US punishes Russia for election hacking, ejecting operatives

[Jacque67 7,328]

WASHINGTON The Obama administration struck back at Russia on Thursday for its efforts to influence the 2016 election, ejecting 35 Russian intelligence operatives from the United States and imposing sanctions on Russias two leading intelligence services, including four top officers of the military intelligence unit the White House believes ordered the attacks on the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations.

In a sweeping set of announcements, the United States was also expected to release evidence linking the cyberattacks to computer systems used by Russian intelligence. Taken together, the actions would amount to the strongest American response ever taken to a state-sponsored cyberattack aimed at the United States.

The sanctions were also intended to box in President-elect Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump has consistently cast doubt that the Russian government had anything to do with the hacking of the D.N.C. or other political institutions, saying American intelligence agencies could not be trusted and suggesting that the hacking could have been the work of a 400-pound guy lying in his bed.

Mr. Trump will now have to decide whether to lift the sanctions on the Russian intelligence agencies when he takes office next month, with Republicans in Congress among those calling for a public investigation into Russias actions. Should Mr. Trump do so, it would require him to effectively reject the findings of his intelligence agencies.

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/us/politics/russia-election-hacking-sanctions.html

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I bet Putin just peed his pants

Him and Trump are laughing,, it's alright Putin just wait a few weeks. Men will be in charge again

[MarkPerry 488]

I bet Putin just peed his pants

Him and Trump are laughing,, it's alright Putin just wait a few weeks. Men will be in charge again

Exactly.

[MarkPerry 488]

Come on Jan 20. I'll be so glad when these turds are gone.

[khwaidee1 196]

Maybe I missed something but has the DNC, Clinton campaign, Podesta or anybody for that matter disputed the authenticity of the released emails? I get it, bad thing to hack another countries emails during an election but, if the truth of the emails is what turned the electorate (if in fact they were so turned), shouldn't that be the issue? It's not that you threw the baseball through the window breaking the glass, it's how you threw the ball.

[MarkPerry 488]

Maybe I missed something but has the DNC, Clinton campaign, Podesta or anybody for that matter disputed the authenticity of the released emails? I get it, bad thing to hack another countries emails during an election but, if the truth of the emails is what turned the electorate (if in fact they were so turned), shouldn't that be the issue? It's not that you threw the baseball through the window breaking the glass, it's how you threw the ball.

Obama is just Butt Hurt, He is the Grand SnowFlake. He has proven in 8 years to be an weak leader and has weakened the USA in world power and standing. Now that he is out the door, all he can do is try to make a mess. He has stabbed Israel in the back this week and now he is flaring up issues with Russia. He knows he is out the door and will not have to deal with these issues.

[millefleur 5,047]

Just stay tuned for Putin's annual address on New Year's.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Maybe I missed something but has the DNC, Clinton campaign, Podesta or anybody for that matter disputed the authenticity of the released emails? I get it, bad thing to hack another countries emails during an election but, if the truth of the emails is what turned the electorate (if in fact they were so turned), shouldn't that be the issue? It's not that you threw the baseball through the window breaking the glass, it's how you threw the ball.

DNC is just butt hurt cause someone did the job the US Press refused to do

[jg121783 3,918]

Can't Obama just leave the office he has disgraced so much over the last 8 years with a single shred of dignity? I guess not.

[khwaidee1 196]

Can't Obama just leave the office he has disgraced so much over the last 8 years with a single shred of dignity? I guess not.

When does the Snowden pardon come down?

[Jacque67 7,328]

Both Russian hackers on new US sanctions are already on FBI most wanted list.

Alexsey Belan

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev.

Pack yer bags!!!!

[MarkPerry 488]

Dumbo bends over backwards to get Syrian refuges into the USA and with possible ties to ISIS

Dumbo passes executive action to let illegal aliens get work permits and be free from deportation

So glad this idiot only has a few more days left in the Whitehouse,  I hope Trump can tie him back to the DNC scandal and have him jailed along with Hillary.

Trump is gonna have to clean up a lot of mess that Dumbo is leaving behind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

Meanwhile in Ukraine

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-crisis-cyber-idUKKBN14I1Q9

6500 cyberattacks .

Unreal that Trump is enabling others to side with a foreign power over America.

oh joy, the Kremlin cheerleaders of CEHST !!!!

[MarkPerry 488]

Me and my Buddies at the second Trump Rally in Dallas.   We were waiting for the protestors to get stupid or act a fool, of course they didn't pop off in front of us

I can smell the Alpha from here