dnce-mail hack and say it has all the hallmarks of cyberattacks launched by kremlin intelligence service. russian officials are calling americans paranoid, foreign minister sergey lavrov dismissed allegations when asked about them today. while they can t describe motive for the e-mail dump on eve of the democratic convention, u.s. officials long suspected ties between the kremlin and wikileaks. they say the episode strengthens sus missio suspicions. and the claim that russia is trying to help donald trump cast a cold war era intrigue over russia. russia stole it for my benefit. in north carolina, trump said he never met russian president vladamir putin. wouldn t it be nice if we did get along with russia. but he has long maintained he wants to build a relationship with him and has promoted policies like reducing the role of nato that would empower putin. whether or not moscow is trying to sway the u.s. election, officials say the leak fits into a pattern of russia usi