WAPO: Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House

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CIA briefers told senators in a closed-door briefing it was now "quite clear" that electing Trump was Russia's goal, according to officials. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
National Security
Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House
By Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller
December 9 at 10:45 PM [26,000+ comments 2 hours ago]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html
http://archive.is/DiNvb

I commented this (and through the plethora of countless comments
i received within 3 minutes after submitting three replies ! Thats your
CIA/Google+/NSA special ops A.I. in full action!) :



Right now the comments are reaching the 30k barrier.
Its an insane FAKE A.I. PSYOPS what the WAPO and
the NYT are purveying. When i posted my comment above
the comments were flowing faster as i was even able to read
the names of the posters!

[MikeWB]

Complete bullshit. It's an attempt at a "soft coup" and an attempt to undermine Trump's legitimacy. New CIA chief needs to fire all these neocon jew scum.

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PROOF RUSSIA DID NOT HACK THE ELECTION! CHAOS! CHUCK TODD AND REINCE PRIEBUS GO AT IT!
by ProjectClarity , Published on Dec 11, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-364_6sws
  "Chuck Todd is such a tool. Reince Priebus wouldn't be bullied! First
   it's "Fake News" Now the Russians did it! The entire liberal media is
   trying to question the election based on Russian hacking. Judge
   Napolitano made it very clear several times that it wasn't the Russians
   , it was our own FBI and NSA!

   For the past few weeks the MSM and liberals have been pushing the idea
   really hard that the Russians are committed cyber warfare to make sure
   Trump won the election. Napolitano says it is the FBI and the NSA that
   hacked the DNC. They hate Hillary so bad that they broke the law to
   make sure she didn't get elected. Hillary used this talking point as a
   big issue in the debate. Trump clearly knows what is going on."

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When in January all is said and done, both the Washington Post and New
York Times will be forced into a Chapter 11 bankruptcy for putting out
fabricated stories related to the 2016 Elections, and both directors
will be charged with treason of the highest order for trying to incite
the assassination of the president elect Donald J. Trump.

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Tucker Carlson DESTROYS Congressman Adam Schiff On Russian Interference In U.S Election
by UK news US , Published on Dec 7, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDtvYHOY_Uc
  "Tucker Carlson destroys Dem. Congressman over supposed Russian
   involvement in the election"


OpEdNews Op Eds 12/11/2016 at 12:32:58
The CIA's Absence of Conviction
By Craig Murray
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-CIA-s-Absence-of-Convi-by-Craig-Murray-CIA_Media-Fake-News-161211-500.html

  "Reprinted from www.craigmurray.org.uk
   
   I have watched incredulous as the CIA's blatant lie has grown and grown
   as a media story -- blatant because the CIA has made no attempt
   whatsoever to substantiate it. There is no Russian involvement in the
   leaks of emails showing Clinton's corruption. Yes this rubbish has been
   the lead today in the Washington Post in the US and the Guardian here,
   and was the lead item on the BBC main news. I suspect it is leading the
   American broadcasts also.
     
      A little simple logic demolishes the CIA's claims. The CIA claim
   they "know the individuals" involved. Yet under Obama the USA has been
   absolutely ruthless in its persecution of whistleblowers, and its
   pursuit of foreign hackers through extradition. We are supposed to
   believe that in the most vital instance imaginable, an attempt by a
   foreign power to destabilise a US election, even though the CIA knows
   who the individuals are, nobody is going to be arrested or extradited,
   or (if in Russia) made subject to yet more banking and other
   restrictions against Russian individuals? Plainly it stinks. The
   anonymous source claims of "We know who it was, it was the Russians"
   are beneath contempt.
     
      As Julian Assange has made crystal clear, the leaks did not come
   from the Russians. As I have explained countless times, they are not
   hacks, they are insider leaks -- there is a major difference between
   the two. And it should be said again and again, that if Hillary Clinton
   had not connived with the DNC to fix the primary schedule to
   disadvantage Bernie, if she had not received advance notice of live
   debate questions to use against Bernie, if she had not accepted massive
   donations to the Clinton foundation and family members in return for
   foreign policy influence, if she had not failed to distance herself
   from some very weird and troubling people, then none of this would have
   happened.
     
