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| McCain Seeks Single Inquiry on Russian Hacking | McCain Seeks Single Inquiry on Russian Hacking |
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| ■ Senator John McCain on Sunday called for a congressional select committee to investigate Russian hacking of the American election process. | ■ Senator John McCain on Sunday called for a congressional select committee to investigate Russian hacking of the American election process. |
| ■ Robert Gates said the Russian hacking was designed to hurt Hillary Clinton. | ■ Robert Gates said the Russian hacking was designed to hurt Hillary Clinton. |
| ■ President-elect Donald J. Trump has defied many conventions. But he will keep one: staying at Blair House. | ■ President-elect Donald J. Trump has defied many conventions. But he will keep one: staying at Blair House. |
| Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, on Sunday morning renewed his call for the creation of a select committee to investigate possible Russian cyberattacks to influence the American election. | Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, on Sunday morning renewed his call for the creation of a select committee to investigate possible Russian cyberattacks to influence the American election. |
| Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that multiple congressional committees investigating the matter simultaneously, rather than a single, specially formed select committee of House and Senate members, would be inefficient. | Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that multiple congressional committees investigating the matter simultaneously, rather than a single, specially formed select committee of House and Senate members, would be inefficient. |
| “The responsibilities for cyber is spread over about four different committees in the Senate, and each doing their own thing, frankly, is not going to be the most efficient way of arriving at a conclusion,” Mr. McCain said. “This is serious business.” | “The responsibilities for cyber is spread over about four different committees in the Senate, and each doing their own thing, frankly, is not going to be the most efficient way of arriving at a conclusion,” Mr. McCain said. “This is serious business.” |
| That position puts Mr. McCain at odds with Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and majority leader, who has said that the Senate Intelligence Committee is “more than capable of conducting a complete review” of the interference without the creation of a select committee. | That position puts Mr. McCain at odds with Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and majority leader, who has said that the Senate Intelligence Committee is “more than capable of conducting a complete review” of the interference without the creation of a select committee. |
| Mr. McCain’s reaction to the reports of the Russian activity are also starkly at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly rejected the conclusions of American intelligence reports, saying they are politically motivated. | Mr. McCain’s reaction to the reports of the Russian activity are also starkly at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly rejected the conclusions of American intelligence reports, saying they are politically motivated. |
| Robert M. Gates, who served as secretary of defense under President Obama and President George W. Bush, said on Sunday that Russian cyberattacks were aimed at discrediting the American electoral process and “certainly at weakening” Hillary Clinton. | Robert M. Gates, who served as secretary of defense under President Obama and President George W. Bush, said on Sunday that Russian cyberattacks were aimed at discrediting the American electoral process and “certainly at weakening” Hillary Clinton. |
| “Whether it or not it was intended to help one another candidate, I don’t know,” said Mr. Gates, who also served as C.I.A. director under President Bush. “But I think it clearly was aimed at discrediting our elections, and I think it was aimed certainly at weakening Mrs. Clinton. | “Whether it or not it was intended to help one another candidate, I don’t know,” said Mr. Gates, who also served as C.I.A. director under President Bush. “But I think it clearly was aimed at discrediting our elections, and I think it was aimed certainly at weakening Mrs. Clinton. |
| Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” he stopped short of saying the meddling was intended to help Mr. Trump, and said the best course of action to respond to the cyberattacks was unclear. | Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” he stopped short of saying the meddling was intended to help Mr. Trump, and said the best course of action to respond to the cyberattacks was unclear. |
| Asked why Mr. Trump appeared not to be taking the allegations against Russia seriously, Mr. Gates speculated that the president-elect “felt the way this information came out through newspaper stories and so on was somehow intended to delegitimize his victory in the election and that he’s reacting to that rather than ‘the facts on the ground,’ as it were.” | Asked why Mr. Trump appeared not to be taking the allegations against Russia seriously, Mr. Gates speculated that the president-elect “felt the way this information came out through newspaper stories and so on was somehow intended to delegitimize his victory in the election and that he’s reacting to that rather than ‘the facts on the ground,’ as it were.” |
| Mr. Trump has chosen to receive intelligence briefs only occasionally. | Mr. Trump has chosen to receive intelligence briefs only occasionally. |
| Few people were as directly affected by the hacking as John D. Podesta, the chairman of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign. But on Sunday he suggested that there was hardly a zealous effort by the F.B.I. to investigate, adding that the only time he had been contacted by federal agents was two days after his hacked personal emails began appearing on WikiLeaks. | |
| Mr. Podesta said he had suspected that some of the documents related to the Democratic National Committee published by WikiLeaks last summer could have come from his account. But he only became certain that his account had been fully compromised when WikiLeaks began publishing its contents on Oct. 7. | |
| “Two days later, the F.B.I. contacted me, and the first thing the agent said to me was, ‘I don’t know if you’re aware, but your email account might have been hacked,’” Mr. Podesta said. | |
| “I said, ‘Yes, I was aware of that,’” he added. | |
| Mr. Trump will spend his last nights before his inauguration at Blair House after all, keeping alive a tradition that started with President Jimmy Carter four decades ago, a top aide said on Saturday. | Mr. Trump will spend his last nights before his inauguration at Blair House after all, keeping alive a tradition that started with President Jimmy Carter four decades ago, a top aide said on Saturday. |
| Mr. Trump had been considering a stay at his newly opened Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House. | Mr. Trump had been considering a stay at his newly opened Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House. |
| But his transition communications director, Jason Miller, said in a Twitter post reacting to a New York Times article late Saturday night that Mr. Trump would follow conventional practice. | |
| Known as “the president’s guesthouse,” Blair House is across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and normally plays host to visiting heads of state and other dignitaries. Every few years, though, it becomes the pre-inaugural headquarters for the incoming president and first family during the festivities that accompany the formal oath of office. | Known as “the president’s guesthouse,” Blair House is across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and normally plays host to visiting heads of state and other dignitaries. Every few years, though, it becomes the pre-inaugural headquarters for the incoming president and first family during the festivities that accompany the formal oath of office. |
| Mr. Trump and his entourage should have plenty of space to spread out. The complex has 14 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms across 70,000 square feet. | Mr. Trump and his entourage should have plenty of space to spread out. The complex has 14 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms across 70,000 square feet. |