FBI backs CIA findings that Russia tried to help Trump win election
FBI backs CIA findings that Russia tried to help Trump win election
By Tim Starks
FBI Director James Comey now concurs in a CIA assessment that Russian hackers meddled in the U.S. presidential election to sway the race toward President-elect Donald Trump, a U.S. official confirmed to POLITICO.
In a memo first reported by The Washington Post, CIA Director John Brennan told employees that the FBI, CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence are in harmony about Moscow’s motives.
The message comes on the heels of a Post report last week that the FBI differed with the CIA o Russia’s motivation in launching a series of cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and other political operatives, exposing reams of internal documents and embarrassing emails.
Reportedly, the CIA expressed certainty that Russia was trying to use the hacks to get Trump elected, while the FBI believed the evidence was “fuzzy” and “ambiguous.”
READ MORE: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/fbi-...
By Tim Starks
FBI Director James Comey now concurs in a CIA assessment that Russian hackers meddled in the U.S. presidential election to sway the race toward President-elect Donald Trump, a U.S. official confirmed to POLITICO.
In a memo first reported by The Washington Post, CIA Director John Brennan told employees that the FBI, CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence are in harmony about Moscow’s motives.
The message comes on the heels of a Post report last week that the FBI differed with the CIA o Russia’s motivation in launching a series of cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and other political operatives, exposing reams of internal documents and embarrassing emails.
Reportedly, the CIA expressed certainty that Russia was trying to use the hacks to get Trump elected, while the FBI believed the evidence was “fuzzy” and “ambiguous.”
READ MORE: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/fbi-...