      The continued ability of the mainstream media to claim the leaks
   lost Clinton the election because of "Russia", while still never
   acknowledging the truths the leaks reveal, is Kafkaesque.
     
      I had a call from a Guardian journalist this afternoon. The
   astonishing result was that for three hours, an article was accessible
   through the Guardian front page which actually included the truth among
   the CIA hype:
     
      The Kremlin has rejected the hacking accusations, while the
      WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has previously said the DNC leaks
      were not linked to Russia. A second senior official cited by the
      Washington Post conceded that intelligence agencies did not have
      specific proof that the Kremlin was "directing" the hackers, who
      were said to be one step removed from the Russian government.
      Craig Murray, the former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, who is a
      close associate of Assange, called the CIA claims "bullshit",
      adding: "They are absolutely making it up."
      "I know who leaked them," Murray said. "I've met the person who
      leaked them, and they are certainly not Russian and it's an
      insider. It's a leak, not a hack; the two are different things.
      "If what the CIA are saying is true, and the CIA's statement refers
      to people who are known to be linked to the Russian state, they
      would have arrested someone if it was someone inside the United
      States.
      "America has not been shy about arresting whistleblowers and it's
      not been shy about extraditing hackers. They plainly have no
      knowledge whatsoever."
   
   But only three hours. While the article was not taken down, the home
   page links to it vanished and it was replaced by a ludicrous one
   repeating the mad CIA allegations against Russia and now claiming --
   incredibly -- that the CIA believe the FBI is deliberately blocking the
   information on Russian collusion. Presumably this totally nutty theory,
   that Putin is somehow now controlling the FBI, is meant to answer my
   obvious objection that, if the CIA know who it is, why haven't they
   arrested somebody. That bit of course would be the job of the FBI, who
   those desperate to annul the election now wish us to believe are the
   KGB.
   
   It is terrible that the prime conduit for this paranoid nonsense is a
   once great newspaper, the Washington Post, which far from investigating
   executive power, now is a sounding board for totally evidence free
   anonymous source briefing of utter bullshit from the executive.
   
   In the UK, one single article sums up the total abnegation of all
   journalistic standards. The truly execrable Jonathan Freedland of the
   Guardian writes "Few credible sources doubt that Russia was behind the
   hacking of internal Democratic party emails, whose release by Julian
   Assange was timed to cause maximum pain to Hillary Clinton and pleasure
   for Trump." Does he produce any evidence at all for this assertion? No,
   none whatsoever. What does a journalist mean by a "credible source"?
   Well, any journalist worth their salt in considering the credibility of
   a source will first consider access. Do they credibly have access to
   the information they claim to have?
   
   Now both Julian Assange and I have stated definitively the leak does
   not come from Russia. Do we credibly have access? Yes, very obviously.
   Very, very few people can be said to definitely have access to the
   source of the leak. The people saying it is not Russia are those who do
   have access. After access, you consider truthfulness. Do Julian Assange
   and I have a reputation for truthfulness? Well in 10 years not one of
   the tens of thousands of documents WikiLeaks has released has had its
   authenticity successfully challenged. As for me, I have a reputation
   for inconvenient truth telling.
   
   Contrast this to the "credible sources" Freedland relies on. What
   access do they have to the whistleblower? Zero. They have not the
   faintest idea who the whistleblower is. Otherwise they would have
   arrested them. What reputation do they have for truthfulness? It's the
   Clinton gang and the US government, for goodness sake.
   
   In fact, the sources any serious journalist would view as "credible"
   give the opposite answer to the one Freedland wants. But in what passes
   for Freedland's mind, "credible" is 100% synonymous with
   "establishment". When he says "credible sources" he means
   "establishment sources". That is the truth of the "fake news" meme. You
   are not to read anything unless it is officially approved by the elite
   and their disgusting, crawling whores of stenographers like Freedland.
   
