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Russia hacked Republican state campaigns but not Trump's - FBI head

By Dustin Volz and Jonathan Landay

REUTERS

 

FBI Director James Comey adjusts his tie before testifying to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on “Russia’s intelligence activities" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia hacked into Republican state political campaigns and old email domains of the Republican National Committee but there is no evidence it successfully penetrated President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday.

 

Comey also told lawmakers Russia did not release information obtained from the state campaigns or the old RNC email domains, comments that may buttress the U.S. intelligence view that Moscow tried to help Trump against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign.

 

U.S. intelligence agencies on Friday released an assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a covert effort to help Republican Trump's electoral chances by discrediting Clinton.

 

The report, which omitted classified details, was the U.S. government's starkest public description of what it says was a Russian effort to manipulate the American electoral process by leaking hacked emails from Democrats.

 

Russia has denied interfering in the election but President Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian suspected spies from the United States and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies last month in response to the allegations. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a news conference on Tuesday those penalties were "a start and not the end" of U.S. retaliation for the hacks, and senior officials have suggested covert action may be taken.

 

Comey told lawmakers the Federal Bureau of Investigation "did not develop any evidence that the Trump campaign, or the current RNC, was successfully hacked." He did not say whether Russia had tried to hack Trump's campaign.

 

Trump has disputed the accusations of Russian cyber attacks during the election, but his incoming chief of staff said on Sunday that the New York businessman accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusions that Russia was responsible, and that further action may be taken against Moscow.

 

SENATE HEARING

 

Comey declined to comment on whether or not the FBI might be investigating links between Russia and associates of Trump, who frequently called during the campaign for improved relations between Washington and Moscow.

 

The FBI director was pressed by Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, to publicly provide a declassified answer to the question before Jan. 20, the day Trump will be inaugurated, but Comey suggested he would unable to do so.

 

Comey appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee along with the director of national intelligence, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency and the chief of the National Security Agency at a time of controversy in Washington about the 2016 election.

 

Testifying before Congress for the first time since Trump beat Clinton on Nov. 8, Comey has been criticized by Democrats for statements about a separate investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.

 

The controversy over Russia's alleged role in attempting to influence the election has roiled Washington, with Democratic lawmakers calling for an independent commission to investigate the matter and Republicans worried that the affair might call into question the legitimacy of Trump's victory.

 

Comey said there was evidence Russia hacked Republican state-level political campaigns and "old" email domains that the RNC was no longer using.

 

In contrast, Friday's report assessed that Russian military intelligence used intermediaries such as WikiLeaks, DCLeaks.com and the Guccifer 2.0 "persona" to release emails that it had acquired from the Democratic National Committee and top Democrats as part of the effort to help Trump and harm Clinton.

 

The DNC denied "multiple requests" made by the FBI to examine its hacked servers, Comey said. He added that his agents relied on a forensic analysis conducted by the cyber security firm CrowdStrike, which was hired by the DNC to help clean up the hack when it was detected last spring.

 

Senior U.S. Republican and Democratic senators introduced legislation on Tuesday seeking to impose a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine.

 

(Reporting by Dustin Volz and Jonathan Landay; additional reporting by Idrees Ali; Writing by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Yara Bayoumy and Tom Brown)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-11

[Ulysses G.]

It appears that Trump really does know a lot about preventing hacking. 

[Boon Mee]

32 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

It appears that Trump really does know a lot about preventing hacking. 

Well, Trump's password wasn't "Password" as was the head of the DNC.'s 

[craigt3365]

2 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

It appears that Trump really does know a lot about preventing hacking. 

Hacking is extremely technical.  Guaranteed, Trump knows little about the details of hacking.  No more than you or I.  Interesting article:

 

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/it-turns-out-trump-knows-nothing-new-about-russias-hacking

 

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It Turns Out That Trump Knows Nothing New About Russia's Hacking

Just to keep everyone up to date, here's the latest on Donald Trump's claim that he knows "things that other people don’t know" regarding Russia's hacking during the election. As you recall, he promised to fill us in on Tuesday (or Wednesday), but you will be unsurprised to learn that this didn't happen. Why? Trump claims it's because the CIA failed to come through with the goods:

 

Very strange indeed! Needless to say, Trump is lying.

 

 

Hard to believe anything this man says any more...

[Ulysses G.]

Hard to believe anything MotherJones says. A very far left rag right on par with Alex Jones.

Edited January 11, 2017 by Ulysses G.

[ilostmypassword]

2 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

Hard to believe anything MotherJones says. A very far left rag right on par with Alex Jones.

You say obviously without reading it. Matt Taibibi for one is a terrific and scrupulous journalist who doesn't make things up.  But comparing Mother Jones to Alex Jones?  Alex Jones makes Breitbart.com look reasonable.  But please, do share with us your evidence that puts Mother Jones in the same league as Alex Jones.  In fact, yours is just another pathetic right wing smear.

[craigt3365]

2 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

Hard to believe anything MotherJones says. A very far left rag right on par with Alex Jones.

OK.  Did Trump reveal anything?  Another broken promise.  Well, at least he know admits either Russia or China did the hacking.  Manning up, finally.

 

[Becker]

48 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

OK.  Did Trump reveal anything?  Another broken promise.  Well, at least he know admits either Russia or China did the hacking.  Manning up, finally.

