Trump meets with intelligence leaders after calling Russia case 'witch-hunt'

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/06/donald-trump-russia-hacking-meeting-intelligence-officials
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Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone with US intelligence officials after meeting with their leadership, but did not publicly support their conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential contest.

In a statement issued ahead of the release of a declassified version of the intelligence assessment, Trump said he had “tremendous respect for the work and service done by the men and women of this community”, describing his meeting with James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, and other senior intelligence officials, as “constructive”.

His comments came after an extraordinary public feud between Trump and leaders of the intelligence apparatus he will soon control. However, Trump discussed the hack and leak of embarrassing Democratic National Committee data in generic terms, suggesting he had not moved away from his earlier statements casting attribution for the data breach as unknowable.
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“Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations,” Trump said in a Friday afternoon statement, and underlined “there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines”.

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Thou protesteth way too much Groper Don the Con!

[spanone]

1. obviously don didn't read the report...it is about RUSSIA. not china. not other countries

trump:

“Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations,” Trump said in a Friday afternoon statement, and underlined “there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines”.

but as usual it's all about don. fuck him.

[onecaliberal]

2. Who said anything about the voting machines? Certainly not the report.

He Just told us they hacked the machines. He's an idiot

[malaise]

3. We have a local proverb

Fling a stone in a hog pen - who bawl get lick.

[onecaliberal]

5. Precisely!

[malaise]

6. See

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028439085

I can't wait for the shit to hit the fan!

[spanone]

4. it's all about HIM.

[napi21]

7. The Con is SO AFRAID some people will think he didn't win on his own, he's never

lost because of the thousands of voters the Pubs removed from the voter roles. I just heard Thom Hartmann this morning say that very few, if any Provisional Ballots are ever counted. Most people don't know, if they were given a Provisional a ballot, they have to go to the voting headquarters the next day to prove you in fact were eligible to vote in order for your vote too actually be counted!

I do believe Russia hacked into our systems with evil intentions. If they succeeded in helping the Con elected is immaterial to me. The Con still won the EC through deception thus shouldn't be the Prez.