The evidence uncovered by Porter strongly suggests that an effort was initiated and coordinated by powerful figures among the ruling class to inculcate the belief among ordinary Americans that Russia interfered with our elections. This theme has been disseminated throughout corporate media and is still being used--apparently in the conviction that a lie repeated often enough becomes a fact--much like the false belief that lemmings often commit mass suicide.
The narrative of Russian intelligence attacking state and local election boards and threatening the integrity of U.S. elections has achieved near-universal acceptance by media and political elites. And now it has been accepted by the Trump administration’s intelligence chief, Dan Coats, as well.
But the real story behind that narrative, recounted here for the first time, reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created and nurtured an account that was grossly and deliberately deceptive.