A follow-up thought ... if Russia had extraordinary access to the highest levels of Hlllary's campaign, would they be stupid enough to blab about what they had learned so that WE could "over hear" them gossiping about it? Protecting sensitive intel sources is one of the highest principles of intel gathering, so it's hard to imagine why Russian officials would openly gossip about it.
A follow-up thought ... if Russia had extraordinary access to the highest levels of Hlllary's campaign, would they be stupid enough to blab about what they had learned so that WE could "over hear" them gossiping about it? Protecting sensitive intel sources is one of the highest principles of intel gathering, so it's hard to imagine why Russian officials would openly gossip about it.
A follow-up thought ... if Russia had extraordinary access to the highest levels of Hlllary's campaign, would they be stupid enough to blab about what they had learned so that WE could "over hear" them gossiping about it? Protecting sensitive intel sources is one of the highest principles of intel gathering, so it's hard to imagine why Russian officials would openly gossip about it.
Suppose a Russian living in the US who was aware of what Hillary was up to blabbed about it to a Russian defector source living in the US?
Or.... Steele tells Oleg Deripaska, who passes it along.
Ooooo; D-D-D-Da-Da ... Dan-the-manтДв? You DO have a dirty mind!
Now THAT is an excellent hypothesis.
That's what I had in mind.