Is The U.S. Intelligence Changing Their Story On How Wikileaks Got Their Hacked Material?

Reuters: Anon US officials admit that WikiLeaks "source" is not Russia. Now shifts goal posts to source's source. https://t.co/Z9LISQXtOB

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 5, 2017

Reuters: U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials

U.S. intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks through a third party, three U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

U.S. officials had concluded months earlier that Russian intelligence agencies had directed the hacking, but had been less certain that they could prove Russia also had controlled the release of information damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

The timing of the additional intelligence is important because U.S. President Barack Obama has faced criticism from his own party over why it took his administration months to respond to the cyber attack. U.S. Senate and House leaders, including prominent Republicans, have also called for an inquiry.

At the same time, President-elect Donald Trump has questioned the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia tried to help his candidacy and hurt Clinton's. Russia has denied the hacking allegations.

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Update: Zero Hedge has a good summary on this part of the story .... The "Russian Hacking" Story Changes Again (Zero Hedge).

WNU Editor: This story is getting better and better. These are still anonymous sources .... so who knows what the truth is.

Update #2: Again from Zero Hedge .... Key Takeaways From Intelligence Community Testimony On Alleged "Russian Hacking" (Zero Hedge).