Back in March and April I did several stories regarding volunteers for Bernie Sanders in North Carolina and Michigan who believed his campaign staff had been infiltrated by Clinton and/or DNC operatives. Apparently, they were not the only people who shared that belief. The DNC's own Communication's Director, Luis Miranda and DNC staffer, Kate Brown also believed that there were people in the Sanders' campaign who would reveal information to them.

The evidence? Emails released by Wikileaks which show that both Miranda and Houghton believed that the Alaska Democratic Party Executive Director, Kay Brown, had plants within the Alaska Sanders' campaign from whom they could obtain information regarding Sander's campaign activities. Here is the specific email, dated May 12, 2016, in which Houghton states Kay Brown has people inside the Sanders campaign:

Here is the context in which this email exchange occurred. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DWS), as head of the DNC, was scheduled to address the Alaska Democratic Party’s Convention as its Keynote speaker. The DNC were concerned about rumors of a counter-protest event planned by the Sanders' campaign, and wanted intel from Kay Brown, who they stated quite openly had people within the Sanders campaign. The DNC staffers were desperate to get more information about this event, which was supposed to begin with a walkout of Sanders supporters during the DWS speech (which did in fact occur). Excerpts from the relevant Wikileaks email release follow:

From: Khan, Ali Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 1:39 PM

To: Bonosky, Garret Cc: Alvillar, Raul

Subject: Alaska “Counter” Event Hey man, I know Kay Brown has already told me she’s been in touch with you guys regarding the “evolving” situation on the ground in Alaska, but, nonetheless, I wanted to flag this newest development for you. Just in case! I’ve also mentioned it in the political briefing, FYI. Thanks and enjoy Alaska, Ali

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/617275561771687/?active_tab=posts Miranda, Luis > wrote: There’s no way Kay doesn’t have someone who can get her intel. We need to push them. From: HoughtonK@dnc.org

To: MirandaL@dnc.org

Date: 2016-05-12 14:42

Subject: Re: Alaska “Counter” Event We can’t go to DWS [Debbie Wasserman Schultz] with just Facebook intel. Kay told me she has friends inside the Bernie organization there who may be able to provide some more information.

I missed this story when it came out last week because I was in Philadelphia working as a volunteer for the People's Convention. None of the principals involved, neither Luis Miranda, Kate Houghton nor Kay Brown has spoken on the record about whether Kay Brown did have "friends" or spies inside the Sanders campaign. However, the Alaska Democratic Party, through a spokesperson, has denied these allegations with respect to the state party .

A spokesman for the Alaska Democratic party says the party did not have any plants among Bernie Sanders' supporters ahead of an event earlier this year with Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. [...] Alaska party spokesman Jake Hamburg says people freely shared information with the party. He says the party wanted a successful event.

This is a very carefully worded denial which I find unconvincing on its face. One, the statement by Jake Hamburg, does not refer to Kay Brown by name, only the "Alaska Democratic Party." Second, he remarks that people "freely shared information with the party." I, for one, cannot believe that Sanders' campaign staffers or volunteers would have voluntarily shared such information unless they were moles.

Does anyone find it credible that the Sanders campaign, which was already on record as stating the DNC, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz in particular, was biased against Bernie in favor of Hillary, would authorize his people to reveal details about any Sanders' events to the DNC? Sanders, after all, sued the DNC and DWS over the actions they took to deny him access the the DNC's voter database following a breach of that system in December by an individual the DNC recommended Sanders hire. Sanders campaign immediately reported the breach and fired that staffer, a fact that DWS herself lied about initially. The DNC agreed to allow the Sanders campaign access to the database after the lawsuit was filed. An independent investigation cleared the Sanders campaign of any wrongdoing , at which point Sanders withdrew his lawsuit.

So, the question remains, why did the DNC Communication director and other DNC staffers believe that Kay Brown, who headed up the Alaska Dem Party, had sources within the Sanders campaign that would leak sensitive information to them? Specifically, why did DNC staffer Kate Houghton directly state that Brown had told her she had moles in the Sanders campaign if, in fact, this was not true?

This email exchange certainly is another piece of evidence pointing toward the conclusion that the DNC and local state Democratic parties colluded to benefit Hillary, and worked to oppose Sanders at every turn. It also lends credence to the suspicion by many Sanders volunteers that his paid campaign staff was infiltrated by spies for Hillary Clinton who acted in ways to harm Bernie's efforts to obtain the Democratic party's nomination.

At this point, I would like to see any emails by Hillary campaign staffers and/or staffers working for the SuperPacs that supported Hillary, or who had contracts for services provided to the HRC campaign and/or said SuperPacs. Hopefully, Wikileaks has more emails yet to be released that will shed further light on this matter.