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Homeland security chair says he 'misspoke' about RNC hack
Source: The Guardian
Homeland security chair says he 'misspoke' about RNC hack
Mike McCaul says he ‘misspoke’ when he intimated that Republican
National Committee was hacked, saying Republican political operatives
had been instead
Scott Bixby in New York
Thursday 15 September 2016 00.36 BST
The chair of the House homeland security committee said he “misspoke” Wednesday evening when he intimated during an interview on CNN that the Republican National Committee’s computer network had been hacked.
“I misspoke by asserting that the RNC was hacked,” Texas Republican Mike McCaul said in a statement. “What I had intended to say was that in addition to the DNC hack, Republican political operatives have also been hacked.”
In the earlier interview with CNN, McCaul had told host Wolf Blitzer that the RNC had fallen victim to a hacking perpetrated by Russian state actors at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“It’s important to note, Wolf, that they have hacked not only hacked into the DNC but also into the RNC,” McCaul told Blitzer at the time. “So they are not discriminating one party against the others. The Russians have basically hacked into both parties at the national level and that gives us all concern about what their motivations are.
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Mike McCaul says he ‘misspoke’ when he intimated that Republican
National Committee was hacked, saying Republican political operatives
had been instead
Scott Bixby in New York
Thursday 15 September 2016 00.36 BST
The chair of the House homeland security committee said he “misspoke” Wednesday evening when he intimated during an interview on CNN that the Republican National Committee’s computer network had been hacked.
“I misspoke by asserting that the RNC was hacked,” Texas Republican Mike McCaul said in a statement. “What I had intended to say was that in addition to the DNC hack, Republican political operatives have also been hacked.”
In the earlier interview with CNN, McCaul had told host Wolf Blitzer that the RNC had fallen victim to a hacking perpetrated by Russian state actors at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“It’s important to note, Wolf, that they have hacked not only hacked into the DNC but also into the RNC,” McCaul told Blitzer at the time. “So they are not discriminating one party against the others. The Russians have basically hacked into both parties at the national level and that gives us all concern about what their motivations are.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/republican-national-committee-computer-network-hacked
