Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win election

[spanone]

this is also Breaking News @ WaPo

The CIA shared its latest assessment with key senators in a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill last week, citing a growing body of intelligence from multiple sources.

The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.

Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials. Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton’s chances.

“It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” said a senior U.S. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to U.S. senators. “That’s the consensus view.”

The Obama administration has been debating for months how to respond to the alleged Russian intrusions, with White House officials concerned about escalating tensions with Moscow and being accused of trying to boost Clinton’s campaign.

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/09/secret-cia-assessment-says-russia-was-trying-to-help-trump-win-election/

[rzemanfl]

1. Not "to help win" they intervened to win it for him. n/t

[Laurian]

2. I can't believe there are no consequences or repercussions.

Everybody's just going to let this go?

WTF?

[Stellar]

3. THIS

[RKP5637]

4. IMO Obama should call a major press conference and lay it out on TV to the populace. Enough with the

soft talk!

[Hugin]

8. He can kick it off with this little FACTOID.

No "fake news" here, baby.



"Ivanka Trump is vacationing with Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, who is rumored to be dating Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump posted a photo of the two in Croatia on Sunday."




Of course, there's the usual "plausable deniablility" swirling around Deng's association with Pewtie, but, there's no denying her association with Murdoch and by extension Roger "Serial Rapist" Ailes.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/291465-ivanka-trump-vacationing-with-putins-rumored-girlfriend

[RKP5637]

14. Yep, but it will go nowhere. n/t

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

23. Yes, this would definitely help. I hope he does this. n/t

[spanone]

10. you read that headline and go.....AND...????

no wonder don loves vlad.....

[RKP5637]

5. Time for a major TV press conference by Obama before he leaves office to lay this out in hard talk!

[JustinL]

17. he needs to do it NOW, before the electors vote n/t

[superpatriotman]

6. Sadly, this will not matter

To Dump
To the MSM
To Dump supporters
To the electoral college

[gwheezie]

7. Watergate started small

My concern is trump & the gop pitting party before country. They rarely stand up for our safety & security.

[NightWatcher]

9. The bigger story is that it won't matter. We've lost our country.

And only a very few even seem to care.

[theglammistress]

11. We all knew this - and now the CIA is confirming our fears

I don't know why I'm surprised, but this should be giant breaking news banners across every TV network. So far, nothing.

I don't know this country anymore. I feel like we should do something but I don't know what. I'm just lost.

[KewlKat]

12. VOID THE ELECTION AND HAS US VOTE AGAIN

Surely those trumpsters have buyers remorse by now. The election was a sham!!!!!

[HipChick]

13. Russia must be LMAO!

Game over America....we are headed for disaster..

[spanone]

15. Can you imagine the multiple congressional hearings that would be going on if Hillary had been.....

the beneficiary of the russians help and had won????

it would be non stop with 24/7 multimedia coverage

[Cha]

16. Yeah, is the M$M broadcasting this?

Didn't think so..

[spanone]

18. this is just breaking....we will see.

[Cha]

19. Yeah, we shall see..

[Hugin]

20. Yeah, Cha... I'm with you.

This smoke has been rising for months and the only peep was a....

wait for it...

wait for it...

wait for it...

A public letter released by FBI Director Putin Operative James Comey about some inconsequential unrelated emails rumored to be on a third party computer. We never really knew HOW Comey learned those emails were possibly on there... Maybe, Putin told him?

I am sick.

[Cha]

21. Sick too.

Hugin

[Hugin]

22. ...

Cha