Split widens between Trump, CIA over Russian hacking allegations

Written on January 6th, 2017 in comment, politics Comments Off

Published on World Socialist Web Site WSWS.org, by Andre Damon, Jan 5, 2017.

Divisions within the US state over allegations of Russian hacking of Democratic Party emails grew more embittered and public Wednesday following statements by Donald Trump that further distanced the president-elect from the CIA and other US intelligence agencies.  

In a Twitter post late Tuesday, Trump questioned the veracity of a soon-to-be-released official report by the CIA, FBI and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on the alleged Russian intervention into the 2016 US election. The intelligence officials are due to brief leaders of Congress on Thursday and Trump on Friday.

To date, no evidence has been presented to the public to substantiate the charges of Russian government hacking of the Democratic Party and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.

Trump alluded to this fact when he tweeted: “The ‘Intelligence’ briefing on so-called ‘Russian hacking’ was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!”

He followed this up with a tweet on Wednesday quoting approvingly from an interview conducted by Shawn Hannity of Fox News with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: “Julian Assange said ‘a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta’—why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!” … //

… It is significant that the Democrats, while signaling their willingness to cooperate with Trump on pursuing aggressively protectionist policies and saying little about the ultra-right-wing cabinet he has assembled, make the defense of the intelligence agencies and the pursuit of a war-mongering policy against Russia the issues on which they remain intransigent.

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Links:

Radio UKIP: LBC just gave Nigel Farage his own radio show, on Left Foot Forward, by Adam Barnett, Jan 5, 2017;

Energiekonzerne und die Atomkraft – Dirk Müller, 2.51 min, von Cashkurs.com in seinem Tagesausblick vom 02. Jan 2017;

Von Das Wort Freiheit auf YouTube hochgeladen:
Angela Merkel verplappert sich, hat sie das wirklich gesagt? 40.06 min, vom 4.Jan 2017;
Journalistin packt aus, Deutsche Medien am Pranger – Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, 18.58 min, vom 1. Jan 2017;
(mein Kommentar: Frau Krone-Schmalz drückt genau das aus, was ich selber empfinde. Für mich sind diese arroganten Main-Stream-Medien schon längst tot, deren Berichte lese ich nicht mehr, bei Abend-Nachrichten gehe ich schnell aufs Klo bis der jeweilige Schmäh vorbei ist … auch Leserbriefe schreibe ich nie mehr. Meine Dissoziation mit deren Gehirnwäsche wurde endgültig mit der hier beschriebenen Berichterstattung über die Ukraine, unterstützt vom ewigen Putin-Basching mit Unterwerfung an die Amerika-Politik – Heidi);

Here’s How We Prepare to Be Ungovernable in 2017, on AlterNet, by Sarah Lazare, Jan 1, 2017: a conversation with Kali Akuno, organizer with Cooperation Jackson and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement;

Completely Unimpressed: Berliners Maintain Composure after Attack, on Spiegel Online International, by Sebastian Fischer and Fabian Reinbold, Dez 21, 2016: how is Berlin coping with Christmas market attack? A foray through the city reveals something astounding. The seeds of fear the terrorists sought to plant don’t appear to be germinating here;

500 Nations, die Geschichte der Indianer, 43.50 min, von Geschichte DOK, am 19. März 2016 … die Idee entstand während der Dreharbeiten zu dem Welterfolg “Der mit dem Wolf tanzt”: Nicht nur eine Episode, sondern die ganze Geschichte der Indianer müßte man erzählen. Kevin Costner und einem Team um den Regisseur Jack Leustig ist in jahrelanger engagierter Arbeit eine ebenso spannende wie informative achtteilige Reihe gelungen … (ganzer Text);

… and this – construction work with fun or tragic – videos:

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