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| Kremlin Slams US Hacking Accusations |
| 2016-12-17 |
| [al-Manar] The Kremlin on Friday slammed Washington for pointing the finger at President Vladimir Putin over cyber attacks targeting the US election, after Barack Obama pledged to retaliate against Russian hacking. "All lies!" “At this point they need to either stop talking about this or finally present some sort of proof. Otherwise this looks extremely scurrilous,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists during a visit to Japan. Obama on Thursday warned that the United States would take action against Moscow after the White House accused Putin of direct involvement in cyber attacks designed to influence the US election. “I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action,” Obama told NPR radio. “And we will, at a time and place of our own choosing.” The outgoing US president’s remarks dramatically upped the stakes in a dispute between the world’s leading nuclear powers over alleged interference in last month’s presidential race. Obama’s threat came after the White House ratcheted up allegations over the Russian hacking by personally tying Kremlin strongman Putin to the attacks. “I don’t think things happen in the Russian government of this consequence without Vladimir Putin knowing about it,” one of his top advisers, Ben Rhodes, said earlier Thursday. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 Second Q: do they have staff that wasn't released yet? Maybe they even have staff about Barack? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-17 16:15 |
| #6 wouldn't they suspect a trap? Sure. But they had to finish laughing first... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-17 16:09 |
| #5 I'm thinking the DNC email server was so secure a seventh grader could have hacked it. Which leads to an interesting question: given how paranoid Russians are, wouldn't they suspect a trap? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-17 14:34 |
| #4 I'm thinking the DNC email server was so secure a seventh grader could have hacked it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-12-17 14:04 |
| #3 Stools hell. Give 'em prayer rugs. That's where they are coming from... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-17 13:11 |
| #2 “At this point they need to either stop talking about this or finally present some sort of proof. The US MS media realize there is no proof. They report it anyway. What does that tell you about the MS Media? What does it tell you about Journalism in the US? What does it tell you about Journalists? NBC is your friend? CNN is your friend? The NYTimes is your friend? Trump WILL be inaugurated in January and everything after that will be Legal and inside the Constitution. But, the seating at the White House Pressers will be on stools in a smaller room. |
| Posted by: Slaise Bourbon9007 2016-12-17 03:11 |
| #1 Using Alinskiate tactics against KGB graduate? Smart Barry - the most intelligent POTUS ever. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-17 01:55 |