Why is Donald Trump resisting the Russian hack findings? Michael Flynn may hold the answer

[DonViejo]

Trump doesn't want to know about Russia. The unhinged alt-right views of Michael Flynn and Steve Bannon may be why

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON

In anticipation of the release of a report commissioned by President Barack Obama, the top brass of the United States intelligence community appeared before Congress on Thursday to testify that the Russian government had interfered in last year’s election. The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, declared, “This was a multifaceted campaign. So the hacking was only one part of it, and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news . . . whatever crack, fissure, they could find in our tapestry . . . they would exploit it.” It’s pretty dramatic stuff.

The report will be provided to President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend, and members of Congress will be briefed next week. An unclassified version is slated for release to the public as well, but details are already being leaked to the news media. Trump was not amused by the media’s access as he indicated in a tweet:

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

How did NBC get "an exclusive look into the top secret report he (Obama) was presented?" Who gave them this report and why? Politics!

7:24 PM - 5 Jan 2017
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Apparently, he is unfamiliar with the time-honored Washington practice of leaking, but he had better get used to it.

There is plenty of skepticism about the intelligence community’s conclusions along all sides of the political spectrum. Trump is dismissing it out of hand. Most of the Republicans are keeping their powder dry, although hawkish Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham seem convinced, as do most Democrats. And after witnessing the weapons of mass destruction analysis prior to the invasion of Iraq in the past decade, many people on the left are naturally suspicious of the intelligence agencies.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/01/06/why-is-donald-trump-resisting-the-russian-hack-findings-michael-flynn-may-hold-the-answer/

[Wounded Bear]

1. I can't wait until someone leaks his tax returns...nt

[MFM008]

2. Or his REAL medical records

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