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I'm not clear on what the motivation for this 'leak' would be. Is it morally reprehensible for the NSA to withhold this information from the public? Was the N

I'm not clear on what the motivation for this 'leak' would be. Is it morally reprehensible for the NSA to withhold this information from the public? Was the NSA doing something illegal by withholding this info? If the only actionable information leaked is politically charged or simply falling within the established/mass media narrative, is it wrong to suspect this 'leak' is disinformation?

elefanten 9y ago
Really? All kinds of motivations are easy to imagine, but the reporting about the leaker herself indicates that she maybe just did it for political reasons (ie- she is Anti-Trump). But given the response and the constellation of corroborating info from various sources, it seems pretty reasonable at this point to presume it is NOT disinformation. It's almost certainly not a complete picture of what various parties know and it's likely a snapshot of an evolving knowledge base (ie- the broader intelligence community's knowledge of what was going on before and during our election). But the presumption that it is not 'false' information should be pretty solid by now.