NP - Did Putin Swing the Election to Trump? Of Course He Did. (less bluster, more evidence)

[Thomas Eckhardt]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 04:54:02 -0500
  Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are 17 intelligence agencies and the FBI which 
>have signed off on the truth of Russian hacking. 

Reuters says that not all 17 intelligence agencies 
"participated in preparing the assessment".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-cyber-celebrate-idUSKBN14P2NI

Correct me if I am wrong, Mark, but the report seems to be 
a product of the CIA, the FBI and the DNI only.

DNI Director Clapper is a proven liar (under oath, to 
Congress), and the CIA is, well, the CIA.

Interestingly, the unclassified report does not even 
convince journalists sympathetic to the cause:

Daily Beast: "U.S. Spy Report Blames Putin for Hacks, But 
Doesn’t Back It Up"

Kevin Rothrock (Moscow Times): "I cannot believe my eyes. 
Is this really part of the US government's intelligence 
case?"
"I'll say it: the declassified USG report "Assessing 
Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections" 
is an embarrassment."

Susan Hennessey (Lawfare, Brookings):
"The unclassified report is underwhelming at best. There 
is essentially no new information for those who have been 
paying attention."

Bill Neely (NBCNews):
"Lots of key judgements but not many key facts & no open 
proof in US Intell. report into alleged Russian hacking."

Stephen Hayes (Weekly Standard):
"The intel report on Russia is little more than a 
collection of assertions. Understand protecting 
sources/methods, but it's weak."

Julia Ioffe (The Atlantic):
"It's hard to tell if the thinness of the #hacking report 
is because the proof is qualified, or because the proof 
doesn't exist."

Let's just say that it is not a "slam dunk"...

The report is here:

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

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