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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama administration: We're "100 percent certain" on Russian interference
A State Department spokesman says the Obama administration has no doubt Russia tried to influence the 2016 election through hacking.
President Obama and this administration is 100 percent certain in the role that Russia played in trying to sow discord and confusion and getting involved, through the cyber domain, in our electoral process, spokesman John Kirby told CNNs Christiane Amanpour Tuesday. "Theres no question about that.
The information is there, and its rock solid. We obviously would not have pursued the measures that we pursued without that level of certainty. So, yes, we are 100 percent certain.
Kirby said President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry came to the conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 race after an exhaustive analysis by U.S. national intelligence agencies.
And thats not just an assessment by the president, or Secretary Kerry or Cabinet officials, he added. "Its an assessment by the entire intelligence community.
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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/312504-state-dept-100-percent-certain-on-russia-hacking
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Obama administration: We're "100 percent certain" on Russian interference (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2017
OP
....and there is 100% certainty who asked for it in his LAST press conference.
gordianot
Jan 2017
#1
gordianot
(15,240 posts)1. ....and there is 100% certainty who asked for it in his LAST press conference.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)3. And there is a near 100%, not quite but near, "fine with me" attitude
coming from the god damn Republican Party.
Now what the FUCK!
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)2. Please declassify anything you can and give it to the media
Put Trump and the Republicans on the spot!
still_one
(92,219 posts)4. Glen Greenwald and Julian Assange aren't going to be happy about this
Cha
(297,320 posts)5. 'cause they be so deep in denial spewing their sociopathic lies..
Jonathan Chait
✔ ?@jonathanchait
Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald unite to dismiss Russian hacking story http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/glenn-greenwald-tucker-carlson-unite-to-dismiss-russian-hacking-allegations.html
12:15 PM - 29 Dec 2016
162 162 Retweets 181 181 likes
This is forensic! Its indisputable: Former CIA operative slams Trump for dismissing Russian hacks
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/this-is-forensic-its-indisputable-former-cia-operative-slams-trump-for-dismissing-russian-hacks/
https://twitter.com/AlGiordano
How Julian Assange Turned WikiLeaks Into Trumps Best Friend
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-11/how-julian-assange-turned-wikileaks-into-trump-s-best-friend
Oh, and I just want to add this tweet so I can have it in my journal in case it comes up again..
Robert D'Errico ?@dreelBobbyd
@Steven_Strauss @JeffersonObama @realDonaldTrump:If Obama used Trump's "strategy" re intelligence, Bin Laden would be suntanning in Pakistan
4:29 PM - 3 Jan 2017
34 34 Retweets 58 58 likes
boy, did we have greenwald's number back in the day.. 'course it wasn't rocket science.