The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency,

 

 

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

 

“It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s 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. “That’s the consensus view.”

 

The Trump transition team dismissed the findings in a short statement issued Friday evening. “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It’s now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again,’ ” the statement read.

 

 

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House - The Washington Post

It doesn't matter who hacked the emails. Everyone screams for transparency until you get to look under their coat. While we need to deal with cyber attacks, the DNC must realize if they hadn't written such toxic emails in the first place there wouldn't be an issue.

 

Root cause: writing the emails and being very underhanded and manipulative in the first place. Weak current president that doesn't defend the country against such attacks.

“We now have high confidence that they hacked the D.N.C. and the R.N.C., and conspicuously released no documents” from the Republican organization, one senior administration official said, referring to the Russians.

 

NYT says the RNC was indeed hacked but the Russians chose to not release any of the info to WikiLeaks.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/obama-russia-election-hack.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

NYT differs in their take from the earlier WaPo story.

 

It is also far from clear that Russia’s original intent was to support Mr. Trump,

Is this any different than what the US has done in manipulating elections in other countries in the past.

The Russians brainwashed me.

I'm sure there is no biased reporting from the WaPo or the NYT.

It appears the Russians are smarter than some on here. :lol2:

Julian Assange has already answered that question in an interview. He stated that they saw nothing interesting in their emails. With trump, he is already an open book. Of course, I just paraphrased but am much closer than what the nyt would lead you to believe. Everyone worried about false stories etc. if you take a little time to do your own research you can most of the time get thru the garbage In this instance, I found an interview where he stated the above. He may be lying, but st this point he has a better track record than the nyt

I've found the nyt is not reliable so I don't consider them a source any longer. If you can't discern there slant then you are simply wanting their stories to be true so your not seeking the truth to begin with. They have on occasions admitted as much. They have become no more than a trash tabloid so I view them no different than the enquirer for political stories.

i am having a hard time with this thread. So many of you accepting this as OK because your guy won.

 

We will be setting a precedent with our acceptance. Expect China to reveal Trump's deepest darkest in 4 years.

If he is guilty then pour it on. Let's hope this is a lesson to all politicians. If you are manipulative, dishonest and greedy, then there is a chance now that you will get called out.

I think that is the trump phenomenon. Dishonest, greedy, dishonorable etc.... politicians were taken to task on both sides of the aisle.

i am having a hard time with this thread. So many of you accepting this as OK because your guy won.

 

We will be setting a precedent with our acceptance. Expect China to reveal Trump's deepest darkest in 4 years.

 

Don't say anything. Just wait for it. It's coming.

i am having a hard time with this thread. So many of you accepting this as OK because your guy won.

 

We will be setting a precedent with our acceptance. Expect China to reveal Trump's deepest darkest in 4 years.

 

No one wants Russia hacking the US its just silly to insinuate. What most of us laugh off is the fact some would want you to believe its the Russians fault that Hillary is a lying sociopath.