   The worst thing about all this is that it is aimed at promoting further
   conflict with Russia. This puts everyone in danger for the sake of more
   profits for the arms and security industries -- including of course
   bigger budgets for the CIA. As thankfully the four year agony of Aleppo
   comes swiftly to a close today, the Saudi and US armed and trained ISIS
   forces counter by moving to retake Palmyra. This game kills people, on
   a massive scale, and goes on and on.
   
   https://www.craigmurray.org.uk
   
   Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He
   was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004
   and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010."

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A padlock is displayed at the Alert Logic booth during the 2016 Black Hat cyber-security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. August 3, 2016. 
REUTERS/DAVID BECKER
WORLD
Tue Dec 13, 2016 | 2:02 PM EST
Exclusive: Top U.S. spy agency has not embraced CIA assessment on Russia hacking - sources
By Mark Hosenball and Jonathan Landay  | WASHINGTON
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14204E?il=0

  "WASHINGTON The overseers of the U.S. intelligence community have not
   embraced a CIA assessment that Russian cyber attacks were aimed at
   helping Republican President-elect Donald Trump win the 2016 election,
   three American officials said on Monday.
   
   While the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) does
   not dispute the CIA's analysis of Russian hacking operations, it has
   not endorsed their assessment because of a lack of conclusive evidence
   that Moscow intended to boost Trump over Democratic opponent Hillary
   Clinton, said the officials, who declined to be named.
   
   The position of the ODNI, which oversees the 17 agency-strong U.S.
   intelligence community, could give Trump fresh ammunition to dispute
   the CIA assessment, which he rejected as "ridiculous" in weekend
   remarks, and press his assertion that no evidence implicates Russia in
   the cyber attacks.
   
   Trump's rejection of the CIA's judgment marks the latest in a string of
   disputes over Russia's international conduct that have erupted between
   the president-elect and the intelligence community he will soon command.
   
   An ODNI spokesman declined to comment on the issue.
   
   "ODNI is not arguing that the agency (CIA) is wrong, only that they
   can't prove intent," said one of the three U.S. officials. "Of course
   they can't, absent agents in on the decision-making in Moscow."
   
   The Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose evidentiary standards
   require it to make cases that can stand up in court, declined to accept
   the CIA's analysis - a deductive assessment of the available
   intelligence - for the same reason, the three officials said.
   
   The ODNI, headed by James Clapper, was established after the Sept. 11,
   2001, attacks on the recommendation of the commission that investigated
   the attacks. The commission, which identified major intelligence
   failures, recommended the office's creation to improve coordination
   among U.S. intelligence agencies.
   
   In October, the U.S. government formally accused Russia of a campaign
   of cyber attacks against American political organizations ahead of the
   Nov. 8 presidential election. Democratic President Barack Obama has
   said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin about consequences for
   the attacks.
   
   Reports of the assessment by the CIA, which has not publicly disclosed
   its findings, have prompted congressional leaders to call for an
   investigation.
   
   Obama last week ordered intelligence agencies to review the cyber
   attacks and foreign intervention in the presidential election and to
   deliver a report before he turns power over to Trump on Jan. 20.
   
   The CIA assessed after the election that the attacks on political
   organizations were aimed at swaying the vote for Trump because the
   targeting of Republican organizations diminished toward the end of the
   summer and focused on Democratic groups, a senior U.S. official told
   Reuters on Friday.
   
   Moreover, only materials filched from Democratic groups - such as
   emails stolen from John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman - were
   made public via WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization, and other
   outlets, U.S. officials said.
   
   "THIN REED"
   
   The CIA conclusion was a "judgment based on the fact that Russian
   entities hacked both Democrats and Republicans and only the Democratic
   information was leaked," one of the three officials said on Monday.
   
   "(It was) a thin reed upon which to base an analytical judgment," the
   official added.
   
   Republican Senator John McCain said on Monday there was "no
   information" that Russian hacking of American political organizations
   was aimed at swaying the outcome of the election.
   
   "It's obvious that the Russians hacked into our campaigns," McCain
   said. "But there is no information that they were intending to affect
   the outcome of our election and that's why we need a congressional
   investigation," he told Reuters.
   
   McCain questioned an assertion made on Sunday by Republican National
   Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, tapped by Trump to be his White
   House chief of staff, that there were no hacks of computers belonging
   to Republican organizations.
   
