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NATION/WORLD Saturday, July 14, 2018 East Oregonian Page 9A A dozen Russians indicted for meddling in election paign’s final stretch. The charges say the Rus- sian defendants, using a per- sona known as Guccifer 2.0, in August 2016 contacted a person in touch with the Trump campaign to offer help. And they say that on the same day Trump said in a speech, “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Russian hackers tried for the first time to break into email accounts used by Clinton’s personal office. Mueller did not allege that Trump campaign associates were involved in the hacking effort, that Americans were knowingly in touch with Russian intelligence offi- cers or that any vote tallies were altered by hacking. The White House seized on those points in a statement that offered no condemnation of Russian election interference. It was unclear whether the indictment might factor into Trump’s meeting with Putin on Monday. He has repeatedly expressed skepticism about Russian involvement in the hacking while being accused by Democrats of cozying up to the Russian president. Trump complained about the Russia investigation hours before the indictment, saying the “stupidity” was making it “very hard to do something with Russia.” The Kremlin, meanwhile, denied anew that it tried to sway the election. “The Rus- sian state has never interfered By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Twelve Russian military intelligence officers hacked into the Clinton presiden- tial campaign and Demo- cratic Party and released tens of thousands of private com- munications in a sweeping conspiracy by the Kremlin to meddle in the 2016 U.S. elec- tion, according to an indict- ment announced days before President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin. The indictment represents special counsel Robert Muel- ler’s first charges against Russian government offi- cials for interfering in Amer- ican politics, an effort U.S. intelligence agencies say was aimed at helping the Trump campaign and harming Dem- ocratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. The case follows after a separate indictment that accused Russians of using social media to sow dis- cord among American voters. The 29-page indictment lays out how, months before Americans went to the polls, Russians schemed to break into key Democratic email accounts, including those belonging to Clinton cam- paign chairman John Podesta, the Democratic National Committee and the Demo- cratic Congressional Cam- paign Committee. Stolen emails, many politically dam- aging for Clinton, appeared on WikiLeaks in the cam- AP Photo/Evan Vucci Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Friday, July 13, 2018, in Washington. and has no intention of inter- fering in the U.S. elections,” Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Friday. The indictment identi- fies the defendants as officers with Russia’s Main Intelli- gence Directorate of the Gen- eral Staff, also known as GRU. If that link is estab- lished, it would shatter the Kremlin denials of the Rus- sian state’s involvement in the U.S. elections given that the GRU is part of the state machine. The Russian defendants are not in custody, and it is not clear they will ever appear in American court, though the Justice Depart- ment has recently seen value in indicting foreign hackers in absentia as public deterrence. The indictment accuses the Russian hackers, starting in March 2016, of covertly monitoring the computers of dozens of Democratic offi- cials and volunteers, implant- ing malicious computer code known as malware to explore the networks and steal data and of phishing emails to gain access to accounts. One attempt at interfer- ence came hours after Trump, in a July 27, 2016, speech, suggested Russians look for emails that Clinton said she had deleted from her tenure as secretary of state. “Russia, if you’re listen- ing,” Trump said, “I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” That evening, the indict- ment says, the Russians attempted to break into email accounts used by Clinton’s personal office, along with 76 Clinton campaign email addresses. By June 2016, the defen- dants, relying on fictional personas like DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0, began planning the release of tens of thou- sands of stolen emails, the indictment alleges. The Podesta emails pub- lished by WikiLeaks dis- played the private com- munications, including deliberations about messag- ing that played into attacks that Clinton was calculating and a political flip-flopper. Private speeches she gave to financial industry firms were particularly damaging within the left wing of the Demo- cratic party and among inde- pendents frustrated with the influence of Wall Street in politics. The indictment alleges that Guccifer 2.0 was in touch with multiple Americans in the summer of 2016 about the pilfered material, including an unidentified congressio- nal candidate who requested and then received stolen information On Aug. 15, 2016, the indictment says, Guccifer 2.0 reached out to someone in contact with the Trump cam- paign and asked the person if they had seen anything “interesting in the docs I posted?” Guccifer 2.0 said it would be a “great pleasure” to help. Prosecutors say weeks later, Guccifer 2.0 referred to a stolen DCCC document posted online and asked the person, “what do u think of the info on the turnout model for the democrats entire presidential campaign.” The person responded, “(p)retty standard.” FUEL: Law went into effect in 1951, concerned with safety of drivers and passengers people (mostly out-of-town- ers) try to pump their own gas at Heller & Sons they are always asked to return to their vehicle and let an atten- dant take care of it so that the station can comply with the law. “We have people try and do that, but they can’t, so we have to stop them,” he said. Heller said many custom- ers — particularly the elderly — actually prefer to stay in their car while someone pumps their gas for them, especially when the weather is bad. But others would prefer to handle it them- selves. Heller said motorcy- cle owners tend to be partic- ular about making sure no gas is dripped on their bikes, for example, and some riders from out of state will com- plain when told they aren’t allowed to pump their own. Heller said he believes the steps the legislature has taken to roll back the self-service requirement in some coun- ties are a “stepping stone” toward eventually letting everyone in Oregon pump Continued from 1A mation officer for the Oregon State Fire Marshal, wrote in an email. “These are gener- ally complaint driven.” He said he did not know of any law enforcement agen- cies that cited for those vio- lations, and he was unsure if they even had the authority to do so. He said citations from the fire marshal’s office are “not common.” “OSFM receives very few complaints of self-serve vio- lations,” Hoover said. While gas stations can be fined for allowing peo- ple to pump their own gas, there is nothing in the Ore- gon State Statutes or recent bills that specifies a fine or other penalty for someone caught pumping their own gas. Hoover confirmed that state statute only authorizes the OSFM to regulate sta- tions and their owners, not customers. Mike Heller, owner of Heller & Sons Distributing Inc. in Hermiston, said when their own gas. All joking aside (the rest of the coun- try had a field day on social media earlier this year mak- ing fun of Oregonians who don’t know how to pump their own gas), Heller said the 48 other states that allow self-service have shown that everyday drivers are, in fact, capable of refueling their own vehicles. However, he also appre- ciates that it is easier on some people to let an atten- dant pump it for them and he likes the opportunity to pro- vide more jobs in the com- munity. Being a fuel station attendant is a good first job for teens, he said, because it teaches them how to interact with the public while on the job. He said he would keep attendants on hand even if the law changed to include Umatilla County. “I’ll offer full-serve until it’s not economically feasi- ble,” he said. The Legislature imple- mented Oregon’s ban on self-service in 1951. Reasons listed within the bill include: • Dispensing Class A flammable liquids without proper safety training can be dangerous. • If customers leave their vehicles it puts them at risk of crime or personal injury such as slipping on wet pavement. • Gas stations would have to pay higher liability insur- ance rates if customers are exposed to such dangers. • Disabled and elderly customers will not be singled out in paying for the higher cost of full service. • Exposure to toxic fumes from the gas is a health haz- ard, particularly to pregnant customers. • Self-service in other states “does not provide a sustained reduction in fuel prices charged to customers.” • Self-service decreases employment opportunities for young people. • Small children are put in danger when they are left in a vehicle while the driver goes inside to pay. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. 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