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RT America TV, a Kremlin-financed channel operated from within the United States, has substantially expanded its repertoire of programming that highlights criticism of alleged US shortcomings in democracy and civil liberties.
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

So?

Admit, address, and correct the "alleged US shortcomings in democracy and civil liberties." then, instead of trying to assume further dominion by taking advantage of those shortcoming.

RTFM, LIFERs:

"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;

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that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. "

"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"
--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786

https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=truth%20is%20great%20and%20will%20prevail%20if%20left%20to%20herself

Do you suspect the libs and media (but I repeat myself) ever “think” through on their Russians hacked the election claim?

So the end of it is that Hillary could be deluded enough to deny that she lost the election so she can still run for the Dem nomination in four years?

Let her run.

The combined intell report is all over the place.

Why would Putin and company want to hurt Hillary’s presidential campaign since she has always been so incompetent that she would be the Kremlin’s best ally because of self-inflicted damage (Libya, Syria, Arab Spring, etc)?

I would go along with a finding that the Russians hacked or tried to Hack the DNC and other governmental and private organizations and agencies. They have been doing it since at least the 1930’s, if not earlier. Read about the Venona Papers if you want to learn more (Haynes, Klehr & Vassilliev and and Romerstein & Breindel plus Romerstein & Evans, for a starter).

The Kremlin has had its agents and sympathizers inside the White House, Congress, the media and academia since the 1920s so why upset the information-gathering and disinformation dissemination programs already in place by doing something stupid such as helping Trump, to win?

Trump is feisty, a counterpuncher and his own man (for good or bad), but he’s much stronger as an American than is Hillary, Kerry and esp. Comrade President Obama (who never met a red he didn’t like or learn from).

If I were “KGB” Putin, I would do everything to stop Trump, not help him.

Now, taking the other view, Putin and the Boys in the Kremlin may have thought that since Hillary was so unstable that it would be better to try and work with/against Trump by having him “closer” rather than “farther” away from the diplomatic table.

The Soviets often played both sides of the street at the same time with plans that either strategy would be a “winner” for them. They are not dumb, these Boycheks. I have a great deal of respect for their abilities to make trouble and undermine our society.

We should all assume that with our national lack of awareness, esp. among the political organizations and some branches of government (remember the OPM hacking?) of cybersecurity, and the incompetence of the Dept. of Homeland Security (they fired people who raised alarms about our weaknesses), that our enemies have been and are going to attack us in every way possible.

The Intell community could be right on their assessments of what supposedly happened (it is rightfully classified for security reasons but their PR program has been a total failure). They could be wrong, or they could be in the middle somewhere.

First you have to acknowledge who the “enemy/enemies” are before you can formulate counterplans and strategies. Under Obama, who liked to surrender or retreat as much as he liked to play golf, the US was thrust backwards in terms of proactive intelligence planning and ops, with the greatest setbacks being in Iraq and Iran, Libya, now Syria, No. Korea, Red China, and the Russian Empire.

I hope that Trump’s team will reverse Obama’s surrender policies and get back in the game of games, again, with a vengeance and “smarts”.

This “report” is as believable as the CIA report describing TWA 800 747 airliner gaining altitude after the fuel tank “explosion”.

As the lyin’ bitch herself shrieked, what does it matter at this point in time anyhooo??