U.S. intel report identifies Russians who gave emails to WikiLeaks -officials
Source: Reuters
Fri Jan 6, 2017 | 5:39am EST
The CIA has identified Russian officials who fed material hacked from the Democratic National Committee and party leaders to WikiLeaks at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin through third parties, according to a new U.S. intelligence report, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Central Intelligence Agency and others have concluded that the Russian government escalated its efforts from discrediting the U.S. election process to assisting President-elect Donald Trump's campaign.
The intelligence assessment was presented to President Barack Obama on Thursday and will be briefed to Trump on Friday. Trump has rejected the broad intelligence community's assessment that Russia staged cyber attacks during the election campaign to undermine Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Russia has rejected the hacking allegations.
"By October, it had become clear that the Russians were trying to help the Trump campaign, said one official familiar with the full report speaking on the condition of anonymity because the complete version is Top Secret.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-cyber-celebrate-idUSKBN14P2NI
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,772 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Got it
(59 posts)Thanks...that made me laugh.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)Especially the one connected directly to the Russian bank?
We are talking about possible treason here.
GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)has a GREAT fall.