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Why Didn't Obama Do More About Russian Election Hack?
NBCNEWS.com ^ | 12/15/16 | William M. Arkin, Ken Dilanian, Robert Windrem and Cynthia McFadden

Posted on 12/15/2016 5:28:54 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

The Obama administration didn't respond more forcefully to Russian hacking before the presidential election because they didn't want to appear to be interfering in the election and they thought that Hillary Clinton was going to win and a potential cyber war with Russia wasn't worth it, multiple high-level government officials told NBC News.

"They thought she was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road," said one U.S official familiar with the level of Russian hacking.

The administration did take action in response to the hack prior to the election. In September, President Obama privately confronted Vladimir Putin about the hacks at the G-20 summit in China. He warned the Russian President of unspecified consequences if the hacks continued.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: fakenews; hackers; hillary; putin; trump
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"They thought she was going to win"

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1 posted on 12/15/2016 5:28:54 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Flexibility Problem ?


2 posted on 12/15/2016 5:30:12 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Duh! Because he knew it was fake news and that it was too easy to disprove.


3 posted on 12/15/2016 5:31:15 PM PST by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Because there wasn't one.

Could we talk about how Obama and Kerry poured in millions of State Dept and CIA money in an attempt to oust Benjamin Netanyahu?


4 posted on 12/15/2016 5:31:17 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: butlerweave

No, he’s plenty flexible.

Putin bent him right over.


5 posted on 12/15/2016 5:31:52 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

This isn’t about protecting America. This about delegitimizing Trump.

Obama would never have said a word about Russian hacking had Hilllary won.

This is political payback for losing the election. Pure and simple.


6 posted on 12/15/2016 5:32:02 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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A: Because there wasn’t one.
B: Because even if there was one, 0bama would be powerless and too gutless to actually do anything.


7 posted on 12/15/2016 5:33:16 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Mmmkay


8 posted on 12/15/2016 5:33:47 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: SkyPilot

Didn’t one of BOs staff say they didn’t have a Plan B because they were expecting Hil to win? No doubt why he is living just down the street. Probably wasn’t going to turn his keys in and have unfettered access to the OO and making policy.

heh


9 posted on 12/15/2016 5:34:21 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The hardcore lefty I work with thinks this is nonsense as well..


10 posted on 12/15/2016 5:34:44 PM PST by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
He warned the Russian President of unspecified consequences if the hacks continued.


11 posted on 12/15/2016 5:36:44 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Here comes another “Red Line”


12 posted on 12/15/2016 5:38:37 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

If Obama can’t keep the DNC safe........well, that begs the larger question....


13 posted on 12/15/2016 5:38:41 PM PST by Be Careful
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

This is still Fake News. The Russians didn’t hack the DNC.
No one hacked the DNC, it was a leak.


14 posted on 12/15/2016 5:47:34 PM PST by TigersEye (Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
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To: TigersEye

Well, the fact is that Democrats are so soft on traitors. They deny that traitors can even exist.


15 posted on 12/15/2016 5:50:48 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It never actually happened?


16 posted on 12/15/2016 5:54:06 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Because it didn’t exist.


17 posted on 12/15/2016 5:54:45 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

He and his administration have basically INVENTED the whole propaganda piece ... how could he possibly do less than he has done?


18 posted on 12/15/2016 6:10:11 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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But...but...he’s having a press conference tomorrow...and...and he’s going to get tough with Putin!

LMAO!


19 posted on 12/15/2016 6:12:35 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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Why Didn't Obama Do More About Russian Election Hack?

He did! He handed over control of IP domain control of he internet.

-PJ

20 posted on 12/15/2016 6:15:35 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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