I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
How did NBC get "an exclusive look into the top secret report he (Obama) was presented?" Who gave them this report and why? Politics!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
New York Times: Trump Says Focus on Russian Hacking Is a 'Political Witch Hunt'
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview Friday morning that the storm surrounding Russian hacking during the presidential campaign was a political witch hunt being carried out by his adversaries, who he said were embarrassed by their loss to him in the election last year.
Mr. Trump spoke to The New York Times by telephone three hours before he was set to be briefed by the nation’s top intelligence and law enforcement officials about the Russian hacking of American political institutions. In the conversation, he repeatedly criticized the intense focus on Russia.
“China, relatively recently, hacked 20 million government names,” he said, referring to the breach of computers at the Office of Personnel Management in late 2014 and early 2015. “How come nobody even talks about that? This is a political witch hunt.”
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WNU Editor: He is (justifiably) unhappy that NBC and the Washington Post got copies of the Russian hacking report before his intelligence briefing today. As to his claim that this entire story has become politicised .... duh!!!! ... we are talking about Washington DC are we?
Update: His intelligence briefing on Russia hacking allegations is starting about now .... Showdown at Trump Tower as President-Elect Set to Receive Intel Briefing (ABC News)
More News On President-Elect Trumps Response To Yesterday's U.S. Senate Intelligence Hearing On Russian Hacking
Trump calls Russia hacking allegations a 'political witch hunt' -- Politico
‘Political witch hunt': Trump isn’t backing off his Russia hacking doubts, no matter the evidence -- Washington post
Trump Demands Congressional Investigation Into Russian Intelligence Leaks -- NYT
Trump to seek probe of secret report he says was given to NBC -- Reuters
Trump calls Russia election meddling allegations a 'political witch hunt' -- CNBC
Trump to face spy chiefs over Russia hack 'witch hunt' -- AFP
Trump: Probe NBC for Secret Info Leaks -- Daily Beast
‘Who gave them this and why?’ Trump blasts leaks of secret report on ‘Russian hacking’ -- RT
5 comments:
The problem with politicization is that the intelligence agencies try to stay as neutral as possible. A president has to rely on that neutrality. If the agencies are stepping out of that mode, President Obama is to blame - either for causing it or for not cleaning it up during he administration.
Trump is smart in having the meeting in his territory.
Unless Putin is the source. Wouldn't that be weird?
https://www.google.ca/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/27/the-stovepipe/amp?client=safari
"The point is not that the President and his senior aides were consciously lying. What was taking place was much more systematic—and potentially just as troublesome. Kenneth Pollack, a former National Security Council expert on Iraq, whose book “The Threatening Storm” generally supported the use of force to remove Saddam Hussein, told me that what the Bush people did was “dismantle the existing filtering process that for fifty years had been preventing the policymakers from getting bad information. They created stovepipes to get the information they wanted directly to the top leadership. Their position is that the professional bureaucracy is deliberately and maliciously keeping information from them."
Sort of like the He said/She said...but all may be clarified next week! when intel releases what they have and what the basis was for their claims about Russia
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