[bert]

The CIA made no such claim that I have seen. A leaker that is likely a DNC apparatchik embedded in the CIA leaked the lie to the DNC apparatchik at the Washington post.

[Paladin2]

It could be the DHS behind pushing the leak.

[realcleanguy]

John Brennan has made no claim that the Russians hacked our elections.

[manc]

Anb unknown source mentioned in the obama administration, written in the two rags which have been doing hit pieces on Trump since Trump came on the stage,.
Yes like I really would see that as fact.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The CIA made no such claim that I have seen."

I believe you are correct. They are using the claim that the Russians hacked the DNC emails is a basis for mcking the ambiguous - and far more serious charge - that the Russians "hacked the election," which people incorrectly interpret to mean that the Russians hacked the election infrastructure and manipulated the vote tally.

And this is deliberate - this false idea, spread by imprecise language - is exactly what they want people to think, to engender outrage and to support the notion that the election was illegitimate and that Trump is basically a Manchurian Candidate, a foreign plant.