Stolen emails

There is constant reference to Hillary Clinton’s “hacked” emails. No, these emails were stolen. Even worse, they were stolen by unknown agents, but most probably by the Russian government itself.

There is no way to authenticate any of these emails so they could very well have been modified, maliciously, before they were released. Hence, the responsible thing to do is to assign absolutely no credibility to a single one of these emails. Just assume all of these emails are bogus. After all, in our country, with our values and traditions, we consider all individuals innocent until proven guilty in proper courts of law. Anything less is considered nothing more than primitive lynch-mob justice.

And, does anyone else find it strange that only Hillary Clinton’s emails have been stolen and published? Where are the stolen emails from Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee?

This story was originally published October 30, 2016 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Stolen emails."