Iran’s Trump hack turned into a live-election humiliation
The Iran-linked hack-and-leak story kept escalating on September 18, with federal officials publicly warning that stolen Trump campaign material had been used in an effort to influence the election. That turned the campaign into a target and a source of national-security concern at the same time, which is a spectacularly bad combination for a candidate who sells himself as the guy who keeps America safe.
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Iran’s Trump hack turned into a live-election humiliation
The Iran-linked hack-and-leak story kept escalating on September 18, with federal officials publicly warning that stolen Trump campaign material had been used in an effort to influence the election. That turned the campaign into a target and a source of national-security concern at the same time, which is a spectacularly bad combination for a candidate who sells himself as the guy who keeps America safe.
The Iran-linked hack-and-leak story kept escalating on September 18, with federal officials publicly warning that stolen Trump campaign material had been used in an effort to influence the election. That turned the campaign into a target and a source of national-security concern at the same time, which is a spectacularly bad combination for a candidate who sells himself as the guy who keeps America safe.
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