The Real Paranoia-Inducing Purpose of Russian Hacks

And meanwhile the US Department of Defense, as of 2009, had 27,000 employees working in public relations / propaganda and contracts out the development of astroturfing software. Government-paid shills are not unique to Russia, and this article does nothing to prove that Russia was involved with the DNC emails.

Beyond that, it doesn't matter who leaked / hacked the emails. If Putin was behind it, then he did a great service to open democracy in the US.