Here's the US Intelligence Report on the Russian Hack

[blogslut]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/read-us-intelligence-report-russian-hacking-2016-campaign

EDIT ADD LINK TO REPORT WITH BIGGER TEXT: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3254229-ICA-2017-01.html#document/p1

EDIT #2 DIRECT LINK: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thanks.

[Lucinda]

2. Thank you!

[NightWatcher]

3. They seem convinced

[Cattledog]

4. Trump only got through the first 140 characters.

[underpants]

8. LOL

[DK504]

20. 25 whole pages?

He won't understand any of the big words, like 'assessment', 'procedure', 'the', or 'and'. He'll never understand one damn idea.

[PatSeg]

29. He probably understood

the parts that directly affected him. The rest of the country be damned.

[Botany]

5. And Trump worked with the Russians too. It is called Treason.

"The US intelligence community conclusion that Moscow had mounted the cyber-attack against the
United States as part of an operation to help elect Trump president."

[LaydeeBug]

16. Thank you!

[Miles Archer]

6. Cliffs Notes, for those who won't read it:

1). Putin ordered an "influence campaign"

2). Goals were to "undermine public faith in the U.S. Democratic process, denigrate Clinton, and harm her electability and potential Presidency"

3). Russian government developed a "clear preference" for Trump

4). Putin and Russian government helped Trump's election chances by "discrediting Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him"

[FarCenter]

13. Either pedestrian or weak

The information about RT acting to influence the campaign for Trump and against Hillary seems well sources, but it doesn't seem to be a lot different than, for example, the Guardian supporting Clinton and the Daily Mail supporting Trump. It's all foreign propaganda.

There is really no new evidence supplied regarding the hacking of Podesta's emails or the DNC's servers. There is a lot of "we assess", but that is meaningless.

[Hekate]

22. When a major intelligence service uses phrases like "we assess" it is serious business

Don't try to minimize how big this is.

[Miles Archer]

36. Yes, and for anyone who actually read it...

...in the summation section from which I quoted, it says basically "We came to these conclusions via facts that we are not going to share completely in this document."

So thank you for posting what you did. Like I said...people need to read the document. It is big. Nothing may get done about it in an era of "President Trump" and a GOP majority, but it's still big.

[Cha]

33. Thank you, Miles! Important shite there..

1). Putin ordered an "influence campaign"

2). Goals were to "undermine public faith in the U.S. Democratic process, denigrate Clinton, and harm her electability and potential Presidency"

3). Russian government developed a "clear preference" for Trump

4). Putin and Russian government helped Trump's election chances by "discrediting Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him"

[NightWatcher]

7. It hangs fault on RT for collaborating with Wikileaks and giving positive coverage

Isn't Thom Hartmann still working for them?

[underpants]

9. I just scrolled to see how long it is (not too) and RT is all over it

I'm guessing some here on DU are doing some second guessing of themselves right now.

[progressoid]

11. Thom Hartmann, Larry King, Ed Schultz, Mike Papantonio.

[Hekate]

23. They REALLY need to take a hard look at their bedfellows. None of them should be that hard up....

...for money to pay the rent.

[PatSeg]

30. Lately I've been hoping that

they would leave RT. Their association with Russian Television could taint them for life.

[progressoid]

10. Fucking Friday News Dumps.

[kentuck]

12. One excerpt:

We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US
presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process,
denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess
Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We
have high confidence in these judgments.

 We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s
election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her
unfavorably to him. All three agencies agree with this judgment. CIA and FBI have high confidence
in this judgment; NSA has moderate confidence.

 Moscow’s approach evolved over the course of the campaign based on Russia’s understanding of the electoral prospects of the two main candidates. When it appeared to Moscow that Secretary Clinton was likely to win the election, the Russian influence campaign began to focus more on undermining her future presidency

[ffr]

17. I was just going to post that part of it. I also wanted to point out another item

We did not make an assessment of the impact that the Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election. The US Intelligence Community is charged with monitoring and assessing the intentions, capabilities, and actions of the foreign actors; it does not analyze US political process or US public opinion.

Meaning, contrary to what dRumpf and Fox Entertainment are broadcasting to the general public 24/7 with as much fire as they can put into it, the assessment DOES NOT analyze the impact of the report's assessment. So, dRumpf and Fox Entertainment can go fuck themselves with their fake news reporting.

I also wanted to point out in bold that "We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her
unfavorably to him. All three agencies agree with this judgment. "

[riversedge]

27. Hope someone makes a Poster of last paragraph to tweet around.

[hexola]

34. Sounds more like a pass the buck for the final call...

or interpretation as it is now...

That's it? - propaganda...that we are all aware of...?

I thought this was going to be all about hacking...?

That Putin ordered it seems normal and to be expected...

[gademocrat7]

14. Thanks!

[kacekwl]

15. And the "news" coverage is just as culpable.

Used to be just Fox entertainment but this election all were involved. An investigation here would be in order.

[DK504]

24. Fox used it's hits like "The Simpson's" to float the "News" division until it became the cult

of the walking dead. Yikes. "The Simpson's" paid for Roger Ailes, makes me want to cry.

[ffr]

18. We were all right! The more I read, the more damning this report is. Election stolen

by proxy. Here's a clip.

Moscow’s influence campaing follwed a Russian messaging strategy that blends covert intelligence operations–such as cyber activity—with overt efforts by Russian Government agencies, state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or “trolls” Russia, like its Soviet predecessor, has a history of conducting covert influence campaigns focused on US presidential elections that have used intelligence officers and agents and press placements to DISPARAGE CANDIDATES PERCEIVED AS HOSTILE TO THE KREMLIN.

Destroy your adversary from within. Promote the weakest candidate (tRump), disparge the stronger candidate (HRC) and sow the seeds of their democratic downfall.

We were right! Election stolen by proxy. Americans were hoodwinked to select the worst possible candidate for themselves and the best possible candidate to suit Russia.

[elmac]

19. The young Russian hacker girl that had a business

that helped puttie must have made enough $$$ to retire in paradise. She claims she's innocent but has had many offers for work from corporations around the world since she was sanctioned. Crime does pay.

[Hekate]

21. Kick Rec Bookmark

Thanks, blogslut

[niyad]

25. k and r and bookmarking. need something to get through confirming what we already know.

[riversedge]

26. Thanks ever so much.

[Timmygoat]

28. Russian Hack

There is a petition to call for a new election, we need enough signatures by 9 Jan, it is referenced on one of the DU articles.It is to White House,gov.

[Ellipsis]

31. Thanks...

[riversedge]

32. K for the weekend crowd.

[Scurrilous]

35. K & R