Russian hacker claims FBI offered him citizenship and a new life if he would confess to hacking Podesta emails on behalf of Putin and Trump

[rangerrebew]

May 12, 2017
Russian hacker claims FBI offered him citizenship and a new life if he would confess to hacking Podesta emails on behalf of Putin and Trump
By Thomas Lifson

According to a report in Newsweek by Tom O’Connor, a Russian hacker who had been detained in Prague at the request of US authorities, was visited multiple times by FBI agents, who pressed him to confess to hacking the Podesta emails at the behest of Putin, and to help Trump. They allegedly (and unsuccessfully) offered generous inducements, to say the least.

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[geronl]

Why would the FBI and not the CIA be involved in that? This doesn't make sense.

[anubias]

Why would the FBI and not the CIA be involved in that? This doesn't make sense.

Read the article.  The FBI is trying to extradite this guy.