As Twitchy noted Sunday, the media is hanging on breathlessly for some sort of bombshell proving collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and the Russians, even though after months of investigation, House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff still can’t say “anything definitively at this point.”
Was the 2016 election hacked by the Russians or wasn’t it?
Step back quite a few years, then, and imagine how investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson must feel as she continues to struggle with Fast and Furious and allegations that she was hacked by the administration that claims to have left office scandal-free.
In the summer of 2013, Attkisson tweeted that a cyber security firm hired by CBS News determined through forensic analysis that her computer had been accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012.
Fast-forward to 2017, and Attkisson is just now receiving responses to Freedom of Information Act requests filed in connection with the computer intrusions.
Dept. of Justice IG today returned response to 3 year old FOI that provides virtually nothing I asked for regarding my computer intrusions.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 3, 2017
DOJ IG continues to withhold investigative notes from computer forensics exams & their internal communications about my case…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 3, 2017
Wouldn't it be something if the government simply provided the public information that was required to provide upon request?
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 3, 2017
Wouldn't it be amazing if somebody in the government ensured that FOI law was followed? Instead of taking part in obstructing it?
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 3, 2017
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 3, 2017
On Sunday, Attkisson posted to her website an update on her lawsuit against the government:
Read the status of my lawsuit against the govt. for improper computer surveillance and intrusion. https://t.co/4MuryNBOc5 pic.twitter.com/1fK8dVkBBF
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) April 2, 2017
It reads, in part:
An independent forensic computer analyst hired by CBS subsequently reported finding evidence on both Ms. Attkisson’s work-issued laptop computer and her family’s desktop computer of “a coordinated, highly-skilled series of actions and attacks directed at the operation of the computers.” Computer forensic analysis also indicated that remote actions were taken in December 2012 to remove the evidence of the electronic infiltration and surveillance from Ms. Attkisson’s computers and other home electronic equipment.
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Additionally, in December 2012, a person with government intelligence experience conducted an inspection of the exterior of the Attkissons’ Virginia home. That investigator discovered an extra Verizon FiOS fiber optics line. Soon thereafter, after a Verizon technician was instructed by Ms. Attkisson to leave the extra cable at the home, the cable disappeared, and the Attkissons were unable to determine what happened to it.
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Related:
'Absolutely insane'! Docs show WH, DOJ targeted 'out of control' Sharyl Attkisson http://t.co/aLbXmSfE60
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 20, 2014
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