Fake news strikes again? WIKILEAKS source: Clinton email leaks came from 'disgusted' insiders

Lori Ziganto | 11:22 AM on December 15, 2016

As we all know, this happened:

CNN: Obama orders report into WikiLeaks timed for release just prior to Trump presidency https://t.co/YZNpSht3tj https://t.co/MsNZhrTzTL

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 9, 2016

Sigh. The hysteria has run rampant on Twitter for days. But why? Was there or is there any actual proof?

Clowns from @washingtonpost can't report basic stuff, now they have secret CIA source? Yeah, sure. We believe you. https://t.co/nFBp1uuhES

— Mike 'Thomas Paine' Moore (@Thomas1774Paine) December 10, 2016

Where is the actual proof? "A source told us" isn't going to cut it.,

— Samuel Culper 722 (@politiwars) December 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/CraigRBrittain/status/808425213276745728

Wow.

https://twitter.com/CraigRBrittain/status/808423831924707328

Oh, well then. Case closed! Today comes a report saying that WikiLeaks claims the leaked Hillary Clinton campaign emails came from insider whistleblowers. Not Russian hackers.

WikiLeaks operative: Clinton campaign emails came from "inside leaks," not Russian hackers https://t.co/VwxI9wqVch pic.twitter.com/n4jVUCO8ds

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 15, 2016

More from the Washington Examiner:

A man who calls himself a WikiLeaks operative is claiming “inside leaks,” not Russian hackers, are responsible for the release of emails that embarrassed Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the presidential race.

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“Neither of [the leaks] came from the Russians,” Murray told DailyMail.com in a story published Wednesday. “The source had legal access to the information. The documents came from inside leaks, not hacks.”

He also said that those behind the email leaks were motivated by “disgust at the corruption of the Clinton Foundation and the tilting of the primary election playing field against Bernie Sanders.”

Murray also claimed that he was personally handed some of the leaked emails. Read the above again and let it sink in. Huh. Could that possibly make sense? Occam’s razor and all. But, that doesn’t fit with the atmosphere of knee-jerk ZOMG TRUMP WILL BE THE END OF EVERYTHING EVER that abounds. It must have been Russia. And Trump must have known, right? That’s what our oh-so-clever and trust-worthy (I could not type that with a straight face) media tells us!

Or, you know, some people who were seeing the true nature of the corrupt, inept, arrogant, potentially criminal and hate-filled Hillary Clinton. And said “screw this. I’m blowing the whistle. Hello, WikiLeaks!”

Silly Dems.. Podesta was responsible for his hacked emails.. He clicked on the link. It was phishing problem NOT THE RUSSIANS #BLACKOUT2017 https://t.co/ey1DuUccXx

— jerzegurl (@jerzegurl) December 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/mm_uscg/status/809393942521323521

What say you? Who do you believe?