Wikileaks as Fact

[BCam]

An honest question.
Has anyone authenticated any of the e-mails that Wikileaks has released?
Has anyone who had their e-mails hacked stepped forward and publicly announced, "Yes, that is the e-mail I wrote"?

I'm not saying that e-mails weren't hacked, but how hard would it be for Wikileaks to add or subtract content from the stolen documents, rewrite them and format them to appear legitimate, then release them?

It's a question I have never heard directly addressed, except a statement like "NBC News cannot independantly verify the content" and then off they go to quote passages. I keep thinking of reporters Wooward, Bernstein and Editor Ben Bradlee at the Washington Post agonizing over not having enough corroborating sources to move forward with their Watergate investigation.

[$tevie]

I haven't researched it at all - but as far as I can tell, nobody on popular news sites has worried about the fact that these emails are like third generation as far as the chain of custody goes.

"Chain of custody" ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_custody

[max]

BCam wrote:
An honest question.
Has anyone authenticated any of the e-mails that Wikileaks has released?
Has anyone who had their e-mails hacked stepped forward and publicly announced, "Yes, that is the e-mail I wrote"?

I'm not saying that e-mails weren't hacked, but how hard would it be for Wikileaks to add or subtract content from the stolen documents, rewrite them and format them to appear legitimate, then release them?

Sure, sure, they were all hacked ....


http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/10/politi...aines.html

[$tevie]

So you are saying that the emails weren't hacked? How did Assange get them?

[Dennis S]

Everything about the emails is inconsequential relative to Trump's lack of qualifications, temperament, and mental problems. Not to mention his economic policies would be disastrous.

[BCam]

$tevie wrote:
So you are saying that the emails weren't hacked? How did Assange get them?

I'm NOT saying that e-mails weren't hacked.
What I'm asking if there is any possible way to prove their veracity as to original content.
Cut and Paste is a wonder tool.

[max]

BCam wrote:
[quote=$tevie]
So you are saying that the emails weren't hacked? How did Assange get them?

I'm NOT saying that e-mails weren't hacked.
What I'm asking if there is any possible way to prove their veracity as to original content.
Cut and Paste is a wonder tool.


Sure, sure, they were all tampered with ....


http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/10/politi...aines.html

[$tevie]

BCam wrote:
[quote=$tevie]
So you are saying that the emails weren't hacked? How did Assange get them?

I'm NOT saying that e-mails weren't hacked.
What I'm asking if there is any possible way to prove their veracity as to original content.
Cut and Paste is a wonder tool.
I'm sorry. I was addressing max, not you. I think your questions were valid.

[$tevie]

Too late, max, you already screwed that up earlier on the thread and showed you don't know what "hacking" means.