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.99center

(1,237 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2016, 03:34 PM Dec 2016

What Obama Said to Putin on the Red Phone About the Election Hack [View all]

Source: NBC News

Determined to stop Russia's interference in the presidential campaign, at least one of President Obama's senior advisers urged him to make the ultimate threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. officials told NBC News:

Mess with the vote and we will consider it an act of war.

But Obama opted not to issue a warning that specific when he spoke to Putin about the hacking during a September meeting at the G-20 summit in China, said intelligence officials offering NBC News exclusive new details.

This time Obama used the phrase "armed conflict."
"International law, including the law for armed conflict, applies to actions in cyberspace," said part of a message sent over the Red Phone on Oct. 31, according to a senior U.S. official. "We will hold Russia to those standards."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/what-obama-said-putin-red-phone-about-election-hack-n697116

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What Obama Said to Putin on the Red Phone About the Election Hack [View all] .99center Dec 2016 OP

Handled like a true Proffessional. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #1

I'm not so sure about that Captain1way Dec 2016 #2

not a bluff, you steal our shit we're going to fight back. Sunlei Dec 2016 #5

President Obama warned Putin about directly manipulating voting results. .99center Dec 2016 #7

So there may be no retaliation by the US eom Kolesar Dec 2016 #9

Are we CERTAIN Russia didn't manipulate voting totals??? groundloop Dec 2016 #13

Based on President Obama's past use of Stuxnet against Iran .99center Dec 2016 #14

I agree, and I bet Ilsa Dec 2016 #18

There's no reason for them to conceal any operation from Trump. .99center Dec 2016 #19

I think the paper by Ron Baiman triron Dec 2016 #15

something would have happened. mopinko Dec 2016 #17

may have already happened triron Dec 2016 #21

i wonder, tho. mopinko Dec 2016 #22

Republicans are far more likely to manipulate voting totals, but for some reasons, it's easier yurbud Dec 2016 #25

Watch and see. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #8

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #10

Sorry Captain1way Dec 2016 #11

How's the Russian ambassador to Turkey doing these days? nt Xipe Totec Dec 2016 #12

Why would we target him? triron Dec 2016 #16

Ignoring that's it includes but is not limited to armed conflict is the flaw in your premise LanternWaste Dec 2016 #27

How is he holding Russia to those standards now that we have agreement from both the FBI and CIA? JudyM Dec 2016 #3

should have sent the blue screen of death attached to any files they took Sunlei Dec 2016 #4

!!! BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #20

So bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #6

Russian cyber attacks and interference in our elections is an attack on the nation. Nitram Dec 2016 #23

well, it didn't help heaven05 Dec 2016 #24

Putin called Obama's bluff Devil Child Dec 2016 #26