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Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House
Source: Washington Post
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.
Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clintons campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials. Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clintons chances.
It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russias goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected, said a senior U.S. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to U.S. senators. Thats the consensus view.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.c4416b186e09
putitinD
(1,551 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Constitutional Crisis mentioned back in October on one of the Web pages? Notice again we have a major story breaking on Friday P.M.. Trump scored the News Cycle and the Story of the Century plays second fiddle.
Buddha2B
(116 posts)thought the best way to destroy America from within was to elect a Republican to the White House.
In terms of espionage they know their shit it seems.