Trumps criticism of intelligence on Russia is dividing Hill GOP

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Source: washington post






By Karoun Demirjian and Greg Miller January 4 at 9:49 PM

President-elect Donald Trump’s broadside against the intelligence community is dividing Capitol Hill Republicans, with some ready to pounce on Trump’s skepticism that Russia interfered with the U.S. elections and others urging a more cautious approach.

The resulting schism could widen as Congress begins probing the CIA’s charges that Russia intervened in the November elections in an attempt to help Trump, potentially becoming one of the first significant intraparty breaches of the Trump presidency.

U.S. critics of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin, such as Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), want to go full-bore on holding Russia to account for its suspected election interference. But they may be slowed by GOP senators who prefer to wait to hear the intelligence community’s evidence and for Trump to be installed in the White House.

When asked whether he would be influenced by Trump’s Tuesday tweet about a supposedly delayed “Intelligence” briefing on ­“so-called” Russian hacking, McCain said flatly, “No.”



McCain will hold a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday on “foreign cyber threats” that is expected to center on Russia. Intelligence officials ............................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-criticism-of-intelligence-on-russia-is-dividing-hill-gop/2017/01/04/1ffc1a04-d2a1-11e6-a783-cd3fa950f2fd_story.html?utm_term=.c50b133828db

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The hearing has just started


[Secret CIA assessment: Russia was trying to help Trump win White House]
Kissinger, McCain have 'no doubt' about Russian hacking
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[lamp_shade]

1. Watching. nt

[gordianot]

2. Cannibalism in its purist form.

Eat hardy.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Obama spent a lot more time on "the cyber," as shit-for-brains calls it, than he ever expected

and he said his successor would spend even more. At least, a normal successor. Of course, Trump knows things that others don't, so maybe he/we will be ok. Then again, what was that proprietary tidbit he promised to release Tuesday or Wednesday...? Carrier pigeons, anyone?

[Sunlei]

7. republicans up early today, trump has another diarrhea of tweets about his friendship with Assange.

Why can't Republicans get a leash on their man trumps big fat mouth?


In reply to Donald J. Trump
Sunlei ‏@SunleiHolysmoke · 2h2 hours ago
@realDonaldTrump you, Mr. Trump cuddle-up with Assange a person who accepts STOLEN FILES. Files stolen from "the people", stolen from USA

[DK504]

8. They can't because he isn't there to be president.

He wants to be a king. The GOP doesn't yet believe the depth of his insanity.

[m-lekktor]

4. Kissenger, McCain and the Democrats on the same side,oh my.

Interesting times ahead!!

[bdamomma]

5. K&R

[Sunlei]

6. Republicans can be "divided" into tiny bits and they still back & vote for a deplorable trump

[LaydeeBug]

9. Call every KGOPB congresscritter and ask them if they owe allegiance to Putin. nt

[angrychair]

10. Don't give a shit about republicans

Any republican. I get sick when I watch Democrats praise and act positive about people that are otherwise more than willing to dissolve the ACA, SSI, Medicaid, Medicare, trash environmental regulations and sell off our national parks to oil and gas drilling and mining.
You are defending intelligence services that routinely compromise our civil liberties on a regular basis.

Fuck 'em all and let the monsters eat each other.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Like a bull in a China shop