BREAKING: Senate Intelligence Committee backs assessment of Russia election meddling

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday backed the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to aid President Donald Trump and is continuing its efforts to undermine U.S. democracy.

The finding that reveal Russia meddled in far more extensive ways than previously known is yet another strong rebuke to Trump and many of his allies who continue to cast doubt on the finding from the intelligence community that Moscow carried out an operation to help his candidacy and hurt Hillary Clinton.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/03/senate-intelligence-russia-election-meddling-692616

[sakabatou]

1. Looks like Trump's gonna have another temper-tentrum

[Hekate]

2. GOP majority actually said that out loud.

That's a major step forward.

[MBS]

4. YES. I agree. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

5. However

it was released late afternoon the day before a holiday. How many people will see the headline?

[lagomorph777]

12. Only people who are following the story will see the headline.

i.e., us and the White House. Trying to reign in the Donald the Orange maybe?

[olegramps]

57. The problem is many, if not most, are struggling to keep their head above water.

There is one statistic among the thousands that summarizes it for me. GM was the largest employer during the recent past and the average pay was $30.00 an hour in today's dollars; they had a pension, health care, and job security. Today the largest employer is Walmart and the average pay is $8.00; no benefits. The fact is the Industrial Revolution is over and that 85% of the jobs have been replaced by robots. Yes, jobs have been outsourced by it is not the major cause. Trump fed the gullible workers the bull that he could turn back the clock.

The age that we are entering is the Information Age with the development of Artificial Intelligence. We are contemplating machines that given a problem will be able to design a solution or even design a more powerful computer to solve the problem. It will affect every facscit of human endeavor bringing about changes as significant of more so than the Industrial Age. How could a famer in the 1860 comprehend flying machines, cars, computers... Sadly, we are not taking the necessary efforts to prepare people for what is ahead. We have a major party that distrusts scientific facts and are analogous to people who insisted that the sun revolved around the earth. Hardly a very reassuring thought. We elect representatives and send them off to congress with the mandate to tackle these problems. They act like the proverbial kid that you send off to school who picks his nose and eats the erasers.

[yonder]

8. I had to blink and read it again.

That would be the republican controlled U.S. Senate, right? Damn, maybe they looked down and found one growing. Now to make it a pair and the hope for a snowball in July.

[Cosmocat]

14. This is probably indicative that the evidence is extensive and pretty horrifying

nm

[KPN]

18. Exactly. They are trying to escape culpability.

[MBS]

31. Agreed. n/t

[LudwigPastorius]

50. They may even have some inkling as to what's coming down the pike from Mueller.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Help me Mr Nunes!!!!!! Help me!!!!!!

Screams the dotard

[pangaia]

3. At first I thought this must be from THE ONION.

[Amaryllis]

51. It's impossible to tell what is satire any more until you check the source.

[shraby]

6. Nice of them to put it out on July 3 when people are getting ready to go on vacation etc.

[C Moon]

58. I know, right?

[bucolic_frolic]

7. The horse is loose, lock the barn door, and yes, now

that they've gotten the tax cut, deregulation, privatization, military spending, social program cuts, and packed the courts with right wing morons, NOW they'll be just as agreeable and patriotic as apple pie, if only because there's an election coming up and they are losing.

Was Trump using them, or were they using Trump?

[onetexan]

21. excellent insights

it's a marriage of convenience - birds of a feather flocking together to achieve their common goal of undermining all liberal legislation passed and harm the aged, the indigent, the young, and the working class.

[0rganism]

37. +1

never mind all the toothpaste that's never going back in the tube, we're all just super nice and jazzed to be here!

[Stallion]

9. Side-Show

those guys haven't even touched the surface of what Mueller has had months ago.

[janx]

19. True, but that's really not their job.

They were investigating the Intelligence Committee Assessment. It's significant that they came down on the side of the intelligence community.

[Achilleaze]

10. and freaking republicans are going to Hell-sinki to fellate Pooty Poot

sick unAmerican, anti-American evil shit republicans are letting happen to the USA

[0rganism]

38. it's the Stinky in Helsinki n/t

[Achilleaze]

44. #StinkyInHelsink (RR)

You done created a meme, orgy !

[0rganism]

45. hell, it's about time!

[Cryptoad]

11. But, But, But,,,,,,,,,,

Putin says it aint so!!!!!! ,,,,,, and he my Bud!

[turbinetree]

13. And over in the republican controlled house..............................

they did this song and dance pony show............................

November 2018 cannot get here fast enough...............get out an vote



And then there is Mr. Lieu

[chelsea0011]

23. Well, Gowdy was screaming to wrap it up, so here you go. What have to got to say?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Derp state maybe

That's where all the Trumpanzees live.

[Judi Lynn]

34. Perfect! Thanks. n/t

[LuckyLib]

27. The visual of Mr. Lieu is wonderful -- behind him is Mr. Gutierrez -- THIS is our

multicultural nation.

[calimary]

15. Well well well. What took 'em so long?

Better late than never, I guess.

[Yonnie3]

16. Are they going to do anything about it?

The man who "runs" the executive branch of the government doesn't believe this and has not instructed anyone to combat the meddling.

Talk is cheap.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Key point "is continuing its efforts to undermine US democracy". Trump ignores & meets Putin July 16

[sarcasmo]

22. Womp! Womp!

[Laf.La.Dem.]

