Senior GOP Lawmaker Calls for Investigation of CIA Director Over Media Leaks on Russian Hacking

[Roland99]

Source: ABC News

A senior Republican congressman called for an investigation into whether the head of the CIA leaked to the media while withholding from Congress the agency's findings that Russians used hacking in an attempt to help Donald Trump win the presidency.

"We have supposedly [CIA Director] John Brennan leaking information to The Washington Post, to a biased newspaper like The New York Times -- findings and conclusions that he's not telling the [House] Intelligence Committee," said Rep. Peter King of New York in an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz on "This Week."

King, a former chairman and current member of the House Intelligence Committee, was referring to news stories on Dec. 9 that cited either unnamed officials or intelligence sources and did not name Brennan as a source.

"There should be an investigation of what the Russians did, but also John Brennan and the hit job he seems to be orchestrating against the president-elect," Donald Trump, King said.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senior-gop-lawmaker-calls-investigation-cia-director-media/story?id=44256349

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So....Rep. King is more worried about how it makes Trump look bad than actually looking into the infinitely more serious issue of the Russians interfering in our election!

Quelle surprise!

[BainsBane]

1. Traitorous scum.

[yellowcanine]

2. House "Intelligence" Committee ignored the Russian hacking because no Benghazi or Clinton emails.

So STFU Peter.

[Botany]

3. This Peter King? Who said before the 2004 election said, "We take care of the counting."

Christ it is not the Russian hacking and trying to rig our elections through many
different methods but the real problem is that the American people found out
about Russia/Trump's actions?

[orleans]

4. +1 n/t

[Dustlawyer]

8. What a hack!

[Blue Idaho]

5. Will he also be investigating Jason Chaffetz

For leaking the Clinton FBI report to the media?

Hypocrite.

[DK504]

6. King - an embarrassment to all Irish

Intelligence Committee," said Rep. Peter King of New York" ... Isn't this considered an oxy moron?

[True_Blue]

7. Unbelievable!

Can you imagine the outrage on the right if the shoe were on the other foot and Putin helped Hillary win the election? They would be accusing her of treason & calling for the death penalty.

[Roland99]

11. And you know what? The media would go along w/the GOP and blast the Dems if it was the other way!

Why aren't they now?!?!?

[TomCADem]

9. Same House That Passed FBI Whistleblower Bill

As a matter of law, it will only okay to leak info that is helpful to Republicans.

[mitty14u2]

10. GOP Blocks Probes Into Trump-Russia Ties

Russian hackers are apparently trying to mess with our elections. But congressional Republicans are crippling any investigations—while their probes of Hillary Clinton continue.

Suspicion is mounting about Donald Trump’s ties to Russian officials and business interests, as well as possible links between his campaign and the Russian hacking of U.S. political organizations. But GOP leaders have refused to support efforts by Democrats to investigate any possible Trump-Russia connections, which have been raised in news reports and closed-door intelligence briefings. And without their support, Democrats, as the minority in both chambers of Congress, cannot issue subpoenas to potential witnesses and have less leverage to probe Trump.

Privately, Republican congressional staff told The Daily Beast that Trump and his aides’ connections to Russian officials and businesses interests haven’t gone unnoticed and are concerning. And GOP lawmakers have reviewed Democrats’ written requests to the FBI that it investigate Trump before they were made public.

But the lawmakers in both chambers have declined to sign on to them. Republicans have no appetite to launch inquiries into their party’s presidential nominee, and they continue to believe the FBI flubbed its investigation into Clinton and her aides, who should have been charged with mishandling government secrets, the staffers said.

9/30/16

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/30/gop-blocks-probes-into-trump-russia-ties.html