CIA Concludes Russia Influenced Election to Help Trump Win: Source
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A couple of top level Republicans also voice concern over Russian interference in the elections:
A group of prominent Democratic and Republican senators has released a statement calling for a bipartisan investigation into cyberattacks against the United States by foreign governments. The move comes on the heels of revelations that Russian government hackers directly interfered in our presidential election in order to propel Donald Trump to the presidency. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), two Republican senators recognized as authorities on foreign policy, joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jack Reed (D-RI) in issuing the statement:
For years, foreign adversaries have directed cyberattacks at America’s physical, economic, and military infrastructure, while stealing our intellectual property. Now our democratic institutions have been targeted. Recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American.
“Congress’s national security committees have worked diligently to address the complex challenge of cybersecurity, but recent events show that more must be done. While protecting classified material, we have an obligation to inform the public about recent cyberattacks that have cut to the heart of our free society. Democrats and Republicans must work together, and across the jurisdictional lines of the Congress, to examine these recent incidents thoroughly and devise comprehensive solutions to deter and defend against further cyberattacks.
“This cannot become a partisan issue. The stakes are too high for our country. We are committed to working in this bipartisan manner, and we will seek to unify our colleagues around the goal of investigating and stopping the grave threats that cyberattacks conducted by foreign governments pose to our national security.
While Donald Trump and his Republican apologists have continued to deny the fact that the Kremlin interfered in our election on his behalf, the senators letter provided a powerful call to action to defend the sanctity of our nation and our democracy from malicious foreign influence regardless of petty political feuds. “This cannot become a partisan issue” their statement said, “The stakes are too high for our country. We are committed to working in this bipartisan manner, and we will seek to unify our colleagues around the goal of investigating and stopping the grave threats that cyberattacks conducted by foreign governments pose to our national security.”
As the evidence mounts not only that Russia tampered with our democratic process but that Trump’s campaign may have collaborated with the Kremlin in doing so and that prominent Republicans covered up the hacking, an investigation into Trump and the Russian hackers is looking increasingly likely. What those investigations could turn up are the extensive financial ties between Trump’s campaign and Russian oligarchs, secret meetings in Moscow where the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin, and a possible secret back-channel between Trump himself and his pals in Moscow.
Every American should be gravely concerned at the potential threat to our democracy posed by a man beholden to a hostile and despotic foreign power that guided him to the presidency by subverting our democratic institutions. Recent rumors that Trump is likely to select Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, who has extensive investments in Russia and is a personal friend of dictator Vladimir Putin, as secretary of state have only heightened concerns that Moscow will have a hand in running the international affairs of the Trump administration, an unprecedented intrusion of foreign influence on the democracy Trump claims to cherish. We can only hope that the Senate and the American people heed the call of these brave Senators and take all necessary steps to uncover the truth and prevent a Kremlin lackey from assuming the presidency.
Top Republicans Just Demanded An Investigation Into Russia's Pro-Trump Interference
Trump's political honeymoon may be over sooner than his supporters may want to believe.
A group of prominent Democratic and Republican senators has released a statement calling for a bipartisan investigation into cyberattacks against the United States by foreign governments. The move comes on the heels of revelations that Russian government hackers directly interfered in our presidential election in order to propel Donald Trump to the presidency. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), two Republican senators recognized as authorities on foreign policy, joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jack Reed (D-RI) in issuing the statement:
For years, foreign adversaries have directed cyberattacks at America’s physical, economic, and military infrastructure, while stealing our intellectual property. Now our democratic institutions have been targeted. Recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American.
“Congress’s national security committees have worked diligently to address the complex challenge of cybersecurity, but recent events show that more must be done. While protecting classified material, we have an obligation to inform the public about recent cyberattacks that have cut to the heart of our free society. Democrats and Republicans must work together, and across the jurisdictional lines of the Congress, to examine these recent incidents thoroughly and devise comprehensive solutions to deter and defend against further cyberattacks.
“This cannot become a partisan issue. The stakes are too high for our country. We are committed to working in this bipartisan manner, and we will seek to unify our colleagues around the goal of investigating and stopping the grave threats that cyberattacks conducted by foreign governments pose to our national security.
