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Obama Was Briefed On Russian Hacking But Did Nothing
Weekly Standard ^ | 3:45 PM, DEC 13, 2016 | By MICHAEL WARREN

Posted on 12/14/2016 4:33:47 AM PST by drewh

In the extensive report on the massive Russian-backed operation to hack American political and government severs—including a successful hack of the Democratic National Committee's server—the paper reveals that President Barack Obama had been "briefed regularly" on Russia's effort to target servers at the State Department, the White House, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Here's the Times:

Mr. Obama was briefed regularly on all this, but he made a decision that many in the White House now regret: He did not name Russians publicly, or issue sanctions. There was always a reason: fear of escalating a cyberwar, and concern that the United States needed Russia's cooperation in negotiations over Syria.

"We'd have all these circular meetings," one senior State Department official said, "in which everyone agreed you had to push back at the Russians and push back hard. But it didn't happen."

So the Russians escalated again — breaking into systems not just for espionage, but to publish or broadcast what they found, known as "doxing" in the cyberworld.

It was a brazen change in tactics, moving the Russians from espionage to influence operations. In February, 2014 they broadcast an intercepted phone call between Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state who handles Russian affairs and has a contentious relationship with Mr. Putin, and Geoffrey Pyatt, the United States ambassador to Ukraine. Ms. Nuland was heard describing a little-known American effort to broker a deal in Ukraine, then in political turmoil.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2016electionhack; obamaputin; obamarussia
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1 posted on 12/14/2016 4:33:47 AM PST by drewh
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To: drewh
How convenient the ‘weakly’ comes out with babble from the State Department. The least credible agency under Obama. Time has come for ‘we the people’ to see/read what Hillry stored in her bathroom.
2 posted on 12/14/2016 4:38:22 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: drewh

“I love to work at nuthin all day.”


3 posted on 12/14/2016 4:39:03 AM PST by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: drewh

No surprise here, the Halfrican did nothing for 8 years.


4 posted on 12/14/2016 4:41:28 AM PST by rhubarbk (I have great stamina . . . not tired of winning yet.)
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To: drewh

Again, rumor and innuendo that the ON THE RECORD sources like the Director of US Intelligence are saying is complete garage.

Fake News from a fake new source still clinging to their Never Trump butt hurt.


5 posted on 12/14/2016 4:42:47 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Trump discriminates against non-successful people.)
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To: rhubarbk

Barry Soetoro and the Wookie wanted Biden in there anyway, Valerie Jarett was concerned Hilly would fiddle with O-care and his ‘legacy’


6 posted on 12/14/2016 4:43:42 AM PST by drewh
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To: drewh

O must be catcher only, not pitcher.


7 posted on 12/14/2016 4:46:00 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: drewh

Total B.S.

Fake news by the bushel.

Remember the photos of Germans with wheel barrows of money, worth nothing?

Today we have wheel barrows of news worth less than that.


8 posted on 12/14/2016 4:46:37 AM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: drewh

Wouldn’t this mean that Barry knew all about Hillary’s server adventures, too?


9 posted on 12/14/2016 4:47:45 AM PST by JustaCowgirl ( If a regime would be happier in the afterlife than this life, that regime is not subject to threats)
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To: drewh

Interesting. But the fact of the matter is, the Democrats in their lust for overturning the elections have screwed themselves. First Assange published a serious of emails from the DNC. The “Russian” accusation was first made there with no evidence. Assange eluded to the leaker being an insider. The emails should the racism, the hate and the lies within the DNC. 10 Democrat officials have resigned now over these including the DNC head. Then the vote fomes and Trump wins. Then Stein because a servant of the DNC and files recounts for 3 states. In that recount it’s discovered a massive voter fraud committed by the Democrats in Detroit. Suddenly the “Russian Connection” and an unnamed anonymous unknown CIA official with no report leaks fake information to the WaPo, and the fake article runs as a distraction to the massive voter fraud in Detroit. Then the conspiracy of the Elector Defector fake news comes out. All this to hide the voter fraud in Detroit. Now a WH investigation story? How far will the Democrats and the MSM go to hide this voter fraud in Detroit? Are they afraid of a national recount that will show massive voter fraud by the Democrats nationwide? I have never seen such panic by any party.


10 posted on 12/14/2016 4:48:19 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: drewh

Now the MSM is turning on obama! lol

“IT WAS HIS FAULT! HE PROBABLY WASN’T EVEN BORN HERE?”


11 posted on 12/14/2016 4:50:20 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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12 posted on 12/14/2016 4:52:57 AM PST by drewh
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To: drewh

Never ending propaganda. Now I have some idea what it was like being a Soviet citizen when they were fed perpetual lies by Pravda.

I can see it now, where all the places where their used to be a Confederate statue will now be one of their Progressive Hero, the martyred one that had the election stolen from her by an evil billionaire.


13 posted on 12/14/2016 4:53:09 AM PST by redfreedom
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To: Steely Tom

“I love to work at nuthin all day.”

The slang noun used to reference to the little “person” who “owns his own jet airplane” and “is a millionaire” in the song you reference is often beeped out of radio plays of “Money for Nothing, Chicks for Free”.

Got to keep those minds straight out there for those Dire Straits fans, ya know. So much for artistic freedom and the first amendment.


14 posted on 12/14/2016 4:56:05 AM PST by spiderpig (does whatever a SpiderPig does)
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To: drewh

Fake, fake news

you can’t prove a negative. It can’t be proven Obama didn’t act and thus is at fault

Obama was thrown under the bus


15 posted on 12/14/2016 4:56:21 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: drewh
Russian-backed operation to hack American political and government severs—including a successful hack of the Democratic National Committee's server

This is being now a FACT

I thought Assange said the leaker was NOT Russian
16 posted on 12/14/2016 5:06:39 AM PST by uncbob
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To: drewh

Not surprising since this is from never-trump Bill Crystal’s blog the Weakly Standard.


17 posted on 12/14/2016 5:08:54 AM PST by Duke of Milan
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To: rhubarbk
> No surprise here, the Halfrican did nothing for 8 years.

Maybe he didn't but his Iranian born special assistant and Satanic mentor did a hell of a number on America. I'd hate to see how bad it would've been if he had been more involved. One thing is certain. It will be a long time before I ever trust any of the words of a president, if ever again. I've never seen such an accomplished liar. He feels no guilt or remorse whatsoever; a true sociopath and pathological liar.

18 posted on 12/14/2016 5:09:30 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: drewh

19 posted on 12/14/2016 5:09:39 AM PST by eaglestar
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To: rhubarbk
> No surprise here, the Halfrican did nothing for 8 years.

Maybe he didn't but his Iranian born special assistant and Satanic mentor did a hell of a number on America. I'd hate to see how bad it would've been if he had been more involved. One thing is certain. It will be a long time before I ever trust any of the words of a president, if ever again. I've never seen such an accomplished liar. He feels no guilt or remorse whatsoever; a true sociopath and pathological liar.

20 posted on 12/14/2016 5:09:44 AM PST by jsanders2001
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