russian hacking
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Report: Intelligence Officials Won’t Brief Trump on Cyberattacks Against Russia For Fear He Might Get Mad and Tell Putin
Buried in a recent news report about America’s secret program of placing “digital implants” in the Russian power grid is an interesting and troublesome revelation. Namely, that senior US intelligence officials are so concerned about the president of the United States being an unrestrained ignoramus or a Russian spy, that they are holding back valuable…
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POTUS Pops Off on Russia Over Email Hacks: ‘They’re a Small … Weak Country’
President Barack Obama has donned his “pop off” hat and put Russia President Vladimir Putin on notice that the U.S. may retaliate against the country for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, reports the Associated Press. “Whatever they do to us, we can potentially do to them,” Obama said Friday at his last press…
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CIA Says Russia Helped Trump in US Election: Report
In a secret assessment from September, the CIA concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to an explosive report from the Washington Post. “It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump…
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President Obama Orders Investigation of Alleged Russian Hacking in 2016 Election
President Barack Obama has ordered a full investigation into the 2016 election process and alleged hacking by the Russians, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said Friday, according to CNN. “The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process,” Monaco said. “It is…