Posted on 12/16/2016 11:55:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With the Russians demanding to see evidence that implicates them in cyber-attacks, President Barack Obama is vowing retaliation for hacking operations aimed at interfering with the U.S. election.
“I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections ... we need to take action. And we will — at a time and place of our own choosing,” the president told NPR on Thursday.
“Some of it may be explicit and publicized; some of it may not be," he added.
The Russians, meanwhile, are scoffing at the accusations as their spy-turned-president, Vladimir Putin, continues a visit to Japan.
“It’s time either to stop talking about this or finally to present evidence,” Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Otherwise it starts to look highly indecent.”
For his part, Putin has kept mum on the issue as U.S. officials say that they have solid evidence that Putin personally ordered and directed the brazen cyber operations, that – in notable cases – saw the private emails of prominent Democrats spilled out into public view.
“Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it,” Obama told NPR, referring to a sideline discussion between the two leaders at a G20 summit in China this past September.
But while the Russians attempt to deflect, the intelligence community remains steadfast in their assessment.
“They know with a near certainty that Putin was involved – that’s not something they say lightly,” Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant who served in the administrations of Presidents Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes. “That's something they say when they do have a smoking gun.”
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Why does this country want to get into so many fing wars?
When it comes down to Muslim Barack Hussein Obama vs non-Muslim Vladimir Putin, I will stand with Putin.
Just what could this man-child do, even if it was true, which it isn’t. F Obamaumau.
A time and place of our own choosing. Does he mean next 35 days?
Good, hit the Saudis and apologize to the Israelis while you are at it a**hole.
Even worse, he probably figures that he should provoke Russia because since his side lost, everyone should get screwed over.
Well, there goes the parting bow to Putin.
Putin sits there laughing.
Obama is high strung french poodle.
This press conference is painful to watch. Obama the ramblr
In related news, he’s vowing revenge on Mother Nature for climate change.
Liberals.... the real ones that get us involved in futile wars....
“...deadly indeed...”
One wonders how many electors they’ve influenced, if any, and if they don’t succeed in stealing the election that way, what tactics will they engage in to delegitimize and neutralize
it?
Just wondering.
(Worst of all, will they start a war with Russia?)
IMHO
What the hell gives the usurper in chief any room to threaten Russia when his band of merry rats meddled in numerous foreign elections, over and over. He needs to shut his damn mouth before Putin, as short as he is, comes over here and flattens the half breed.
The mouse that roared!
Another one of Zero’s “redlines” he never enforces. He is such a coward.
“Why does this country want to get into so many fing wars?”
I hope and pray he’s just blowing hot air as usual, but absolutely nothing would surprise me seeing how desperate they’re getting.
(25 secs in this clip...POSOTUS is lying again...YOUR foreign policy caused the problems in Aleppo...TRAITOR.)
They will stop at nothing.
It may well get bumpy.
Lock and load...
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