 and other U.S. government institutions were at the time continuing their
investigation of suspected Russian government efforts to interfere in the presidential
election. That same day, October 7, the Department of Homeland Security and the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint public statement ”that
the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US
persons and institutions, including from US political organizations.” Those ”thefts”
and the ”disclo