Morell calls Russia's meddling in U.S. elections 'political equivalent of 9/11'
Morell calls Russia's meddling in U.S. elections 'political equivalent of 9/11'
By POLITICO STAFF 12/12/16 08:17 AM EST Updated 12/12/16 08:32 AM EST
Former CIA acting director Michael Morell called the intelligence agencys conclusion that Russia meddled in the U.S. presidential election to help President-elect Donald Trump the political equivalent of 9/11.
A foreign government messing around in our elections is, I think, an existential threat to our way of life. To me, and this is to me not an overstatement, this is the political equivalent of 9/11, Morell said in an interview posted Sunday on The Cipher Brief. It is huge and the fact that it hasnt gotten more attention from the Obama Administration, Congress, and the mainstream media, is just shocking to me.
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