because it's all we have, and if you can impeach the public info ( and recall DNI was confident enough on the entire matter to write a non-Classified assessment)Does Biddle have every bit of insight, evidence, information that has contributed to the IC's assessment?
If not, why is that even marginally relevant?
you bring into question the entire matter..based on innate deep state Russiaphobia,and Brennan's hostility to Trump, and this convenient "cutout" character
The private security firms did the technical analysis.He just takes on published information by private cyber-security firms.security firms. There may be some relevant points, but mostly it looks like gainsaying and point-scoring to me. Moreover, what these corporations are saying in no way reflects on the IC's assessment, your attempts at implying it does notwithstanding. So, from his limited information, Biddle concludes it isn't enough to indict Putin. That would be a finding that is about as helpful and interesting as, "The moon is far away."
what they relied on, and their conclusion HAD to be the basis for the IC 's intelligence analysis.
That's a really big point,not "point scoring" as it brings the entire IC assessment into question based on where they got their hacking analysis
Greenwald didn't write that piece. here's the author's bona fidesLook, Greenwald was, sadly, over the last years turning into a nutcase, probably easy enough to explain biographically. Since he broke the Snowden story, he may be a target of U.S. intelligence. Still, I like he's looking into the U.S. government's shenanigans, and is debating them with vigor. To take what he's saying as gospel is ill-advised.
Sam Biddle is a reporter based in Brooklyn, focusing on malfeasance and misused power in technology. While working at Gizmodo and Gawker, he covered stories ranging from vast corporate data breaches and celebrity hackers to trafficked webcam models and Facebook privacy. As the editor of Valleywag, he provided a critical, adversarial view of the startup economy and Silicon Valley culture. His work has also appeared in GQ, Vice, and The Awl.