Obama blames Russia now

[OddBall]

Trump team says 'move on,' after Obama calls for cyber-hacking probe | Fox News

Trump team says 'move on,' after Obama calls for cyber-hacking probe
Published December 10, 2016 FoxNews.com
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Donald Trump’s presidential transition team late Friday criticized President Obama's order for a full-scale review of campaign-season cyber-attacks allegedly linked to Russia, saying it’s “time to move on.”

Trump has been repeatedly dismissive of the intelligence community's determination that Russia sought through hacking to disrupt the U.S. election, which he won in a stunning upset over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

“The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It's now time to move on and `Make America Great Again,’ ” the transition team said. "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.”

The investigation ordered by Obama will be a "deep dive" into a possible pattern of increased "malicious cyber activity" timed to the campaign season, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Friday.

On Saturday, New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, the next Senate minority leader, called for the Republican-led Congress to address the issue.

“Reports of the CIA’s conclusion that Russia actively sought to help elect Donald Trump are simultaneously stunning and not surprising, given Russia’s disdain for democracy and admiration for autocracy,” Schumer said. “Senate Democrats will join with our Republican colleagues next year to demand a congressional investigation and hearings to get to the bottom of this.”

The administration probe will include looking into the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign. It also will look at the tactics, targets, key actors and the U.S. government's response to the hacks, as well as incidents reported in past elections,.

The president ordered the report earlier in the week and asked that it be completed before he leaves office next month, Schultz said.

The Washington Post reported Friday that the CIA has concluded that Russia aimed specifically to help Trump, a Republican, win the presidency.

The Kremlin has rejected the hacking accusations.

In the months leading up to the election, email accounts of Democratic Party officials and a top Clinton campaign aide were breached, emails leaked and embarrassing and private emails posted online. Many Democrats believe the hackings benefited Trump's bid.

Schultz said the president sought the probe as a way of improving U.S. defense against cyberattacks and was not intending to question the legitimacy of Trump's victory.

Obama's move comes as Democratic lawmakers have been pushing Obama to declassify more information about Russia's role, fearing that Trump, who has promised a warmer relationship with Moscow, may not prioritize the issue.

The White House said it would make parts of the report public and would brief lawmakers and relevant state officials on the findings.

It emphasized the report would not focus solely on Russian operations or email hacks involving Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta and Democratic National Committee accounts. The emails were made public by WikiLeaks.

Schultz said intelligence officials would be reviewing incidents going back to the 2008 presidential campaign, when the campaigns of Sen. John McCain and Obama were breached by hackers.

The intelligence community has already concluded that Russia-backed actors likely were involved in breaching and releasing the Democratic Party emails.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has denied the Russian government or any other “state parties” were the source for the 50,000 emails, which fueled weeks of embarrassing coverage for the Clinton campaign detailing behind-the-scenes discussions and arguments among advisers and family members.

Many Democrats believe the disclosures in emails stolen from Democratic Party officials and Podesta’s account benefited Trump.

Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway told “Fox & Friends” on Friday that Democrats “won’t learn the lessons” from the 2016 race.

"A little self-awareness would do for a team that is blaming everybody but themselves for this. It’s Bernie Sanders’ fault … It’s the alt-right’s fault," she said. "It’s … fake news’ fault. It’s Russian interference. It’s James Comey. ... How about you had no message?"

Fox News’ Chad Pergram, Jake Gibson and Catherine Herridge and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brought to you by the same administration that blamed the Benghazi disaster on a video.

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Don't forget that it was Obama during an open-mic episode, who told Putin
that he could be "a lot more flexible" after his re-election!
Putin loves Obama because he owns him! He played him like a fine violin many times while leaving Obama thinking HE won the exchange!

Having Hitlary win the election would have been like having an extension of using the U.S. President as Putin's own personal tool to use in any way he wanted!

Putin knows Trump is savvy to him and it will be harder to own Trump.

[OddBall]

Exactly. If Putin had the ability to control the election, he would would have made damn sure Hillary got it. He could easily bully her and buy her.

[boracayjohnny]

C'mon fellas. Putin did help Trump win. Think about it. Putin surely wanted Trump in the WH since the new POTUS would install a new regime. The new regime would include other businessmen skilled in deal making. Also, Trump vowed to revive the military to great levels. Now, the new POTUS has tapped three retired four star generals to head up important agencies. So yea, Putin helped in order to kick his own ass.

[OddBall]

CIA refuses to go before congress.

White house says they knew about it all along, but it seems it wasn't an issue while they thought hillary was going to win.

The administration refuses to put out evidence, throws blame everywhere. Sound like a familiar tactic?

[Rob]

Remember that all of this is over the stolen and released 50,000 emails that showed who Hillary really was. They never manipulated the machines or how they were tallied, just leveled the playing field.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by Dixievet

Remember that all of this is over the stolen and released 50,000 emails that showed who Hillary really was. They never manipulated the machines or how they were tallied, just leveled the playing field.

And that's exactly what keeps echoing through my head.

They cry about being caught instead of what they were caught for.
That is a great tactic.... for my 4 year old anyway.
Scott

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by Dixievet

Remember that all of this is over the stolen and released 50,000 emails that showed who Hillary really was. They never manipulated the machines or how they were tallied, just leveled the playing field.

Listening to the potus complain about this reminded me of what he said previously

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

He's flat out lied to us so many time ( crying wolf ) , I refuse to believe anything he says anymore.

In an attempt to keep my blood pressure at an acceptable level when he speaks, I just picture birds fling out of his mouth when his mouth moves.

[Broken Wind]

Classic deflection. It's really textbook. Forget what the emails said, let's keep the focus on how they came to light and exposed the dems for the cretins they are. **** each and every one of their despicable, irredeemable souls.

[OddBall]

Makes a bitch about it right before the electorate votes too.



I hope the full extent of obama's corruption get's exposed some day.

[Fasglas]

Schultz said the president sought the probe as a way of improving U.S. defense against cyberattacks and was not intending to question the legitimacy of Trump's victory.

Bullshit. Delegitimatizing the election is ALL it's about.

BTW: Does anyone remember THIS, and how it conveniently went away?

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