Election Meddling Report Finds No Evidence of Russian Brexit Interference, Tells Govt to Look Harder

Breitbart ^ | July 21 2020 | VICTORIA FRIEDMAN

[knighthawk]

The Independent Security Committee has said that it “saw no evidence” of Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum. The crux of the report, however, criticised the government for failing to task intelligence agencies to look into the possibility, advising the Boris Johnson administration to undertake a review — a claim the government has rejected.

On Tuesday, the ISC, the body responsible for the oversight of the UK’s intelligence community, released its report on Russian interference in Britain’s democratic processes.

In the case study on the EU referendum, the authors criticised the “narrow coverage” given to the possibility of Russian interference, saying “HMG [Her Majesty’s Government] had not seen or sought evidence of successful interference in UK democratic processes or any activity that has had a material impact on an election, for example influencing results.”

[New Perspective]

We have found no evidence, we will continue looking until we can make some up.

[rightwingcrazy]

“criticised the government for failing to task intelligence agencies to look into the possibility”

While they’re at it, they can also look into the possibility of the Loch Ness Monster and the Yeti.

[FewsOrange]

“saw no evidence”

The report didn’t say that. What it said was

“We have not been provided with any post-referendum assessment of Russian attempts at interference, This situation is in stark contrast to the US handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, where an intelligence community assessment was produced within two months of the vote, with an unclassified summary being made public.”

[SES1066]

Attempting to prove the NEGATIVE will get you a fail in any logic class I have ever heard of!