Cryptographic signatures demonstrate that Democratic National Committee Chairman Donna Brazile is wrong when she suggests the WikiLeaks emails were altered and that she did not send an email tipping off Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to debate questions.
Many email systems use a verification system called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) that shows whether an email has been changed. It uses a key stored on the email server that sent the email, so it can't be forged.
HillaryClinton.com uses Gmail to handle its mail and uses DKIM. Staffer Jennifer Palmieri, using her HillaryClinton.com email, replied to a Brazile email warning that Brazile was "worried" about Clinton’s ability to answer a question about the death penalty, that she said would be asked at an upcoming debate. She copied Podesta -- who also uses Gmail -- presumably so that he could encourage Clinton to prepare for the question.
The emails were hacked from Podest's account by WikiLeaks, but Clinton's campaign -- and Brazile -- have all but claimed their contents have been falsified.
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