dagblog - Comments for "Researchers: No Evidence That Russia Is Messing With Campaign 2018—Yet" http://dagblog.com/link/researchers-no-evidence-russia-messing-campaign-2018-yet-26401 Comments for "Researchers: No Evidence That Russia Is Messing With Campaign 2018—Yet" en Since writing the book, http://dagblog.com/comment/259755#comment-259755 <a id="comment-259755"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/259748#comment-259748">This prominent and</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <p>Since writing the book, Jamieson — along with the others most carefully following the Trump-Russia probe — has been intrigued by a finding in one of Mueller's newer indictments that <a href="http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/will_bunch/russian-spies-hacking-trump-democratic-election-20180715.html">Russians successfully hacked the Clinton campaign's internal modeling</a> of voter turnout. That would have made it easier for the trolls to find the Americans most likely to stay home or vote for a third-party candidate like Jill Stein instead of Clinton. But she also noted that the Russians could have figured out which voters to target by tracking the movements of Trump, especially when he campaigned more frequently in the Rust Belt. "There could have been coordination — but there didn't have to be," she said.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Wed, 10 Oct 2018 06:30:32 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 259755 at http://dagblog.com This prominent and http://dagblog.com/comment/259748#comment-259748 <a id="comment-259748"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/researchers-no-evidence-russia-messing-campaign-2018-yet-26401">Researchers: No Evidence That Russia Is Messing With Campaign 2018—Yet</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">This prominent and notoriously skeptical academic didn’t believe Russia got Trump elected. Here’s what changed her mind. <a href="https://t.co/rI57wh035w">https://t.co/rI57wh035w</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/phillydotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@phillydotcom</a></p> — Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) <a href="https://twitter.com/DerekCressman/status/1049795934731743235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p>Note that the above cites these two articles near the bottom:</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/19/17593134/microsoft-2018-midterms-election-candidates-hacks">Microsoft says hackers already targeted three 2018 midterm candidates</a></p> <p>@ theverge.com, Jul 19, 2018, 5:40pm EDT</p> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/07/26/632890327/russians-unsuccessfully-tried-to-hack-computers-of-democratic-sen-claire-mccaski">Russians Unsuccessfully Tried To Hack Computers Of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill</a></p> <p>@ NPR.org, July 26, 20188:31 PM ET</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 10 Oct 2018 03:24:52 +0000 artappraiser comment 259748 at http://dagblog.com