[E. Pluribus Unum]

And we’re supposed to believe “the Russians” didn’t want the democratic-socialist to win?

[PubliusMM]

So, he can tell us how many votes were changed by the Russians, then?
NO? What? No votes changed?

So...what did they do differently from what the US has been doing for decades in other countries?

Just Sayin’...

[Steve_Seattle]

"the most successful covert influence operation in history."

Whatever happened to their claims that there is no evidence that the hacking had any effect on the election? If the operation had no provable impact on anything, how can they call it the most successful operation in history?

This is worrisome; it sounds like they know something that we don't, that they are in the deep state loop, and that Mueller is going to go after Trump until he is forced out of office. They know that we are in the first stages of a coup d'état.

[boycott]

Isikoff interjected, asking if the Russian dissemination of the emails through WikiLeaks should still be considered “honorable state espionage.”

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The panel was all deepstate liars. I don’t believe Russia gave Wikileaks the emails. They all run with the same narrative.

[Vermont Lt]

He may be correct. When the US meddles in elections people get killed. Nothing subtle about it.

[Morpheus2009]

There’s a simple process for Wikileaks. Someone who is trusted by the organization but turns over the data to Wikileaks. Sorry, but that is how it works. Denying is stupid.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

It was so covert that there is absolutely no evidence of it at all.

Now that’s covert!

The CIA on the other hand has been caught stumbling about while meddling in elections in other countries too many times to count.

And has unintentionally left a trail of failed coups, insurrections, cultural upheavals, destroyed economies and dead people in most places where it has tried to implement regime change.

[Enchante]

Let’s try to understand this...... the release of TRUE information about the nefarious doings of the Democrats and MSM is so terribly nefarious and against the interests of the USA????

Hayden and the Deep State types truly are SCUM.

[HLPhat]

He seems to be conveniently unaware of the mischief manufactured by the long march initiated by Herbie Marcuse and Co....

[The Architects of Western Decline: A Study on the Frankfurt School and Cultural Marxism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTmNWY0ZPfM&t=18m

[SueRae]

Isikof says that the Russians gave the email contents to Wikileaks. That’s an assumption..show me the proof..or at least a credible sign of dot connecting, not an assumption or opinion.

[MarvinStinson]

Michael Isikoff is the NEWSWEAK “Koran in the Toilet” writer.

[Dustoff45]

Hayden argued that the release of stolen Democratic emails on WikiLeaks was the Kremlin's egregious act

Oh come now! If the kremlin had really hacked the DNC server, Seth Rich would be alive today, and many of us know that!

[sphinx]

Hayden argued that the release of stolen Democratic emails on WikiLeaks was the Kremlin's egregious act, not the hacks to obtain the information.

I don't know of any serious analyst who thinks the release of DNC and John Podesta emails on WikiLeaks had the slightest bearing on the election. What it did was give the Democrats a talking point and smokescreen for their refusal to accept the outcome of the election.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Hayden was the most dangerous man in public office for years ... a neocon warmonger like McCain.

[suthener]

Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Russia election meddling was ‘most successful covert operation in history’

He’s right. They even managed to do it leaving no evidence at all. Putin is a genius.

[silverleaf]

Hes such a jackass
America did not need Russia or Wilileaks to determine that Hillary Clinton was an arrogant incompetent phony cheating wobbly headed robotic unemotional shrill no- solutions loser
She called average middle class voters deplorables and we returned her sentiment

[clearcarbon]

"Frankly, [the Russian meddling] is the most successful covert operation in history,"

Whoopydoo. They still couldn't get her elected.

[piasa]

Uh, no... Hillary was just one of the most inept campaigners in history...

[New Jersey Realist]

Sure, Russia wanted Trump to win despite Trump’s promise to do all he could to bring the price of oil down and expanded fracking while Clinton wanted oil prices and all energy cost to rise. Not to mention Trump’s stance on a stronger military. Hmm, what frequency are liberals on?

[Dawgreg]

Hayden, is that the little guy who looks like Elmer Fudd? Karl Rove? Truman Capote?.......I just don’t know....(snort)