In the previous 56 US presidential elections, no candidate has had to suspect that a rival may have colluded with a foreign power to scuttle his campaign. But then again, this is no ordinary presidential race. American intelligence agencies have accused Russia of hacking into the email servers of the Democratic National Committee and leaking thousands of messages from and about Hillary Clinton. In a separate leak of emails, released by WikiLeaks, one of Mrs Clinton’s advisers called it a “reasonable conclusion” that Russia had orchestrated its hack to help the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.The hacked emails episode is a …read more
Source: The National