   "Actually, because Mr. Priebus said that doesn't mean it's true," said
   McCain. "We need a thorough investigation of it, whether both
   (Democratic and Republican organizations) were hacked into, what the
   Russian intentions were. We cannot draw a conclusion yet. That's why we
   need a thorough investigation."
   
   In an angry letter sent to ODNI chief Clapper on Monday, House
   Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said he was "dismayed" that
   the top U.S. intelligence official had not informed the panel of the
   CIA's analysis and the difference between its judgment and the FBI's
   assessment.
   
   Noting that Clapper in November testified that intelligence agencies
   lacked strong evidence linking Russian cyber attacks to the WikiLeaks
   disclosures, Nunes asked that Clapper, together with CIA and FBI
   counterparts, brief the panel by Friday on the latest intelligence
   assessment of Russian hacking during the election campaign.
   
   (Editing by Yara Bayoumy and Jonathan Oatis) "

Are we here witness of the first remnants of what Democrats have come to fear
so much : Justice in Comey style ?

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Clapper Claims Wikileaks Connection With Russian Cyber Attacks is Not Strong
by Washington Free Beacon , Published on Dec 12, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKx8s8otZ30

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Intelligence Community Support for the Defense Department
by rmstock , Published on Dec 14, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4xcyYAKLz8
  "November 17, 2016
   Intelligence Community Support for the Defense Department
   https://www.c-span.org/video/?418617-...
   National Intelligence Director James Clapper, the deputy defense
   secretary, and the defense undersecretary testified on the role of the
   intelligence community in supporting defense. Other topics included
   recent cyber hacks by Russia. Directory Clapper also announced his
   resignation at the start of the hearing."

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The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee is seen in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2016. 
REUTERS/Gary Cameron
POLITICS | Sat Oct 8, 2016 | 6:48am EDT
U.S. formally accuses Russian hackers of political cyber attacks
By Mark Hosenball, Dustin Volz and Jonathan Landay | WASHINGTON
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-russia-idUSKCN12729B

  "WASHINGTON The U.S. government for the first time on Friday formally
   accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party
   organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election.
   
   "We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that
   only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these
   activities," a U.S. government statement said on Friday about hacking
   of political groups.
   
   "These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S.
   election process."
   
   U.S. intelligence officials concluded weeks ago that the Russian
   government was conducting or orchestrating cyber attacks against the
   Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign
   Committee, possibly to disrupt or discredit the election, in which
   Democrat Hillary Clinton faces Republican Donald Trump.
   
   A Kremlin spokesman called the U.S. allegations "nonsense", the
   Interfax news agency reported.
   
   On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the U.S. accusations
   lacked any proof and were an attempt by Washington to fan
   "unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria".
   
   "This whipping up of emotions regarding 'Russian hackers' is used in
   the U.S. election campaign, and the current U.S. administration, taking
   part in this fight, is not averse to using dirty tricks," Deputy
   Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday in comments posted on
   the ministry's website.
   
   The Obama administration's decision to blame Russia for the attacks is
   the latest downward turn in U.S. relations with Moscow, which are under
   strain over Russia's actions in Syria and Ukraine and in cyberspace.
   
   Also on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian and
   Syrian actions in the Syrian civil war, including bombings of
   hospitals, "beg for" a war crimes investigation.
   
   In addition, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday that Russia
   was moving short-range nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad, a
   tiny Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, confirming Estonian
   news reports.
   
   Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, said the public blaming for
   the hacks left one remaining question of "why Donald Trump continues to
   make apologies for the Russians". Trump had previously expressed doubt
   about Russia's involvement. In July, he suggested Russia should attempt
   to retrieve and publish emails from Clinton's private server.
   
   Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
   
   Hours after the U.S. government's accusation was levied, WikiLeaks
   posted hundreds of emails on its website purportedly hacked from
   Podesta's private account.
   
   CHANGE IN TONE
   
   Until Friday, the Obama administration had avoided publicly singling
   out Russia in connection with the mounting civilian deaths in Syria or
   the cyber attacks.
   
