Posted on 12/13/2016 7:51:59 AM PST by Rennes Templar
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has written to the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, asking why this week's reports by the CIA that Russia did hack Democratic campaign documents contradicts what the agency was saying three weeks ago.
Congressman Devin Nunes, a Republican from California, has written to Clapper asking for an urgent briefing on the matter.
Last month Clapper said he lacked 'good insight' about the connection between Russian hacking of Democratic emails and their release by WikiLeaks.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (pictured, centre) takes his seat as he arrives at the November 17 hearing before the House Intelligence Committee
In the letter Nunes writes: 'On November 17, 2016 you told the Committee during an open hearing that the intelligence community lacked strong evidence connecting Russian government Cyber-attacks and Wikileaks disclosures.'
But on Friday the Washington Post reported that a secret CIA assessment had concluded that Russia had interfered in the race to boost Trump, although the agency did not have 'specific intelligence' showing Kremlin involvement. President-elect Donald Trump hit out at the CIA report and said there was no evidence Russia had done anything to help him win the presidency at the expense of Hillary Clinton, who had been promising a tough line with Moscow.
Today Trump announced Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil and a friend of Vladimir Putin, as his pick for Secretary of State.
It comes amid speculation that Trump will push for the lifting of sanctions on Russia, which were imposed in 2014 after Putin annexed Crimea after a proxy war with Ukraine.
House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan has also released a statement saying he supports an investigation the House Intelligence Committee has already started on cyber-threats posed by foreign countries and extremist groups.
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The CIA is non-political, isn't it?
I think the CIA is infiltrated with MB
The ‘Rats have taken sore loser to the next level.
Clapper is another useless person in DC.
Hopefully, he will retire when Trump becomes president and go raise goats or sheep someplace.
The “CIA” is not the CIA. A DNC apparatchik with duty station within the CIA is responsible for the “Russia did it lies”
I’d say the most likely case is that the news reports indicating the CIA believes the Russians interfered in our election are just more fake news from the BSM.
The CIA skis their own slope. If there ever was a rogue government agency, the CIA is it.
There has been no official CIA statement. This is all evil lying politics and I think the Democrats and Obama must be almost insane to engage in this.
Its easy to understand: When Hillary was going to win, there was no interference. When she lost, there was interference. Simple to understand. I hope the CIA is going on Trump’s naughty list and will be ripe for a thorough house cleaning.
Time for trump to drain that swamp too.
The CIA owes the Clinton’s all the way back to his governor days.
There has been no official CIA statement. This is all evil lying politics and I think the Democrats and Obama must be almost insane to engage in this.
“I’d say the most likely case is that the news reports indicating the CIA believes the Russians interfered in our election are just more fake news from the BSM.”
Amid all the faux outrage this weekend of the major alphabet networks and PBS (and the local affiliates covering the story) over Russia allegedly hacking our electoral process, I have not once heard the word “alleged” used. That, and the fact they’re all ‘rats whose lips are moving, convinces me they’re lying.
um...maybe CIA didn’t change its tune ?
The CIA is supposed to be non-political when it comes to internal US politics.....they no longer are which is a big, big no-no.
The CIA probably never issued such a statement. If they are backtracking now Its probably because the press is asking them to produce evidence to support their lie because they know Trump and conservative activist groups are going to be digging.
My guess - the CIA has no credible sources / witnesses / evidence that indicates Russia was involved in hacking the elections.
Full title: Why has the CIA changed its tune?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Because we have a Muslim a$$ hat as the director of the CIA. He plays community organizer games.
Love to see Brennan’s balls in a vice, keep at it Congressman Nunes.
Alahwahoo Whackbar !
They could have sat tight, gone deep, enjoyed their dachas on the Chesapeake...now he gonna drain the swamp, and dredge the muck left over...
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