The way Podesta fell for the scam says it isn't a government. A phishing scam is often used by hacktivist and criminals. A foreign country would be able to take down encryptions and throw off the victim using a VPN or something similar. Russia wouldn't leave a trace for the government. If they did, either they wanted the government to know, or they're no better than some of the 16 year olds out there. If Russia can do things like knock out the internet, why would they use a phishing scam on John Podesta? Why were emails from Podesta only released and not from the rest of the DNC? Russia could easily get every email from every member of the DNC quite easily.
The fact that the IT people in the US Government are behind the other foreign powers. The fact they made a conclusion so quick tells me two things: Russia is incompetent, or Russia is being used as a scapegoat. Our best and brightest work for private companies, not the government. It took them months to break an encryption on an iPhone.
I think it's bigger than Trump. I know Russia liked Trump's campaign, but not because Donald Trump is a traitor. Vladimir Putin hates the globalist forces that are trying to take over the planet like George Soros. He knew Donald Trump hates people like Soros, so that's why I think Putin was rooting for Trump. With that said, I don't think Russia hacked the DNC. I think it was an inside job with a disgruntled Bernie supporter. The Globalist hate Putin, and Putin hates the Globalist.
So once again, prove that Donald Trump committed treason, because that is a very serious allegation. All you said was Donald Trump likes Vlad, so he hates America. Being a smart guy, you know Russia was our ally in world war 1 and 2. It's only been in recent history that Russia is our enemy. Well, the cold war is over, and it has been over. Why can't we go back to a PreMcCarthy Alliance with them? The only reason why we didn't like them was because they were Communist.