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| Russia 'tried to help' Donald Trump win the election, CIA concludes | Russia 'tried to help' Donald Trump win the election, CIA concludes |
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| The Central Intelligence Agency has determined that Russia did in fact try to help Donald Trump win the US presidency, according to a secret report conducted by the agency. | |
| US intelligence officials from multiple agencies have found connections between the Kremlin and Wikileaks. The former provided the latter with countless hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta, and many others, the Washington Post reported. | US intelligence officials from multiple agencies have found connections between the Kremlin and Wikileaks. The former provided the latter with countless hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta, and many others, the Washington Post reported. |
| The spectre of an ongoing email controversy lurked over Ms Clinton’s campaign from the onset of her candidacy. But in the final months, the massive leak of thousands of emails closed the gap between the former Secretary of State and Mr Trump by double digits. Cybersecurity experts, as well as Intelligence officials, had found evidence that linked the hacks to Russia. | The spectre of an ongoing email controversy lurked over Ms Clinton’s campaign from the onset of her candidacy. But in the final months, the massive leak of thousands of emails closed the gap between the former Secretary of State and Mr Trump by double digits. Cybersecurity experts, as well as Intelligence officials, had found evidence that linked the hacks to Russia. |
| “It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favour one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” a senior US intelligence official briefed on information shared with US senators told the Post. “That’s the consensus view.” | “It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favour one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” a senior US intelligence official briefed on information shared with US senators told the Post. “That’s the consensus view.” |
| In a perplexing response, the Trump transition team outright dismissed the validity of the report and the intelligence committee they will soon be running. | In a perplexing response, the Trump transition team outright dismissed the validity of the report and the intelligence committee they will soon be running. |
| “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” the team incorrectly said in a statement. “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’.” | “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” the team incorrectly said in a statement. “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’.” |
| Mr Trump beat Ms Clinton in an Electoral College win 306 to 232. It is ranked 46th of the 58 electoral wins. | |
| Earlier in the day, the Obama administration ordered a “full review” of election-related hacking. | Earlier in the day, the Obama administration ordered a “full review” of election-related hacking. |
| The President’s counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, Lisa Monaco, made the announcement to reporters at an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. | The President’s counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, Lisa Monaco, made the announcement to reporters at an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. |
| “We may have crossed into a new threshold and it is incumbent up on us to take stock of that, to review, to conduct some after-action, to understand what has happened and to impart some lessons learned,” she said. | “We may have crossed into a new threshold and it is incumbent up on us to take stock of that, to review, to conduct some after-action, to understand what has happened and to impart some lessons learned,” she said. |
| Mr Obama expects a full report before he leaves office on 20 January. | Mr Obama expects a full report before he leaves office on 20 January. |