WaPo: CIA Intel Showed Putin Directly Ordered Operation To Get Trump Elected

[Stuart G]

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Source: Talking Points Memo

June 23, 2007, 10:30am.

Intelligence obtained by the CIA last summer found that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered a cyber campaign intended to help elect Donald Trump and damage the electoral chances of Hillary Clinton, according to an exhaustive Washington Post report out Friday into the Obama administration’s response to Russia’s meddling in the 2016 campaign.

This explosive information was first delivered to former president Barack Obama in Aug. 2016, according to the newspaper.

The Post investigation details how Obama and his team struggled to develop a response to this unprecedented interference by a foreign country, worrying that they would be seen as trying to tip the scales in the presidential race. By the time the CIA’s warning arrived, the Obama White House knew that Russian hackers were behind cyberattacks on Democratic Party operatives and the Democratic National Committee, and that the FBI had launched an investigation into ties between Russian officials and Trump campaign staffers.

Trump, who has repeatedly cast doubt the extent of Russia’s interference, has criticized the Obama administration for not doing more to “stop them.”


Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cia-intelligence-putin-ordered-campaign-help-trump-get-elected

[C Moon]

1. Is this another clever way of the GOP proclaiming innocence?

[L. Coyote]

9. No. It indicts them.

Especially Trump and McConnell.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Sunlei]

3. August 2016. "unprecedented interference" should have suspended the election for a year.

Investigate, find the criminals and stop the damn Coup.

[ghostsinthemachine]

4. Can you imagine that scenario?

Obama is installing himself as dictator! Gives Obama another year to take our guns!

[Dream Girl]

5. Obama would have probably been assasinated by crazies had he attempted that

[Sunlei]

7. Soon as Republicans knew our democracy was under attack, Congress, Senate & President work together

and defend our Democracy. Why the fuck did the CIA wait until AUG 2016 to present evidence to president/congress/senate?

I don't give a shit about the crazies or what they want, I shut them off.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. That would never happen. There's no constitutional provision for it, for one.

Two, as noted above, the right wing would lose their shit about Obama not leaving office on time... (Imagine if Bush had done the same thing in 2008?)

Lastly, it's important to remember in all these retrospective looks at last year, everyone- including Obama- thought Hillary was going to win big, interference or no. All the polls said she would. I think there was an attitude of "if it aint broke don't fix it".

[titaniumsalute]

6. Obama was rather damned either way

He doesn't do anything and hopes that Hillary can crush the election and no one would ever really bring the Russia stuff to light. OR he makes a big deal about it and it looks like he and his admin are trying to swing an election.

Plus this stuff is all complicated.

[L. Coyote]

8. VIDEO: How Obama tried to punish Russia

[Towlie]

10. "Should I argue that it never happened or that Obama should have stopped it? Oh heck, why not both?"

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Locking - duplicate thread

of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141805713 - which is the WP article this TPM article is talking about. Please continue discussion there. Thanks.