Obama administration: We're "100 percent certain" on Russian interference

[kpete]

A State Department spokesman says the Obama administration has no doubt Russia tried to influence the 2016 election through hacking.

“President Obama and this administration is 100 percent certain in the role that Russia played in trying to sow discord and confusion and getting involved, through the cyber domain, in our electoral process,” spokesman John Kirby told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tuesday. "There’s no question about that.”

“The information is there, and it’s rock solid. We obviously would not have pursued the measures that we pursued without that level of certainty. So, yes, we are 100 percent certain.”


Kirby said President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry came to the conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 race after an exhaustive analysis by U.S. national intelligence agencies.

“And that’s not just an assessment by the president, or Secretary Kerry or Cabinet officials,” he added. "It’s an assessment by the entire intelligence community.”


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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/312504-state-dept-100-percent-certain-on-russia-hacking

[gordianot]

1. ....and there is 100% certainty who asked for it in his LAST press conference.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. And there is a near 100%, not quite but near, "fine with me" attitude

coming from the god damn Republican Party.

Now what the FUCK!

[Chasstev365]

2. Please declassify anything you can and give it to the media

Put Trump and the Republicans on the spot!

[still_one]

4. Glen Greenwald and Julian Assange aren't going to be happy about this

[Cha]

5. 'cause they be so deep in denial spewing their sociopathic lies..

Jonathan Chait
✔ ‎@jonathanchait
Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald unite to dismiss Russian hacking story http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/glenn-greenwald-tucker-carlson-unite-to-dismiss-russian-hacking-allegations.html …
12:15 PM - 29 Dec 2016
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‘This is forensic! It’s indisputable’: Former CIA operative slams Trump for dismissing Russian hacks

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/this-is-forensic-its-indisputable-former-cia-operative-slams-trump-for-dismissing-russian-hacks/



https://twitter.com/AlGiordano

How Julian Assange Turned WikiLeaks Into Trump’s Best Friend

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-11/how-julian-assange-turned-wikileaks-into-trump-s-best-friend

Oh, and I just want to add this tweet so I can have it in my journal in case it comes up again..

Robert D'Errico ‎@dreelBobbyd
@Steven_Strauss @JeffersonObama @realDonaldTrump:If Obama used Trump's "strategy" re intelligence, Bin Laden would be suntanning in Pakistan
4:29 PM - 3 Jan 2017
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boy, did we have greenwald's number back in the day.. 'course it wasn't rocket science.