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posted by on Saturday January 07 2017, @11:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the putin-his-nose-where-it-doesn't-belong dept.

A new declassified report released by US intelligence officials says Russian President Vladimir Putin "ordered" a campaign to influence the 2016 US presidential election.

The 25-page public version of the report was released on Friday after the officials briefed President-elect Donald Trump and top lawmakers on Capitol Hill on a longer, classified version.

The report said Russian efforts to meddle in vote represent the most recent expression of Moscow's long-standing desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic order.

[...] After his briefing, Trump stopped short of embracing the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in the presidential campaign, saying only that any hacking attempts had "absolutely no effect" on the outcome of the election.

Having hours earlier dismissed the hacking controversy as a "political witch hunt," Trump later issued a statement whose main aim appeared to be to deflect questions about the legitimacy of his November 8 victory over Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton.

Full text of report available in many places, including at scribd.

Ironically, Wikileaks, an organization usually in favor of information sharing, was upset about dissemination of this report.

In a Friday tweet, WikiLeaks slammed the CIA for leaking information to NBC.

"The Obama admin/CIA is illegally funneling TOP SECRET//COMINT information to NBC for political reasons before PEOTUS even gets to read it," the tweet read.

An NBC report last night touted "an exclusive, inside look" at the report connecting the Russian government to breaches of the Democratic National Convention and other groups and individuals during election season sourced to two intelligence community sources.

WikiLeaks and Assange have championed the dissemination of sensitive or classified in the past, publishing United States diplomatic cables and military information, emails from the 2014 Sony hack and internal documents from multiple other governments and political parties.

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/313002-wikileaks-opposed-to-cia-leaking-report-info-to-nbc

Previously on SoylentNews: Reactions to Russian Hacking Activity


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @09:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @09:21PM (#450841)

    > No, I want you to provide evidence that Russian state actors were responsible for Hilary Clinton losing the election.

    Since I never said that, its weird you want me to prove it.
    Tell you what, you prove that the CIA killed kennedy and then I'll give you what you want.

    > Also note the phrase "restructure the Sunni resistance in Syria", ie: ISIS.

    Hello, McFly that paragraph begins with talk of attacking ISIS, it literally says "once we engage ISIL, as we have now done in a limited manner, we and our allies should carry on until they are driven back suffering a tangible defeat." The email says attacking ISIS and you read that as supporting ISIS. Could you be any more of a dumbass?

    > What is being said and what is being implied are different

    I am not going to argue with random bullshit you make up in your own head. You are beyond dumbassery at this point.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @11:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @11:04PM (#450872)

    No, I want you to provide evidence that Russian state actors were responsible for Hilary Clinton losing the election.

    Since I never said that, its weird you want me to prove it.

    Is this even the same AC I was talking to? Let's assume it is and remind them that this is the nexus of the story we're discussing here. I am however delighted you agree with myself and former CIA and counter-terrorist operatives on the issue of the report in question. [noquarterusa.net]

    Hello, McFly that paragraph begins with talk of attacking ISIS, it literally says "once we engage ISIL, as we have now done in a limited manner, we and our allies should carry on until they are driven back suffering a tangible defeat." The email says attacking ISIS and you read that as supporting ISIS. Could you be any more of a dumbass?

    Is your contention that the Sunni resistance in Syria is not ISIS? Clinton was careful with her words but we know the truth. She was openly admitting the US strategy: Fight ISIS in Iraq, support ISIS in Syria. It is right there if you care to read HRC's own words with a basic understanding of who is who. If you do not understand who the "Sunni resistance" in Syria was, let me help you. [wikipedia.org]

    What is being said and what is being implied are different

    I am not going to argue with random bullshit you make up in your own head. You are beyond dumbassery at this point.

    Once again, we are discussing a US intelligence report that has been roundly dismissed as lacking in evidence by just about everyone. You present no evidence to support your claims, you accuse me of lying twice and then resort to calling me a "dumbass" whilst presenting no evidence to support your claims. Do you actually want to argue your case or are you just getting off on your butthurt?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @11:44PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07 2017, @11:44PM (#450889)

      > Is your contention that the Sunni resistance in Syria is not ISIS?

      It wasn't originally. The reason it eventually became ISIS is because they were backed into a corner and no one else stepped up to help them out.

      > Once again, we are discussing a US intelligence report that has been roundly dismissed as lacking in evidence by just about everyone.

      Everyone in your head. Actual people in the real world? No, just the opposite.
      But you can't even keep your arguments straight from one post to another, so no one wonder you've got these delusions.

      Still waiting on that proof about the Kennedy assassination.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @12:29AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @12:29AM (#450905)

        Everyone in your head. Actual people in the real world? No, just the opposite.

        Where are these people that are being mislead by #FAKENEWS ???

        But you can't even keep your arguments straight from one post to another, so no one wonder you've got these delusions.

        You challenged my assertion about the Clinton campaign and I provided you with evidence from HRC herself, but look here:

        And particularly with Syria which has everyone quite worried, Jordan because it's on their border and they have hundreds of thousands of refugees and they can't possibly vet all those refugees so they don't know if, you know, jihadists are coming in along with legitimate refugees.
        - HRC - Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago Vanguard - October 2013

        Interesting that she later announces [politifact.com] the US can somehow vet 65,000. Why would an individual with any knowledge or awareness of the situation make such a claim? [wikileaks.org]

        Still waiting on that proof about the Kennedy assassination.

        That's your job, it's your claim so knock yourself out!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @01:20AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @01:20AM (#450911)

        While I'm here:

        Is your contention that the Sunni resistance in Syria is not ISIS?

        It wasn't originally. The reason it eventually became ISIS is because they were backed into a corner and no one else stepped up to help them out.

        Half truth. [wikipedia.org] I suspect you know this already.

        Syria was not only the birthplace of civilisation but also a truly beautiful country and the Assad regime was equally brutal both to those who would challenge the regime and the countries long enshrined secular values. Even in a state of "civil war", it is safer than many nations. [independent.co.uk] Are you not ashamed of what we've done? [twitter.com] Are you not ashamed of the virtue signalling celebrity retards who support the pro-salafist PR groups? The rest of us in the West are and we voted accordingly!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @02:25AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @02:25AM (#450917)

        It wasn't originally. The reason it eventually became ISIS is because they were backed into a corner and no one else stepped up to help them out.

        Missing your insults, I keep checking for replies but none are forthcoming. Get some facts [theantimedia.org] and come at me bro; I want to see you attempt to justify HRC supporting ISIS in Syria.