The email reads: "isn't snapchat when young people send naked pics of themselves to their lovers and then they disappear?" . The body is a continuation of the subject line. It's the pictures that disappear, not the young people. Probably a false alert (unfortunately). It could still be a creepy double-entente (why would he ask this to Podesta, he must have an IT guy to ask).
Yes, of course it could be seen in that light. But look at the next line where he writes 'that said..' and then goes on to another unrelated topic. So, that phrase points to the first line with emphasis..that's why I think, it could also be interpreted as code for something.
I agree it may have another meaning, be an easter egg, an inside joke, or code of some kind. But there is an easy deniability for this one. The question remains: why would he ask Podesta what is snapchat? Perhaps they had just mentioned it over the phone; in the Wikileaks dump Podesta never answers Luke's question.
He's not really asking what is snapchat. His question is really rhetorical, so without the context we can't know why it came up in this email . And the reasons could be perfectly innocent. But given the nature of our investigation, that's why I thought I'd put forward this email as we're looking at everything.
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murphy212 ago
The email reads: "isn't snapchat when young people send naked pics of themselves to their lovers and then they disappear?" . The body is a continuation of the subject line. It's the pictures that disappear, not the young people. Probably a false alert (unfortunately). It could still be a creepy double-entente (why would he ask this to Podesta, he must have an IT guy to ask).
cantsleepawink ago
Yes, of course it could be seen in that light. But look at the next line where he writes 'that said..' and then goes on to another unrelated topic. So, that phrase points to the first line with emphasis..that's why I think, it could also be interpreted as code for something.
murphy212 ago
I agree it may have another meaning, be an easter egg, an inside joke, or code of some kind. But there is an easy deniability for this one. The question remains: why would he ask Podesta what is snapchat? Perhaps they had just mentioned it over the phone; in the Wikileaks dump Podesta never answers Luke's question.
cantsleepawink ago
He's not really asking what is snapchat. His question is really rhetorical, so without the context we can't know why it came up in this email . And the reasons could be perfectly innocent. But given the nature of our investigation, that's why I thought I'd put forward this email as we're looking at everything.