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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:00 PM Jul 2017

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Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Russia election meddling was most successful covert operation in history

Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Russia election meddling was ‘most successful covert operation in history’
Julia Munslow Yahoo News July 21, 2017

Michael Hayden, a former director of the NSA and the CIA, on Friday called Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election the “most successful covert influence operation in history.”

“Frankly, [the Russian meddling] is the most successful covert operation in history,” Hayden told a national security panel in response to a question from moderator Yahoo News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff. Hayden said the original cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee was not that surprising — and even from an intelligence perspective, impressive.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-cia-director-hayden-russia-election-meddling-successful-covert-operation-history-212056443.html

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Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Russia election meddling was most successful covert operation in history (Original Post) workinclasszero Jul 2017 OP

And the current President HAB911 Jul 2017 #1

Oh he's got good reason to I'm sure workinclasszero Jul 2017 #2

He's President Because of It! MineralMan Jul 2017 #3

Well, maybe the most marybourg Jul 2017 #4

HAB911

(8,932 posts)

1. And the current President

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:05 PM

Jul 2017

is ignoring it.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

2. Oh he's got good reason to I'm sure

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:08 PM

Jul 2017

That's why firing the special prosecutor and pardons are on Don the cons mind lately.

MineralMan

(146,345 posts)

3. He's President Because of It!

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:08 PM

Jul 2017

He's actively trying to cover that up and make it go away. He is The PINO!

marybourg

(12,646 posts)

4. Well, maybe the most

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:26 PM

Jul 2017

Successful *revealed* covert operation. The *most* successful one(s) are those that have never been uncovered at all.

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