Posted on 01/04/2017 8:24:37 AM PST by COUNTrecount
State Department spokesman say he is '100 percent certain' Russian government was involved in election-related hacking
U.S. administration is certain Russian government was involved in email hacking
State Department Spokesman John Kirby told CNN there was 'no question'
It comes after Julian Assange said Russian was not behind election hacks
WikiLeaks founder said Barack Obama was 'trying to delegitimize Donald Trump'
Emails stolen from DNC and Clinton's campaign chairman were published online The U.S. administration is '100 percent certain' that the Russian government played a role in hacking emails during the bitter presidential election.
State Department Spokesman John Kirby told CNN on Tuesday that there was 'no question' about Russia's involvement.
'The information is there, and it's rock solid. And we obviously would not have pursued the measures that we pursued without that level of certainty,' he said.
'So, yes, we are a 100% certain.' Kirby said it was not just the assessment of President Obama or Secretary of State John Kerry, but the entire intelligence community.
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly doubted the suggestion Russian hackers help influence the election.
'If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?' he tweeted last month.
'Unless you catch "hackers" in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking. Why wasn't this brought up before election?' Trump followed up with.
It comes after Trump spokesman Sean Spicer insisted on Monday that there was still 'zero evidence' the election was swayed by hackers.
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A 14 year old Russian.
There's two strikes against veracity already.
Oh yeah, we’re going to believe anything coming out of the Hillary/Kerry State Dept. or any other Obama-controlled agency. Lying was a requirement for employment in his reign.
If they did then Vladimir Putin may have just as well saved our nation and done for this country what Aetius Flavius did for the Roman Empire and what Don John of Austria did for Christian Europe!
It’s Russia because we say it’s Russia
Obama stooges protecting Obama lies. Gee, that sounds familiar. For eight years...
Oh yeah, we’re going to believe anything coming out of the Hillary/Kerry State Dept. or any other Obama-controlled agency. Lying was a requirement for employment in his reign.
A ‘rat HACK in the State department weighing in on the latest FAKE news. Go figure.
Kirby should be selling vacuums at best.
Whenever someone talks about “100% certain” and we are just supposed to accept it at face value, the Gulf of Tonkin always comes to mind.
Fourth hand information sources are very, very sure of what they are sure of. “Spokesman”. Shouldn’t that be a “spokesperson”? Or “gender-challenged propgandist”?
It had to be the Russians. Who else has the sophisticated knowledge to crack a password like “password”?
#4 ROFLMAO Very nice. Thanks. Post of the day BUMP!
The same state dept that told us that Benghazi was a spontaneous protest sparked by a youtube video?
He’s 100 % stupid.
Foggy Bottom is a cesspool. Drain the swamp.
No one should believe anything this administration says.
They lie continuously about everything.
Did this state department spokesman have the security clearance to access this information that is not able to be released because of classification?
Did this person personally and physically read that classified information or is this person relaying second-hand hearsay?
Will that person testify to this under oath and penalty of perjury to this statement?
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