24. wow - some common sense

Thank you Senate Intelligence Committee!!!

[BadgerMom]

25. Yet 6 Republican Senators are spending the 4th in Russia.

Their leader, Sen. Shelby, hopes for a ”new day” in US-Russia relations. I feel their names should be screamed out. They are Sen. Shelby, Sen John Kennedy, Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Steve Daines, and Sen. Jerry Moran. I apologize. I don’t have all of their states. I can’t believe that they are so brazen now that optics mean nothing to them. They want power and money and do not care from whom it comes. We cannot allow Republicans to claim patriotism. That bridge has been torched.

[erronis]

28. Don't see anything on MSM yet. But I guess I rely on giggle and other aggregators

Strange how many critical stories come and go on DU with ne'er a mention on the networx.

[red dog 1]

32. Both MSN and The Hill have it as of 2 hours ago

[janx]

33. So does L.A. Times. n/t

[erronis]

35. Thanks. I get a lot of news through google but they seem to be "selective"

I also keep up RSS feeds from many other new sources (Reuters, BBC, Spiegel) which hadn't picked this up.

Since I don't watch T.V. (on the "big screen&quot I rely on DU to let me know what's happening. But I also fear that DU is our own bubble.

There's got to be a generally accepted aggregator that is not hiding/emphasizing stories which is what google does - and the algorithms are totally opaque.

[orleans]

29. this:

WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) released the Committee’s unclassified summary of its initial findings on the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian activities in the 2016 U.S. elections. The Committee finds that the overall judgments issued in the ICA were well-supported and the tradecraft was strong. The course of the Committee’s investigation has shown that the Russian cyber operations were more extensive than the hack of the Democratic National Committee and continued well through the 2016 election.

“The Committee has spent the last 16 months reviewing the sources, tradecraft and analytic work underpinning the Intelligence Community Assessment and sees no reason to dispute the conclusions,” said Chairman Burr. “The Committee continues its investigation and I am hopeful that this installment of the Committee’s work will soon be followed by additional summaries providing the American people with clarity around Russia’s activities regarding U.S. elections.”

“Our investigation thoroughly reviewed all aspects of the January 2017 ICA, which assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign to target our presidential election and to destabilize our democratic institutions,” said Vice Chairman Warner. “As numerous intelligence and national security officials in the Trump administration have since unanimously re-affirmed, the ICA findings were accurate and on point. The Russian effort was extensive and sophisticated, and its goals were to undermine public faith in the democratic process, to hurt Secretary Clinton and to help Donald Trump. While our investigation remains ongoing, we have to learn from 2016 and do more to protect ourselves from attacks in 2018 and beyond.”

The summary is the second unclassified installment in the Committee’s report on Russian election activities.

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/intel-committee-releases-unclassified-summary-initial-findings-2017-intelligence-community

[red dog 1]

36. Thanks for that

[onecent]

30. I hope Trump does have another temper tandrum.....

and I hope they are saying this now, so trump can have the next 6 days to figure out what he's gonna do.

[red dog 1]

39. K&R

Spanky won't like it one bit!

[SkatmanRoth]

40. It is time for Mueller to indict

It is time for the House to impeach

It is time for the Senate to convict

It is time to remove this blight on our country.

[LiberalLovinLug]

43. Don't we all want that

I'd love it if the hammer came down NOW already

But they must be slogging through a lot crap. And I can wait for them to dot all the i's and cross all the t's in order to make a tight shut case. I just pray it doesn't go on for another year, knowing how much damage Trump and the GOP can do.

[gay texan]

41. I wonder if Trump is fixing to get thrown under the bus

Might be what they are setting up for

[lancelyons]

42. This isnt new info is it? They said this 12- 18 month ago.

This isnt new info is it? They said this 12-18 month ago.

Whats going on that they have to restate that.

[Maxheader]

46. ooh! Whats he gonna tell his buddy

when they get together? Isn't that this month?
Maybe tRump will decide to go home with put put.

And stay there...

[Hoyt]

48. I think everyone knows this. What they didn't say is that trump colluded with, and assisted, Ruskies

[blue-wave]

49. Oh come on now! Stop it!! I'm having heart palpitations!!!

You expect me to believe a committee controlled by the republicons actually went against Uncle Vlad?

Now can we get them to join us when the tRumpster nominates some pro-Putin nut job for the Supreme Court? Don't hold your breath.

[Midnight Writer]

52. And Russia wants everyone to know. That's why this coincides with the Republican Senate meeting

once again with Kislyak, among others, on the Fourth of July, no less.

Putin wants his show of power, and a show doesn't satisfy if the curtain doesn't open.

It's the same reason his assassinations on foreign soil are so flamboyant. C'mon, plutonium poisoning? Russian nerve gas?

He is sending a message, and the message is he is too powerful for any to stand against, and he owns our Republican Party.

[Honeycombe8]

53. Better late than never. You KNOW it's real, when these guys admit it.

Because they wouldn't, if it weren't iron clad.

[toddwv]

54. Senate GOPers immediately offered

their thoughts and prayers for the American People.

[Botany]

55. Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania had not voted red in a Presidential election since 1984 ...

... and somehow they all flipped for Trump?

[malthaussen]

56. Said McConnell: "Yep, looks like they interfered. What a darn shame." n/t