Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Republican Leaders Back The CIA's Claim That Russia's Hacking Helped Donald Trump Win The Presidential Election



Daily Mail: Senior Republicans Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan say they will back the intelligence agencies after Trump slammed the CIA's claim that Russia's hacking helped him win the election

* Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan both had supportive words for the intelligence agencies
* Comes after the CIA concluded that Russia wanted Trump to win the election
* McConnell said he had the 'highest confidence' in the CIA's findings
* Ryan threw his support behind a further probe and said intelligent agencies were 'working diligently' to protect the country from foreign cyberattacks

Two top Republicans are siding with intelligence agencies over President-Elect Donald Trump.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan both had supportive words for the CIA, after they concluded that Russia's cyber-meddling helped Trump win the presidency, according to Bloomberg News.

But the pair insisted the findings should not be used to cast doubts on the outcome of the election.

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WNU Editor: Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan made this show of support of the CIA yesterday .... not surprising .... there has been no comment from the both of them after this came out today .... Top U.S. Spy Chiefs Have Not Accepted The CIA's Assessment That Russia Hacking Influenced The U.S. Election. What's my take .... ths is another example on why many in the public have lost faith in their leaders. Russian and China have been hacking and launching cyber attacks against the U.S. for years .... no Senate/Congresional demands for an investigation during this time. Now .... with the press jumping up and down on a CIA story that claims that Russia launched a cyber campaign to help Trump win .... and where there is no shred of evidence just annonymous sources pushing a certain analysis from the CIA .... there are calls and demands for an investigation. Am I the only one who sees a disconnect here?

More News On Republican Leaders Backing The CIA's Claim That Russia's Hacking Helped Donald Trump Win The Presidential Election

McConnell, Ryan Back CIA After Trump Attacks Hacking Probe -- Bloomberg
Senate, House leaders issue calls for inquiry on Russian hacking -- Boston Globe/New York Times
McConnell, senators unite behind investigation into Russian hacking -- CNN
Republican leaders join outrage at Russia, will investigate hacks -- USA Today
Republicans Ryan and McConnell back Russia vote hack probe -- BBC

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Birds of a feather flock together.

So Paul Ryan is flocking together with McConnell.

How stupid =or timid can a politician be?

Ryan was the exciting one on Romney's ticket. People liked Ryan he was dynamic. Romney was good, solid and honest, but he was not as charismatic.

Why is Ryan sidling up to McConnnell. He has no redeeming qualities. He is a coward. His tactics are not Fabian; he is just a plain coward.

Suppose McConnell is not just a plain coward but what he is doing is trying to cut Trump down by casting doubt on the election.

That would be a sucker punch and further condemn McConnell to bear the name no good coward.

Like WNU said ... China & Russia have been attacking for years so why now.

If Ryan keeps at it, he might have to ask sleezebag Cantor for a job.

We all remember what sleezebag Cantor said off the coast of Georgia.

Unknown said...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee

Unknown said...

Patrice Lumumba was a lucky one.

He mdae it out of Moscow alive.

jimbrown said...

Brennan is performing his last act for the president. It's quite rich that HRC blames Russian intel services for hack when she left barn door open...maybe even for a price.

jimbrown said...

Brennan is performing his last act for the president. It's quite rich that HRC blames Russian intel services for hack when she left barn door open...maybe even for a price.

Jac said...

Trump will be president on January 20th. He will have his own CIA boss and can be any investigation he want. How ridiculous these "backward republican" will be when they will be defeated by new investigation?
I don't what kind of game they are playing, but that's very dangerous for them....they are the "real establishment" and they still believe they can have all what they want. Time has changed.

Jay Farquharson said...

http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2016/12/the-russian-concept-of-reflexive-control-ttg.html

http://crookedtimber.org/2016/12/08/and-now-a-word-from-the-nineteenth-century/#more-41200