CIA refuses to brief congress on Russian hack rumors

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CIA officials refuse to brief Congress on the truth about Russian hacking claims | Daily Mail Online

Members of the House Intelligence Committee are fuming that the CIA is refusing to provide an immediate briefing on Russian interference in the U.S. elections, after media reports that the intent of hacking was to boost President-elect Donald Trump's chances.

The panel had hoped to hold a briefing with the CIA Thursday, although the agency is declining to participate, prompting panel member Rep. Peter King of Long Island to suggest U.S. intelligence could be perpetuating a 'disinformation campaign' designed to undermine Trump as he prepares to take office.

The infighting is coming out into the open amid reports of hardening conclusions about Russian government motives and chain of command – with NBC reporting Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was 'personally involved' in the covert campaign to interfere with the elections through hacks of the Democratic National Committee and other political figures.

'This violates all protocols and it's almost as if people in the intelligence community are carrying out a disinformation campaign against the president-elect of the United States,' fumed King in an appearance on 'The Kelly File' on Fox News Wednesday night.
 

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Not to say the Reds weren't responsible but the reality is the only "evidence" that it was them was discovery of the attackers speaking Russian which really means nothing.

I honestly feel like the CIA is using this to their benefit for this generation's cold war.
 

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Craig Murray assures us that he knows that these were not hacks but insider leaksand that he knows the leaker(s). Indeed he now tells us that the emails were handed over to him during a visits in Washington. Former intelligence officials including the technically very knowledgeable former NSA official William Binney concur that the hacking story is false.

All we have heard or seen so far are hearsay rumors and allegations of evidence. To me as experienced IT professional the case is technically laughable just as Murray explains here. If the claimed hacks occurred at all the alleged methods were so common that anybody could have done these. There is not even one claimed fact yet that is technically halfway acceptable as evidence that "Russia did it".

But still the NYT runs a big package of pieces telling us that "Russia did it" based on the non-factual CIA rumors and unprofessional IT assertions by Crowdstrike, the self-promoting IT security company the DNC hired and paid. Before that the Washington Post published major claims of Russian interference by anonymous officials. NBC News now tops that with "intelligence officials" saying Putin himself ran the hacking campaign. Authors of the story are the long time insider hacks Bill Arkin and Ken Dilanian known for clearing his stories with the CIA before publishing. The next story will tells us that Vladimir Valdimirovich himself was punching the keyboard.
 

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And notice right after this the White House comes out and says Putin was directly responsible :comeon:

All these claims, no evidence, CIA doesn't come with receipts.. you'd be a fool to look at this objectively and not be Atleast somewhat skeptical of these accusations
 

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And notice right after this the White House comes out and says Putin was directly responsible :comeon:

All these claims, no evidence, CIA doesn't come with receipts.. you'd be a fool to look at this objectively and not be Atleast somewhat skeptical of these accusations

This right here.
 
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