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originally posted by: ManFromEurope
Now, carewemust, another day for a smear-campaign on a prior president?
Okay, now look at this: Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats in retaliation for US election hacking
And there was a lot more going on before this. Obama fought!
Most days he has declined to receive the briefing, making it more of a weekly occurrence than a daily one.
It does raise questions of just how Trump views the CIA and other intelligence agencies. He questioned the competence of and quality of the nation's intelligence gathering operations during the campaign and again this past week when he rejected reports that the CIA has determined Russia tried to disrupt and influence the 2016 vote in hopes of a Trump victory.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: kurthall
Good.
Russia did what all nations do: try to arrange for a favorable outcome in the US elections.
originally posted by: ManFromEurope
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Sorry, but that is just semantics.
Obama sure did more than Trump against the Russians regarding election hacking.
originally posted by: kurthall
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: kurthall
Good.
Russia did what all nations do: try to arrange for a favorable outcome in the US elections.
That is the most ignorant response to an attack on our country I have ever heard
...and that makes the American enablers what? I know that in lots of other countries, they solve that dilemma with the death penalty.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: kurthall
Good.
Russia did what all nations do: try to arrange for a favorable outcome in the US elections.
In 2016 President OBAMA was warned by his Intelligence chiefs, that Russians were using Information as a "weapon" in social media, to affect the upcoming Presidential election.
Not to kvetch, but intent to to subvert the electoral process with the aid of an unfriendly adversary looks less like 'political dissidents' and a lot more like treason. As to the intell agencies...Republicans have gone from hating Russia and loving the various alphabet agencies, to hating them and embracing Russia.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: JohnnyCanuck
Im sure political dissidents ARE killed in other countries.
The US used to have the notion of caveat emptor as a culture. Now we want sanitization.
Why domt we talk about US intel agencies tryimg to influence the election? Seems there are actual laws broken there. But they arent Russian.