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Imagine the moment when Vladimir Putin first learned that his Russian hackers had struck gold by obtaining the emails of John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Shots of vodka all around, singing, dancing and hurling empty glasses into the fireplace. Then Putin rubs his palms together and begins to scheme: “How best to use this information?”
One obvious ploy would be to secretly approach Donald Trump’s campaign and demand a ransom in exchange for the public release of Podesta’s hacked emails.
Imagine the reaction from Trump: “Absolutely not! I would never compromise my …read more
Source: Salon
