Posted on 12/15/2016 5:28:54 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
The Obama administration didn't respond more forcefully to Russian hacking before the presidential election because they didn't want to appear to be interfering in the election and they thought that Hillary Clinton was going to win and a potential cyber war with Russia wasn't worth it, multiple high-level government officials told NBC News.
"They thought she was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road," said one U.S official familiar with the level of Russian hacking.
The administration did take action in response to the hack prior to the election. In September, President Obama privately confronted Vladimir Putin about the hacks at the G-20 summit in China. He warned the Russian President of unspecified consequences if the hacks continued.
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There is nothing that could be done. It was not a Russian hack but an inside job where Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, personally met the email leaker who handed him the emails files later released by Wikileaks. The email leaker, a Bernie Sanders insider, was reportedly motivated by “disgust at the corruption of the Clinton Foundation and the tilting of the primary election playing field against Bernie Sanders,” reports the Daily Mail.
The media is so disgusting and have deflected attention once again from the truth.
Obama getting tough?
Does that mean he’ll only give Putin one blow job and a sternly written warning?
Because Obama was the one who ordered the hack attempts by the DHS?
The Country’s greatest threat ramming a BS narrative.
The MSM is the Country’s greatest threat.
It wasn’t important if she won. It is only important as a source of leverage if she lost.
Obama needs to present evidence or STFU
Tomorrow should be very, cough, interesting.
Why doesn’t Trump or Kelly Ann bring this up? Keep waiting for this information to be a response back to the fake news reporters.
Well here we go. They’re not giving up folks. Look for another offensive on the Election tomorrow at the punks press conference. For the last couple days the it’s come out the Electors are hanging tough. So look for another Reson not to relax. This makes 2000 look like a trip to Disneyland.
I think that this is not about an election hack but finding an excuse to saber rattle about Syria and justify U.S. interference in that arena.
I’m also suspicious that suddenly McCain & McConnell suddenly got quiet about the Russian crap. Did Obama say “I’ll take it from here”?
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