   The statement by the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of
   the Director of National Intelligence did not blame the Russian
   government for hacking attempts against state election systems, but
   said "scanning and probing" of those systems originated in most cases
   from servers operated by a Russian company.
   
   However, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said U.S.
   officials had concluded that the hacking attacks or probes of state
   voter registration systems were "consistent with Russian motivations".
   
   Concern has grown about the reliability of the U.S. voting system as a
   result of the breach, and Trump has called the system "rigged," but
   without providing specific evidence.
   
   U.S. intelligence officials have said there is no evidence that voting
   recording systems have been manipulated.
   
   Identifying Russia as the actor behind the cyber attacks on political
   organizations falls short of more punitive measures the United States
   has taken against other countries for cyber intrusions.
   
   Lawmakers of both political parties welcomed the formal accusation.
   Republican Senator Cory Gardner, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign
   Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International
   Cybersecurity, said he planned to introduce sanctions legislation.
   
   Earlier this year, a U.S. grand jury indicted seven Iranians employed
   by two Iran-based computer firms on charges of hacking into the U.S.
   financial sector. In 2015, Obama announced sanctions against North
   Korea for hacking into Sony Pictures.
   
   In 2014, the United States charged five Chinese military hackers for
   economic espionage aimed at U.S. nuclear, metals and solar industries.
   
   A senior U.S. official said the administration is considering other
   retaliatory steps against Russia, but he declined to identify them.
   Those steps may remain covert, the official said.
   
   The Democratic National Committee publicly disclosed intrusions into
   its systems in June and held Russia responsible. Leaks of committee
   emails from pro-transparency group WikiLeaks soon followed,
   demonstrating what appeared to be favoritism for Clinton over another
   Democrat, Bernie Sanders, by committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman
   Schultz. Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, stepped down.
   
   In Friday's statement, the government said disclosures of emails by
   WikiLeaks and hacking entities known as DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 "are
   consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed
   efforts".
   
   WikiLeaks has not identified the source of its leaks and criticized
   those who have claimed it was Russia. Guccifer 2.0 has identified
   itself as a Romanian hacker, but U.S. intelligence officials have
   concluded that Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks are both a front for Russian
   spy units.
   
   (Reporting by Mark Hosenball, Dustin Volz and Jonathan Landay, writing
    by Dustin Volz and Julia Edwards; Editing by Grant McCool and Mark
    Heinrich) "

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Rep. Devin Nunes Blasts Intelligence Community After Canceled Russia Briefing
by CHARLIE SPIERING | 15 Dec 2016 | 84
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/15/devin-nunes-blasts-decision-cancel-intelligence-briefing/

  "House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes heatedly denounced a decision
   by the intelligence community to decline to brief members of Congress
   about its findings concerning Russian meddling in the presidential
   election.
   
   "It is unacceptable that the Intelligence Community directors would not
   fulfill the House Intelligence Committee's request to be briefed
   tomorrow on the cyber-attacks that occurred during the presidential
   campaign," Nunes said in a statement.
   
   Nunes indicated that Congress was deeply interested in the CIA
   intelligence leaked to the Washington Post claiming Russians hacked
   Democrats specifically so that Donald Trump would win the election.
   
   "The Committee is deeply concerned that intransigence in sharing
   intelligence with Congress can enable the manipulation of intelligence
   for political purposes," he said.
   
   Nunes wanted a classified briefing from Intelligence Director James
   Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, and CIA Director John Brennan today,
   but the briefing was canceled. According to Fox News, the CIA declined
   to give a briefing, citing the ongoing investigation as ordered by
   President Barack Obama.
   
   Rep. Peter King also denounced the decision on Fox News.
   
   "Somebody has the time to leak it to the Washington Post and the New
   York Times, but they don't have the time to come to Congress," he said
   in a Fox News interview on Wednesday. "It's their job to come. They
   don't have any choice. They have to come in, especially when they have
   created this."

   READ MORE STORIES ABOUT:
   2016 Presidential Race, Big Government "

New developments on CIA's Russia hack assessment
by rmstock , Published on Dec 15, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weuga56mqqE
  "New developments on CIA's Russia hack assessment
   http://video.foxnews.com/v/5246102875...
   Dec. 13, 2016 - 2:33 - Catherine Herridge reports from Washington, D.C.

