NY Times ..... Russia is tying up loose ends of their people who helped Trump "win" the election

[Botany]

Agents arresting the suspected spy placed a bag over his head in the midst of a congress of
senior intelligence agency officers in Moscow and led him from the room, the two publications
reported.


Russians Charged With Treason Worked in Office Linked to Election Hacking

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/europe/russia-hacking-us-election.html?_r=0

WASHINGTON — Ever since American intelligence agencies accused Russia of trying to influence the American election, there have been questions about the proof they had to support the accusation.

But the news from Moscow may explain how the agencies could be so certain that it was the Russians who hacked the email of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Two Russian intelligence officers who worked on cyberoperations and a Russian computer security expert have been arrested and charged with treason for providing information to the United States, according to multiple Russian news reports.

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But one current and one former United States official, speaking about the classified recruitments on condition of anonymity, confirmed that human sources in Russia did play a crucial role in proving who was responsible for the hacking.


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Any doubt that Trump's people are working with Putin/Russia in this "clean up."

[DetlefK]

1. If there is no dirt, why the hectic clean-up???

[2naSalit]

2. Exactly.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. They're scrubbing their geek squad?

Yo comrades, now is the time to leak, and leak big. Unfortunately, you won't have the U.S. to file for sanctuary. Try Canada. I don't think you've fucked that country up yet.

[Botany]

4. I have no doubt that Putin and his intel/police know who did what in the US Election ...

.... (some of the same Russia players who worked for Trump worked for Brexit too) and
if they think those people pose any kind of threat at all they will wind up dead and or missing.

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Russians suspected of hacking Wisconsin Dems ..... this is really shocking

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/24/russians-suspected-hacking-wisconsin-dems/97023222/

GREEN BAY — County websites of the Democratic Party in the area have been under attack, at least one apparently by Russian hackers, an officer of the party said.

What appears to have been Russian hackers compromised the website of the 8th Congressional District Democratic Party as well as the sites of seven county Democratic party organizations, said Mary Ginnebaugh, who chairs the congressional district as well as the Brown County Democratic parties.

Russian hackers have been accused on the national level with interfering with the U.S. presidential election by getting into the Democratic National Committee’s website as well as that of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington.

While no one can prove beyond doubt that Russians also were involved in the local hack job, two hackers left “calling cards” with Russian email addresses on the local websites in an apparent gesture of contempt or braggadocio, Ginnebaugh said. Green Bay police were notified and have forwarded information to the FBI, she said.

[GliderGuider]

5. The charges indicate that the ones arrested were American assets.

That means Michael Flynn outed them. He is riding shotgun on this little adventure - he's head of security for the Breakshit Brigade that has occupied the WH.

[Ilsa]

9. And the mole who outed trump to MI6 spy (Steele)

remained a mystery for years until trump or his goons started getting classified briefings.

[Sunlei]

6. SO ARE REPUBLICANS & THEIR PRESIDENT

[annabanana]

7. These are OUR informants being dragged away by Putin.

THESE are the people we had in place (some in very high places) to let us keep track of Putin.

Now with this admin getting the real skinny on who's where doing what, is it any wonder that serial outing are happening. Our people betrayed by our own "president".. (or more likely, his Russian handlers)

[yallerdawg]

8. The "US intelligence community" has the evidence that these guys did it.

Now Putin said these guys betrayed him - and are silenced!

Of course he didn't order anyone to interfere in US election. That would be shocking!