was compromised by a third party, one that did not have the formal backing and resources of a foreign intelligence service such as that of Russia, China or Iran.
“Because of the proximity to Sidney Blumenthal and the activity involving Hillary’s emails, [the timing] seems to be something beyond curious,” said Ron Hosko, former assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division from 2012-2014.
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So this guy Guccifer an independent hacker who had no backing from foreign intelligent services probably sold info he gleaned for whatever he could get to whoever would pay, imagine what Russia, China, and Iran got from Hillary’s server with all there extensive hacking resources.
The guy most likely will get some form of limited immunity provided he gives up everything he has ever done as Guccifer. This is I think is a big deal, Hillary should shaking in her pants suit, it will also be an incentive for others to give up all they know if they haven’t already.
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