 

"Manning up" and "Donald Trump" don't belong in the same sentence. He is a 70 year old child, and not one you want to break out the candy jar for but rather get out the cane from the back of the closet.

[mtls2005]

Why would Russia hack Trump's campaign?

 

They wanted him elected, and already have more than enough 'dirt' on him, so no need to hack his campaign.

 

Another brilliant Comey observation.

[spidermike007]

26 minutes ago, Becker said:

"Manning up" and "Donald Trump" don't belong in the same sentence. He is a 70 year old child, and not one you want to break out the candy jar for but rather get out the cane from the back of the closet.

 

 

I am not sure if anyone who is intimately familiar with the man, could ever find an example of this guy manning up, taking responsibility for a mistake, saying I am sorry, showing remorse, admitting a mistake, introspecting, and looking within for the source of the problem, or demonstrating any sort of humility required of a good leader. 

[craigt3365]

17 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Why would Russia hack Trump's campaign?

 

They wanted him elected, and already have more than enough 'dirt' on him, so no need to hack his campaign.

 

Another brilliant Comey observation.

Why wouldn't they?  He's a prime target.  The more dirt the better (I'm not saying that to be anti-Trump!).

[Baerboxer]

3 hours ago, ilostmypassword said:

You say obviously without reading it. Matt Taibibi for one is a terrific and scrupulous journalist who doesn't make things up.  But comparing Mother Jones to Alex Jones?  Alex Jones makes Breitbart.com look reasonable.  But please, do share with us your evidence that puts Mother Jones in the same league as Alex Jones.  In fact, yours is just another pathetic right wing smear.

 

The people who say what I agree with and fins politically correct always speak the truth, never make it up, exaggerate it, embellish it. But those on "the other side" just can't be trusted. 

 

The maxim of the left.

[Becker]

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

The people who say what I agree with and fins politically correct always speak the truth, never make it up, exaggerate it, embellish it. But those on "the other side" just can't be trusted. 

 

The maxim of the left.

Yeah, sure. Only people on the left say that

[mrfill]

Unless emails are published or the server is damaged, how do they know there was a security breach? Just reading a file will not be apparent and any trace can be very easily baffled. To think that any email account is truly secure is not very bright.

[Srikcir]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Comey declined to comment on whether or not the FBI might be investigating links between Russia and associates of Trump

But during the election he was very willing to comment on two investigations regarding HRC that as a minimum violated FBI protocol. There was no urgency to make such unprofessional violations. Now with the elections ended, Comey is reserved on matters that might impune Trump's inauguration.

[Redline]

20 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

It appears that Trump really does know a lot about preventing hacking. 

Trump “does not use a computer,” which explains why he was perplexed at his campaign spending millions of dollars on digital ads

[Redline]

14 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

The people who say what I agree with and fins politically correct always speak the truth, never make it up, exaggerate it, embellish it. But those on "the other side" just can't be trusted. 

 

The maxim of the left.

Hello....is anything in there?  Please get back to us on a translation of this.  Maybe your son can help or something?

[Ulysses G.]

33 minutes ago, Redline said:

Hello....is anything in there?  Please get back to us on a translation of this.

 

The left is only "liberal", "tolerant" and "open-minded" when someone agrees with their views - that is the gist of it. He does not think anything political in MotherJones is going to be presented honestly (and I agree with him). The hit piece that was linked to is credible evidence of that.

Edited January 11, 2017 by Ulysses G.

[Redline]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

 

The left is only "liberal", "tolerant" and "open-minded" when someone agrees with their views - that is the gist of it. He does not think anything political in MotherJones is going to be presented honestly (and I agree with him).

I agree with that

[craigt3365]

12 hours ago, mrfill said:

Unless emails are published or the server is damaged, how do they know there was a security breach? Just reading a file will not be apparent and any trace can be very easily baffled. To think that any email account is truly secure is not very bright.

Trump is now admitting Russia hacked both political parties servers.  Debate over.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/trumps-press-conference-highlights-russia.html?emc=edit_ae_20170111&nl=todaysheadlines-asia&nlid=58582962

 

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Donald Trump Concedes Russia’s Interference in Election

 

[CharlieK]

21 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Why would Russia hack Trump's campaign?

 

They wanted him elected, and already have more than enough 'dirt' on him, so no need to hack his campaign.

 

Another brilliant Comey observation.

 

was it Russia that lost the election for Hillary, or this chap Comey who a couple days before the election came out and said the FBI were looking at those emails again! Or is it called shifting the blame?

 

At the moment American politics seems to have a lot in common with Thai Politics. Farcical.  

[craigt3365]

7 minutes ago, CharlieK said:

 

was it Russia that lost the election for Hillary, or this chap Comey who a couple days before the election came out and said the FBI were looking at those emails again! Or is it called shifting the blame?

 

At the moment American politics seems to have a lot in common with Thai Politics. Farcical.  

Chicken and egg.  Russia leaked the emails.  If that hadn't happened, Comey wouldn't have been looking at the emails.  Blame lies with the Russians.  But yes, what Comey did was dodgy at best, and illegal at worst.  Either way, what a terrible election.

[mike324]

It would be naive for any Trump supporter to believe Trump when he says Russia is a good friend.