Bamford's expertise in espionage is pretty similar. There seem to be two plausible explanations for the Shadow Brokers release. 1. The doctrine of the US govt

Bamford's expertise in espionage is pretty similar. There seem to be two plausible explanations for the Shadow Brokers release. 1. The doctrine of the US govt in cyberwar is proportionate response. This is either preemption or escalation on behalf of Russia. This assumes the attribution of Russia for Democratic political hacks are accurate. 2. This is further activity by whomever leaked the ANT catalog to Applebaum. The Shadow Brokers are going to be difficult to attribute technically. Attribution is based more on your theory about what's happening the Russian covert escalation.