   Intel panel nixes briefing on alleged Russian interference in US
   election after resistance
   By Catherine Herridge · Published December 14, 2016 · FoxNews.com
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/... "


LEADERSHIP
Intel panel nixes briefing on alleged Russian interference in US election after resistance
By Catherine Herridge · Published December 14, 2016 · FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/14/intel-panel-wants-urgent-briefing-on-alleged-russian-interference-in-us-election.html

  "The House Intelligence Committee abruptly canceled a briefing set for
   Thursday on alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, after
   the CIA declined to provide a briefer for the session, Fox News is told.
   
   Amid concerns about reports that conflict with details previously
   provided to the committee, Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., had
   requested a closed, classified briefing Thursday for committee
   Republican and Democratic members from the FBI, CIA, Office of the
   Director of National Intelligence and National Security Agency.
   
   But Fox News is told the CIA declined citing its focus on the full
   review requested by President Obama, and the other agencies did not
   respond to the committee's request, which is unusual given the panel is
   the most-senior committee with jurisdiction.
   
   "It is unacceptable that the Intelligence Community directors would not
   fulfill the House Intelligence Committee's request to be briefed
   tomorrow on the cyber-attacks that occurred during the presidential
   campaign," Nunes said in a statement. "The Committee is deeply
   concerned that intransigence in sharing intelligence with Congress can
   enable the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes."
   
   Nunes also had given the agencies until Friday to address conflicts in
   the record.
   
   In response to Fox News' initial report, the Office of the Director of
   National Intelligence (ODNI), which oversees all 17 U.S. intelligence
   agencies, issued a statement claiming that lawmakers from both parties
   have received "extensive, detailed classified and unclassified
   briefings ... since last summer and have continued to do so after
   Election Day."
   
   "Last week, the President ordered a full Intelligence Community review
   of foreign efforts to influence recent Presidential elections – from
   2008 to present," the statement added. "Once the review is complete in
   the coming weeks, the Intelligence Community stands ready to brief
   Congress—and will make those findings available to the public
   consistent with protecting intelligence sources and methods. We will
   not offer any comment until the review is complete."
   
   A Washington Post report Friday, citing anonymous sources, said the CIA
   determined Russia interfered in the election with the purpose of
   helping Trump's campaign. But, as Nunes first noted in a letter Monday,
   DNI James Clapper told their committee on Nov. 17 that the intelligence
   community lacked strong evidence connecting Russia to the WikiLeaks
   disclosures.
   
   unes wrote, "According to new press reports, this is no longer the
   CIA's position ... I was dismayed that we did not learn earlier, from you
   directly about the reported conflicting assessments and the CIA's
   reported revision of information previously conveyed to this Committee."
   
   Separately, Fox News has learned additional details about the "full
   review" President Obama ordered from his intelligence agencies
   regarding Russian interference.
   
   The review is being led by the Office of the Director of National
   Intelligence, and is a multi-agency effort. Investigators plan to take
   existing intelligence and reconstruct what happened.
   
   Fox News is told one focus is on whether there is new intelligence that
   substantiates analysis the interference was designed to ensure a Trump
   victory, or whether a review of the existing intelligence with "fresh
   eyes" leads to new conclusions.
   
   Some lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, have backed calls for a
   separate congressional investigation, voicing concern that Obama's
   intelligence agencies might not be able to conduct a thorough review
   before he leaves office.
   
   The White House has backed calls for a congressional review as well,
   while joining Democrats in reviving criticism of the Trump campaign's
   alleged Russia connections.
   
   Given statements from the White House, Fox News is told there is
   considerable pressure on the intelligence community to declassify as
   much of the findings as possible before Jan. 20, when Trump is set to
   take the oath of office.
   
   Catherine Herridge is an award-winning Chief Intelligence correspondent
   for FOX News Channel (FNC) based in Washington, D.C. She covers
   intelligence, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland
   Security. Herridge joined FNC in 1996 as a London-based correspondent. "