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2016-12-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-

DNI Clapper: We ‘don't have good insight' into alleged Russian hacking

[Wash Times] As recently as Nov. 17, James Clapper, the nation’s top intelligence officer, told Congress his agencies "don’t have good insight" into a direct link between Wikileaks and the emails supposedly hacked by a Russian operation from Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

During the campaign, Wikileaks released reams of embarrassing internal emails between campaign chairman John Podesta, other campaign officials and the Democratic National Committee. One emailed showed candidate Clinton was provided the questions ahead of a CNN town hall appearance.

Democrats are now on a campaign implying that the hacking won the election for Donald Trump and have pressed the Obama administration for a far reaching investigation.

The Washington Post reported Friday that the CIA has secretly concluded that the Vladimir Putin regime directed hackers to penetrate the Democrats’ emails expressly to help Republican Trump win the election. The Post said the CIA has identified people with connections to the Russia government who supplied the stolen emails to Wikileaks.

That is not what Mr. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, told the House Intelligence Committee at an open hearing on Nov. 17.

Asked about Russia and Wikileaks, Mr. Clapper said, "As far as the WikiLeaks connection, the evidence there is not as strong and we don’t have good insight into the sequencing of the releases or when the data may have been provided. We don’t have as good insight into that."

Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-11 00:16|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ] Top

#1 Such a shame. *eyeroll*

Posted by Crusader 2016-12-11 00:26|| 2016-12-11 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Every Klingon in this government that lied to US should be removed.

Posted by newc 2016-12-11 03:40|| 2016-12-11 03:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Intapundit:HOW BAD HAS THE LEFTIE MENTAL MELTDOWN GOTTEN? So bad that Glenn Greenwald and Juan Cole are voices of sanity.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-12-11 06:26|| 2016-12-11 06:26|| Front Page Top

#4 I still think that a disgruntled DNC партком person(s), perhaps of the Bernie persuasion, was responsible for the Donk Central Committee email leaks, not the russkies.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-12-11 08:10|| 2016-12-11 08:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe Wikileaks has some evidence to back up the Dem claims?

Posted by Bobby 2016-12-11 08:21|| 2016-12-11 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 I think a Keystone Cops graphic might be more appropriate for this post.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-12-11 11:00|| 2016-12-11 11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 The dems have painted themselves in a corner on this one. They had no problem with barky ignoring intelligence briefings, but they will screech if Trump discounts CIA emanations. Hypocrites always...

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-12-11 11:12|| 2016-12-11 11:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Wikileaks has evidence of Dem corruption that they must censor and ban at all costs....

Posted by One Eyed Speaking for Boskone7919 2016-12-11 11:52|| 2016-12-11 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe Wikileaks has some evidence to back up the Dem claims?
Posted by Bobby

The Dems won't be on the dance floor with Wikileaks anytime soon.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-11 12:05|| 2016-12-11 12:05|| Front Page Top

#10 #7 The dems have painted themselves in a corner on this one. They had no problem with barky ignoring intelligence briefings, but they will screech if Trump discounts CIA emanations. Hypocrites always...
Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-11 11:12

M. Murcek,

Perhaps I've heard one too many conspiracy theories, but maybe this is a stoke of genius on Trump's part:

1. "We'll tell Trump in the briefings that we've got vague concerns about Russian hacking. Then we'll go public saying 'Trump knew' but hasn't done anything about it. Makes him look bad."
2. Trump says, "Sorry. I only want specific briefings, and we'll tell you which ones," or, "I'll let you know when I want to hear the brief."
3. Dems/CIA: "How can we discredit or undermine Trump if he won't cooperate??? We'll tell everybody that there's a direct link!!"
4. "Really? Told POTUS yet? Gimme details."
5. "Ummmmmm....sorry, don't have good insight. Magic 8-ball says 'Ask me again later.'"

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-12-11 13:51|| 2016-12-11 13:51|| Front Page Top

#11 My guess (and only a guess) is Trump has already established his own intelligence fusion and reporting cell. Getting a weekly Klingon dump (or as often as needed - they're only an hour away) verifies or refutes his own cell.

Under the existing circumstances and track record, that's what most of us would do.

BTW, that's what Rumsfeld and others have done.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-11 14:08|| 2016-12-11 14:08|| Front Page Top

#12 Attention s/b given to Clinton "homebrew" and open-to-compromise server.

Self-inflicted problem - too bad, Ms. Clinton.

btw, John McCain and Lindsey Graham blow - "Never Trumpers" stirring the pot. Cannot be trusted. Ever.

Posted by Chesney Sleting6498 2016-12-11 18:27|| 2016-12-11 18:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Weasel Zippers: FBI Does Not Believe There Is Evidence To Support Claim About Russian Interference

"FBI is saying evidence isn’t there. And this isn’t about the vote itself, it’s about the DNC hack. Which had already been claimed, before the election, so we factored it or didn’t in our votes already. So what Democratic attempt is actually giving Russia what they want- a vehicle by which to attack our elections."

Posted by Chesney Sleting6498 2016-12-11 18:35|| 2016-12-11 18:35|| Front Page Top

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