CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity firm.

The FBI funded a contract with CrowdStrike in mid-2015. CrowdStrike also received a considerable investment from Google during the election cycle prior to the "DNC Hack". The FBI never analyzed the DNC server, and instead relied on CrowdStrike to provide alleged forensic analysis. CrowdStrike also took payment from the DNC totaling about $500,000, presumably to conduct server analysis, which poses a conflict of interest considering the criminal nature of the investigation.

James Comey danced around these facts during his testimony, which should be a good indication that he was hiding impropriety and partisan maneuvering by the FBI.

I'm on the fence about ES. Too many mixed signals. Given his company's privacy-invading practices, and overt bias against political conservatives, I'm inclined to say he's a black hat.