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ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:18 PM Jan 2017

Top U.S. intel officials say election hacking part of "multifaceted" Russian effort

Source: CBS News

Last Updated Jan 5, 2017 12:38 PM EST

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers and Marcel Lettre, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, are testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Russian cyberattacks during the 2016 election as well as the greater cyber threat Russia poses to the U.S.

12:10 p.m. Clapper wraps up hearing saying Congress has a “crucial responsibility” to oversee what the intelligence community does on legality, protection of civil liberties and privacy.

“I think there’s a difference between oversight and micromanagement,” Clapper said.

11:58 a.m. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate, brought up the Watergate scandal and that the congressional investigation that followed.

“It is my hope that this Congress is willing to stand in a bipartisan way...as the Congress did in 1974,” Kaine said about inquiries into Russian hacking.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-administration-officials-testify-on-russian-hacking-cyber-threats/

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Top U.S. intel officials say election hacking part of "multifaceted" Russian effort (Original Post) ailsagirl Jan 2017 OP
K n R Hugin Jan 2017 #1
Thanks for posting this. janx Jan 2017 #2
What did Trump know and when did he know it? Botany Jan 2017 #3
Video janx Jan 2017 #4
Thanks for posting this ailsagirl Jan 2017 #7
I wouldn't count on a Watergate like investigation happening. Grammy23 Jan 2017 #5
It caught my eye and I thought I HAVE to share this on DU ailsagirl Jan 2017 #6
Multifaceted...harder to track. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #8
Plus....the multifaceted GOP shenanegans LiberalLovinLug Jan 2017 #9
Anyone surprised by this? yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #10

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
7. Thanks for posting this
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:57 PM
Jan 2017

I'm at work and have to be careful-- thought I'd start out with the article

Grammy23

(5,807 posts)
5. I wouldn't count on a Watergate like investigation happening.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jan 2017

But a girl can dream, can't she? We need to stay on this like a dog on a bone. Never let 'em rest until they do the right thing and investigate, get to the bottom of this cesspool.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
8. Multifaceted...harder to track.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jan 2017

And harder for the dumpf percentage of ignorant ignorant Americans to cognitively process.

Too many moving pieces.

Therefore, the dangerous parts of the population remain angry, scared and clueless; intact as a strategy to keep up chaos.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,153 posts)
9. Plus....the multifaceted GOP shenanegans
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 04:46 PM
Jan 2017

like cross check, polling hours, gerrymandering, machine tampering etc..not to mention right wing hate radio 24/7.

=

a clean steal. Democrats never had a chance.

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
10. Anyone surprised by this?
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 05:17 PM
Jan 2017
The thing is, if this is true something should be done. But, with all Republicans in the House and Senate the chances of anything happening is about as that snowball thrown in Congress, melting in seconds. It might freeze in hell, but not in Congress.
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