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CIA Reportedly Concludes Russian Interference Aimed To Elect Trump
NPR ^ | 12/10/2016 | Emma Bowman

Posted on 12/10/2016 7:23:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind

U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia interfered with the 2016 election, specifically to help Donald Trump win the presidency, The Washington Post first reported on Friday.

In addition to hacking into Democratic organizations, Russians hacked the Republican National Committee's computer systems, according to the Post — but they did not release any information that might have been retrieved from Republican networks.

"Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials," the Post reports. "Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton's chances."

Citing anonymous officials briefed on the issue, the Post says the CIA shared its findings with senators in a closed-door briefing last week, saying it was now "quite clear" that Russia's goal was to tip the presidency in Trump's favor:

" 'It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia's goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,' said a senior U.S. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to U.S. senators. 'That's the consensus view.' "

In a previous assessment, CIA officials had thought Russians intervened with the intention of undermining Americans' electoral system, Adam Entous, one of the Post story's reporters, tells NPR's Scott Simon.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016electionhack; 2016trumprussiahack; cia; clinton; election; elections; fakenews; governmentpropaganda; hillary; interference; russia; trump
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To: SteveH

Cut the funding for those sons of whores immediately.

I’m talking NPR, but I just might as well be talking CIA.

Too many times they seem to be working AGAINST the American people.


81 posted on 12/10/2016 8:19:04 AM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind

I see where things are headed. They are trying to get it to where they can declare the election invalid any way they can. We will have to fight before it’s over.


82 posted on 12/10/2016 8:21:52 AM PST by Vaden (Donald Trump: making political impossibilites possible since 2015!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Fake, probably to take attention off of DHS getting caught trying to hack -i think it was- Georgia.


83 posted on 12/10/2016 8:22:34 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The CIA is not trustworthy.


84 posted on 12/10/2016 8:22:45 AM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: SteveH
Also refer to the WaPo story (12-10-2016) about alleged Russian hacking. Deep in the story is a hot link reference to Rep. Cummings' committee and his committee's press release.

How ironic to read a press release alleging Russian hacking and having a hotlink to "Tip Line" in the header bar.

https://tinyurl.com/zrc3z7z

85 posted on 12/10/2016 8:23:09 AM PST by ptsal
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To: Vaden

The ‘election’ is done by the Electoral College, appointed by state legislatures, and then approved by Congress. There’s no way to make that chain of events “invalid”.


86 posted on 12/10/2016 8:28:00 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: SeekAndFind

So by helping Wiki-Leaks share the truth about Democrat skullduggery Trump was helped? How is that wrong? Compare that to the encouragement of outright voter fraud.


87 posted on 12/10/2016 8:28:24 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: silverleaf

The Republicans probably knew anything sent or received via the internet was hack able and as a result (unlike the worlds smartest woman and the Democrat Party) they didn’t e-mail anything that could in turn prove embarrassing to them.


88 posted on 12/10/2016 8:29:47 AM PST by MCRD
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear media,

Please ‘splain why it was in the Ruskie’s best interest for Trump to win.


89 posted on 12/10/2016 8:30:37 AM PST by lacrew
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To: SeekAndFind

Meanwhile, the US GOVERNMENT tried to ramper with the election...and you guessed it...it was one ofe those rascally ‘rogue employees#:

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/exclusive-dhs-admits-georgia-hack-may-inside-job/


90 posted on 12/10/2016 8:34:54 AM PST by lacrew
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To: SeekAndFind
then they damn well better be ready willing and able to show it to Trump
91 posted on 12/10/2016 8:36:02 AM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: Squantos
Squantos, an update on what I posted!

How the mediots manipulate what Trump does and says to meet their agendas!

The following is from Snopes about the above. Draw your own conclusions, why the difference in WSJ’s headlines:

This image was passed around on the Internet accompanied by the claim that the Wall Street Journal had deliberately published one headline, "Trump Softens His Tone," in a pro-Trump market area in an attempt to sway readers away from the the GOP nominee, and the other headline, "Trump Talks Tough on Wall," in a non-Trump market area to bolster support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

However, these opposing headline editions were not distributed to different political or geographic markets, nor were they intended to influence voters.

This picture shows two editions of the Wall Street Journal published at different times of the day. The paper on the left came off the press early in the day, while the paper on the right was produced later in the day. Print newspapers sometimes undergo revisions throughout their daily runs and typically employ marks to distinguish the various editions — in this case the differing WSJ editions are distinguishable by the number of stars displayed in the masthead:

92 posted on 12/10/2016 8:37:02 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining loserers,Trump will just go ahead and make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: petercooper
Headline should read, "Russia Works On Behalf Of George Washington."

This came as too much of a shock to those who were trying to create an UNIMFORMED voter.

93 posted on 12/10/2016 8:37:14 AM PST by Bogie
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t believe it.

Too many references to the Russians.

Hillary overplayed her hand.


94 posted on 12/10/2016 7:12:12 PM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: McGruff

Waste of taxpayer money. Those two need to shut up and sit down.


95 posted on 12/10/2016 7:17:11 PM PST by madison10 (Pray continuously for Trump/Pence)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is more of the setup to try and nullify the election or flip enough faithless electors to give the Presidency to Hillary. They are going all out to overturn the election and it will be lock and load time if they succeed. Conservatives and the military may have to defend the country with more than votes.


96 posted on 12/10/2016 7:20:45 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Let's Roll

I did not like Trump at first.Think he is great now! Hillary is a nasty witch of a woman and never, ever should be near the presidency.


97 posted on 12/10/2016 7:22:03 PM PST by madison10 (Pray continuously for Trump/Pence)
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To: SeekAndFind

Didn’t Obama put his own guys in the CIA first days of office?


98 posted on 12/10/2016 7:31:04 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: WildHighlander57; appalachian_dweller; aragorn; Arthur Wildfire! March; ASA Vet; Art in Idaho; ...

PING!!!

Article and comments, see #64 Image and also #54

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3503413/posts?page=54#54

ReaganGeneration2 wrote:

Reddit Centipedes show how fake this is...

https://reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5hjyp8/so_the_russian_hacker_used_their_real_ip_address/

Thanks, ReaganGeneration2 & H/T WildHighlander57


99 posted on 12/10/2016 7:40:09 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: WildHighlander57; appalachian_dweller; aragorn; Arthur Wildfire! March; ASA Vet; Art in Idaho; ...

PING!!!

Article and comments, see #64 Image and also #54

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3503413/posts?page=54#54

ReaganGeneration2 wrote:

Reddit Centipedes show how fake this is...

https://reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5hjyp8/so_the_russian_hacker_used_their_real_ip_address/

Thanks, ReaganGeneration2 & H/T WildHighlander57


100 posted on 12/10/2016 7:40:46 PM PST by Whenifhow
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