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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]standard CYA attempt.[/quote]

Absolutely. It's an obvious attempt at CYA. Read the entirety of the email in context. Also, accidentally typing "a legitimate" rather than "an illegitimate" requires several mistaken keystrokes, not just one.

But the IT guy was just taking a page from the DNC playbook: when busted for a mistake or misdeed, always deny and/ or deceive, rather than accept responsibility. [/quote]

I'm unclear on your logic. The email in which the phishing email is described as "legitimate" exists. Podesta didn't lie about that. Are you suggesting that the IT guy is lying about it being a typo? In either case, Podesta's ass is covered. It seems to me that the IT guy is taking responsibility by saying his error led to the hack.
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I'm suggesting that, if the IT guy says it was a typo, then he is indeed lying to save face. It defies common sense that the problem was a typo if you actually read his email. He just straight-up gave horribly wrong advice. I'm also suggesting that the DNC and Podesta have an obligation to hire competent staff (particularly in matters that may implicate crucial foreign relations), and they clearly failed to do so. (It was entirely foreseeable that governments and others would try to hack these email accounts, and they should have had sufficient security in place.) Finally, I'm suggesting that, in any case, Podesta handled the phishing email poorly. Most of us would simply never click a link in an email and enter our password. (I don't even bother to call IT with such emails; I just hit delete.)[/quote]

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