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Lucylastic -> RE: Russia hacks both parties, only releases DNC hacks-why? (12/12/2016 3:45:09 AM)
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ORIGINAL: BamaD
So someone on the Republican side thinks they may have been hacked, that clearly makes it a fact .
who knew McCain and Graham were just "someone" LOL
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-russia-hackers-republicans-229572
ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump still won’t acknowledge that Russia is trying to mess with the U.S. presidential election. But he’s pretty much the only Republican who hasn’t gotten the memo.
From Capitol Hill to the intelligence community and across a wide spectrum of policy and political experts surveyed by POLITICO, the GOP has no problem accepting the Obama administration’s assertion that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government ordered up the hacks into various U.S. political organizations, including the Democratic National Committee.
And while Obama’s high-stakes accusation raises diplomatic questions for the U.S. and its former Cold War adversary, it’s also demonstrated Trump to be a GOP outlier.
Indeed, Trump’s stance runs far counter to what many Republicans in the know actually know.
“It certainly was the worst-kept secret when it comes to the intelligence community,” Mike Rogers, the former Michigan GOP congressman who chaired the House Intelligence Committee, said of the Russian hacks.
The Republican nominee initially shrugged off suspected Russian ties to the hacks last month during his first debate with Hillary Clinton, stating the cyberespionage could have been the work of China or even “somebody sitting on their bed, that weighs 400 pounds.” And on Sunday, after Clinton suggested the Russian hacks were designed to help the Republican win the White House, Trump countered, “She doesn't know if it's the Russians doing the hacking. Maybe there is no hacking.”
But back on the ranch, a chorus of Republican voices who have handled sensitive intelligence issues see the hacks — brought home again Monday with the WikiLeaks release of thousands of emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta — as unquestionably of Russian origin.
“It’s no surprise” to hear Russia is targeting political organizations, said California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of House Intelligence Committee. His Senate counterpart, Richard Burr, issued a brief statement deferring to the latest findings of the Obama administration.
“I believe it sufficiently covers what we believe to be the case at this time,” the North Carolina Republican said.
Many of the Republicans interviewed in the days leading up to and in the wake of Friday’s announcement — made via news release from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and director of national intelligence James Clapper — said they had long ago made the Russian connection, despite what Trump has said on the matter.
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