Less than an hour ago on a Friday, the U.S.Intelligence community released a declassified version assessing Russian activities and intentions in the Presidential and other U.S. elections. Here are some highlights from our initial review. No emphasis added in documents.
Highlights
The Intel community comprised of the CIA, DOJ, and NSA collaborated on this report. They repeatedly state the phrase "with high conrfidence" before the salient claims referring to Russian inviovement in the DNC leaks.
- U.S Intel Sees Russian Involvement in Our Election process
- Putin Ordered a campaign to influence US Election
- Campaign was multi faceted
- Cyber tactics were used
- Russia released hacked data to DC Leaks and Guccifer 2.0
- DCLeaks and Guccier 2.0 relayed info to WikiLeaks
- Boldest Effort Yet, but there is no evidence of election vote tampering
- RT News heads the list of media outlets co-opted for Russia are included in the report
From the OFFICIAL PDF
Russia Tried to Influence the Election
RT Acted as an Anti-fracking Troll for the Russians
RT News was a Major Distributor of Putin's Campaign Materials
RT has a sizable footprint in social media
Did WikiLeaks Know?
WikiLeaks Assange stated yesterday in an interview that WikiLeaks didn't receive documents from any one affiliated with the Russian State, or a state representative. That answer implied a go-between apparently, as his answer was carefully worded. Conclusion is Assange didn't "know" but suspected in theleast who theorigin source was. This all being relevant if the CIA Intel is accurate.
CIA is Fighting for its Life Now
The CIA and other intelligence communities are under attack for their roles in getting the US into Iraq and have weak credibility as of late.
Add to that Trump's statements to the effect he will shrink the agencies and you have a fight for relevance and survival.
So we're saying... maybe the intel is regarded as highly probable of being accurate, but are the people producing the intel objective or competent to make such a self-distinction on their perceptions? They can hardly be seen as objective. Conversely, they want to make sure theyare right this time as their budget may just depend on it. We will see.
Finally, Why is noone pointing out that the info published by WikiLeaks has yet to be denied by the DNC? Why are we focusing on the how it was gotten? Focus on that if you will, but let's remember what was revealed about our 2 party system. Our Pols are really no different than any other political system that has been corrupted and encased in a protective bubble of arrogance for decades. Out of touch and out of control.
Full Report here:
Breaking: U.S. Releases Intel on Russian Hacking
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