State Department spokesman say he is '100 percent certain' Russian government was involved

Daily Mail UK ^ | January 4, 2017 | Emily Crane

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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.

[Arm_Bears]

Put up or shut up.

Show us the evidence or go away.

[airborne]

State Department told CNN .......

Lies and damn lies!

[nobamanomore]

No matter who hacked it, the Dems didn’t even attempt to deny that it wasn’t all true. It let people know what the elite Dems actually think about them.

[RummyChick]

I personally believe that someone connected to Kimdotcom or kimdotcome did some of this. Of course, he says he didn’t have anything to do with anything. But he had a reason to stick it to Hillary Clinton

[fireman15]

They are also 100% certain that SUV exhaust is causing catastrophic global warming despite the fact that NOAA had to alter historic records to make the data fit the theory.

[BlueLancer]

"State Department told CNN ......."

Liars lying to liars ...

[the_Watchman]

Oddly enough, BOTH could he correct. Since Podesta’s password was “password”, the Russians probably did have his emails. However, that doesn’t mean that Wikileaks got the emails from the Russians.

[Steve_Seattle]

Trump's comment points to a question I haven't heard anyone ask: The government wasn't hacked, the DNC and Podesta were hacked, so how can the government know who the hackers were? Does the government have access to - or were they given access to - the DNC and Podesta computer networks or servers?

The government doesn't typically investigate hacks of individual businesses or entities, and we don't call the government when our security software detects malware or viruses on our home computers.

[stylin19a]

Kirby’s background is jaw-flapper.
Even in the service it got him to Admiral.
He was a bag man for Hillary - denying everywhere quid pro quo.
This is the last person to rely on for credibility....ok, maybe he’s tied for the last person.

[Sgt_Schultze]

That's for certain! Remember when this nitwit was the spokesperson? This administration doesn't ask much from its spokesmodels.

[ichabod1]

Little Lindsay Graham was going around saying 99% of the Senate was 100% certain the Russians did “it” (whatever “it” is), until McConnell told him to “knock it off.”

[circlecity]

Just like they were 100% certain it was a youtube video that caused the Benghazi attack. This is the most dishonest state dept. in history and anybody would be a fool to ever believe them.

[TheDon]

The Russian storyline is all a diversion from the content of the emails.

[Diogenesis]

Did the spokesman say this after he prayed
at the State Dept statue of Arafat the Murderer?

or after he sent arms to al Qaeda and ISIS?

[Dr. Pritchett]

Wait a minute!!! Are you saying the Russians accessed an unsecured rat email account and shared the info with the American public before the election?!?!?!? But they didn't access the secured account for the other side? We should keep foreign influence out of our elections. Soros!

[Steve_Seattle]

Last night in the Hannity interview, Assange discussed the 13-page "proof" that the FBI issued last week. He echoed comments from IT people on Free Republic that it was a joke, and that any cyber security expert could see that it was a joke. (I mean "joke" as in laughably inadequate.)

Of course, no one in the media is quoting him, whereas whistleblowers are usually given great deference and credibility by the media.

[drypowder]

I believe John Kirby was the CDC spokes mouth saying that bringing people into the US from Africa that are infected with Ebola is no danger to any American. He’s one of the obozo’s best propagandists, for that’s worth.

[Steve_Seattle]

The big unanswered question - and it is unanswered because the media won’t ask it - is why previous major hacks into federal government databases by both the Chinese and Russian governments (and probably others) generated no national debate, no editorials, no finger-pointing, and no retaliation or sanctions. Why did those hacks - into key databases of the federal government - instantly vanish down the memory hole?

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From Conservative Treehouse...

Kelly Anne Conway, I think it was yesterday, said that Trump would continue his use of private intelligence. It is obvious he has used these services for decades for his international business. He also said he knew stuff. Just what stuff was not divulged.

PE Trump said he was going to weigh in on the “Russian hacking” after a brief from his official government intelligence sources on Tuesday or Wednesday. It was cancelled and Comey and Clapper want to do it personally on Friday. Why?

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/us/politics/trump-russian-hacking.html?hpw&rref=politics&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

I think they know the jig is up and they are being exposed as politicized liars who work for Obama and not the American people. Trump tweeted “The “Intelligence” briefing on so-called “Russian hacking” was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!” Trump knows why.

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EXACTLY!

They never mention the content, only the Russian hacking.