While Donald Trump and his Republican apologists have continued to deny the fact that the Kremlin interfered in our election on his behalf, the senators letter provided a powerful call to action to defend the sanctity of our nation and our democracy from malicious foreign influence regardless of petty political feuds. “This cannot become a partisan issue” their statement said, “The stakes are too high for our country. We are committed to working in this bipartisan manner, and we will seek to unify our colleagues around the goal of investigating and stopping the grave threats that cyberattacks conducted by foreign governments pose to our national security.”
As the evidence mounts not only that Russia tampered with our democratic process but that Trump’s campaign may have collaborated with the Kremlin in doing so and that prominent Republicans covered up the hacking, an investigation into Trump and the Russian hackers is looking increasingly likely. What those investigations could turn up are the extensive financial ties between Trump’s campaign and Russian oligarchs, secret meetings in Moscow where the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin, and a possible secret back-channel between Trump himself and his pals in Moscow.
Every American should be gravely concerned at the potential threat to our democracy posed by a man beholden to a hostile and despotic foreign power that guided him to the presidency by subverting our democratic institutions. Recent rumors that Trump is likely to select Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, who has extensive investments in Russia and is a personal friend of dictator Vladimir Putin, as secretary of state have only heightened concerns that Moscow will have a hand in running the international affairs of the Trump administration, an unprecedented intrusion of foreign influence on the democracy Trump claims to cherish. We can only hope that the Senate and the American people heed the call of these brave Senators and take all necessary steps to uncover the truth and prevent a Kremlin lackey from assuming the presidency.
Top Republicans Just Demanded An Investigation Into Russia's Pro-Trump Interference
Trump's political honeymoon may be over sooner than his supporters may want to believe.
While Trump may (I am a bit skeptical of this report given the source) have benefited (or maybe the Russians unsuccessfully tried to put in Bernie or Hillary) from the Russians, I don't see how he is responsible for it. If you need to find somebody to blame, why not look at the president and congress who were serving during the tampering and hold them accountable?
It's pretty much a brain dead assumption to think Pukin would want to help Trump get elected, as Trump would be the one least likely to put up with any crap. It would be a feather in Pukin's cap to have Hillary in power as she'd would be the last one likely to do anything to crimp his style! J.M.H.O. 
It's pretty much a brain dead assumption to think Pukin would want to help Trump get elected, as Trump would be the one least likely to put up with any crap. It would be a feather in Pukin's cap to have Hillary in power as she'd would be the last one likely to do anything to crimp his style! J.M.H.O.
You're joking, of course. Putin wanted the weakest candidate to win and he got his wish. Unlike that last few presidents he will have little difficulty running rings around an inexperienced and ignorant clown like the Dumpster. After all, we are talking about a president-elect who is too lazy to attend intelligence briefings. How is he supposed to make an informed decision when he hasn't the faintest clue as to what is going on? It really appears more and more that the Dumpster is going to be little more than a figurehead president with the GOP establishment making most of the decisions for him. This, of course, is exactly the opposite of what the Dumpster promised when he said he was going to "drain the swamp."
Hillary blaming her loss on the Russians is like an NFL team blaming the Zamboni operator for having lost the Stanley cup.
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but anyway kids...
Paul Joseph Watson Verified account @PrisonPlanet
A list for those concerned about foreign involvement in the election.
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but anyway kids...
Paul Joseph Watson Verified account @PrisonPlanet A list for those concerned about foreign involvement in the election.
No, I meant warranted.
Hehehehe...nobody's blaming the loss on the Russians. It's cute that you're trying to defend against an argument nobody is making though. It clearly shows you don't understand the issue.
Should be great fun watching America fall apart at the seems , you should be happy . Why the exploding head ?
bitches please.
Intelligence agencies reportedly found individuals connected to the Russian government gave WikiLeaks hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, as well as from Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta – though did not have “specific intelligence” showing Kremlin officials directed the activity.
anyway kids, proof please. thanks.
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again we're gonna have to school you sock boy. sorry.
anyway, a proof is da proof so naturally the CIA will fill us in on their 'evidence' to back up your little claim. :lol:
C.I.A. Judgment on Russia Built on Swell of Evidence
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/1...evidence.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
Again? You'd have to do it once in order to do it again.
You sound just like a Democrat with all your attempts at justifying the unjustifiable. It looks good on you.
You're an idiot. I'd rather be boring.
They don't want to hear it.