Posted on 12/27/2016 12:52:15 PM PST by ColdOne
The Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 presidential election, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, according to U.S. officials.
The administration is still finalizing the details, which are also expected to include covert action that likely will involve cyber operations, the officials said. An announcement on the public elements of the response could come as early as this week.
The sanctions part of the package culminates weeks of debate in the White House about how to revise an executive order from last year meant to give the president authority to respond to cyberattacks from overseas, but which did not originally cover efforts to influence the electoral system.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Democrats cry “collusion” & “treason”.
These cats just keep poking the damned bear. For some reason, they WANT a civil war.
And my god, they flinch when we show up at the grocery store. Imagine their cleaning bill when we want to scare them !
obama’s foreign policy has been flaccid and pussified since day one. he hasn’t got the stones to change at this late date.
Let's just keep this simple -- man-to-man, in the ring -- Putin against our fearless leader, Odinga -- to the finish.
No need to involve so many people and resources.
This is dangerous insanity based upon lies.
Much sippy-cup banging.
Lol. Good one.
He’s so damn juvenile, he might do something totally stupid such as trying to start a conflict...
Trump needs an exact duplicate of Obama’s “Office of the President-Elect” podium, complete with the Obama seal and all and just make an announcement that whatever Obama does will be undone in a little more than 3 weeks.
Then, to make it real for the Progs, he needs to drop the mic and walk away after saying it.
Has he tried a sternly written word to the Times or one of those Change.org petitions first?
Proof? Oh, h*ll no!
With tards, it’s never the nature of the evidence but the seriousness of the charge.
WWIII? Who cares, ovomit will be long gone before the shtf.
But wait, I thought Obozo just commissioned an investigation to report findings prior to leaving office! How can you impose sanctions before you know the results of the investigation?
The Russians didn’t hack Podesta, if what I read about the gmail reset you password email is true, he was utterly and completely STUPID.
FAKE NEWS at its finest! No proof is ever offered but this myth continues to propagate like it is true.
Come on Jan 20th.
They are trying to start a war on their way out the door. Nothing they can do that won’t be undone by Trump administration as soon as it’s discovered.
If I were Putin I would do a data dump on Obama that would completely destroy his legacy
Barkey and company stirring up strife and trying to poison the well. I’m sure there’s a chapter in some Alinsky book.
Bingo. They also want to bait Trump into making foolish responses now, so they can lecture that he is not President yet, etc. I hope he just lets it pass by without comment.
On a deeper level, the Dems are trying to forestall Trump achieving a thaw with the Russians, allowing the US to triangulate against the Dems Chinese paymasters. The unintended consequence for the Dems is that they are giving Trump bargaining chips for the future.
these are the times when all the rats have to do is say it, and the SCM will publish it unverified and so it magically becomes true....
You are right about Michelle....Besides, I doubt the military, seeing the change that’s coming, would obey Obama...
[On the basis of what proof?]
Proof-Schmoof. Ain’t no Democrat got time for that.
Obama, Hillary and the Democrats want World War IV with Russia.
The fact that Hillary has been involved in criminal activities such as influence-peddling, The Clinton Foundation in general, breached national security with an illegal email server, and had her daughter take $3 million dollars out of a non-profit had nothing to do with her loss.
They just want a world war. I’m sure we can count on Yahoo!/CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS to call them out before things go horribly bad. /dig bomb shelter
“But just a year later, a Russian military spy agency would hack into the Democratic National Committee and steal a trove of emails that were released a few months later on WikiLeaks, U.S. OFFICIALS SAID”
This is the only “evidence” of hacking the article mentions.
Hopefully the more of this horse*** they spew the more people will turn away from these sources for news.
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