According to FoxNews, President Obama has called for intelligence agencies to conduct a review of hacking during the 2016 presidential election and present their findings before he leaves office. In the midst of a changing Whitehouse administration, the left will NOT give up power without a fight.
This desperate attempt to retain democrat executive control is only the latest in a slew of motions to delegitimize Pres-elect Trump’s recent upset victory.
The intelligence community already has probed suspected foreign intervention in the U.S. election, having concluded earlier that Russia-backed actors likely were involved in breaching and releasing Democratic Party emails during the 2016 cycle.
Reports from Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp indicate an attempted cyber breach on Georgia State voting systems, although no confirmation of a successful breach has been announced. Kemp indicated the possibility this was a rogue actor in the department or an outside party that attempted to access DHS systems.
CNN reports that Putin played a strong role in the recent US election, and should be held accountable.
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, called the President’s move “constructive” and said he has no doubt about the Moscow’s role. “Let’s put it this way: i have no reason to doubt the assessment made by the intelligence community back in October,” he said on CNN. “The intelligence community was very explicit.”
sources:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/09/obama-orders-review-election-hacking.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/obama-orders-review-into-russian-hacking-of-2016-election/)