Ever since Hillary Clinton's private email server became public knowledge, there has been speculation about whether any foreign governments had been able to penetrate the inadequate security and hack into the system. Clinton herself and the State Department insist no such hacks took place. But US intelligence officials are convinced that, at the very least, Russian hackers were able to steal the contents of the server.  The recent hack of Democratic party servers by Russians, as well as the penetration of the Clinton Foundation email account points to a concerted effort on the part of someone in Russia - perhaps Putin himself - to get dirt on Hillary and Bill Clinton. Now US intelligence has seen indications that the Russians may be ready to release at least some of the emails. Bill Gertz at the Washington Times fleshes out the story: A U.S. intelligence official told Inside the Ring that the indications of the email release are being closely watched, although...(Read Full Post)