Top U.S. intel officials say election hacking part of "multifaceted" Russian effort
Source: CBS News
Last Updated Jan 5, 2017 12:38 PM EST
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers and Marcel Lettre, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, are testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Russian cyberattacks during the 2016 election as well as the greater cyber threat Russia poses to the U.S.
12:10 p.m. Clapper wraps up hearing saying Congress has a crucial responsibility to oversee what the intelligence community does on legality, protection of civil liberties and privacy.
I think theres a difference between oversight and micromanagement, Clapper said.
11:58 a.m. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, Hillary Clintons vice presidential running mate, brought up the Watergate scandal and that the congressional investigation that followed.
It is my hope that this Congress is willing to stand in a bipartisan way...as the Congress did in 1974, Kaine said about inquiries into Russian hacking.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-administration-officials-testify-on-russian-hacking-cyber-threats/
janx
(24,128 posts)I wondered what was going on with it.
Botany
(70,581 posts)n/t
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)I'm at work and have to be careful-- thought I'd start out with the article
Grammy23
(5,813 posts)But a girl can dream, can't she? We need to stay on this like a dog on a bone. Never let 'em rest until they do the right thing and investigate, get to the bottom of this cesspool.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Glad it wasn't a dup
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)And harder for the dumpf percentage of ignorant ignorant Americans to cognitively process.
Too many moving pieces.
Therefore, the dangerous parts of the population remain angry, scared and clueless; intact as a strategy to keep up chaos.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)like cross check, polling hours, gerrymandering, machine tampering etc..not to mention right wing hate radio 24/7.
=
a clean steal. Democrats never had a chance.