Trump noted in a tweet that Assange has asserted that the emails did not come from Russia, while repeating that anyone could have hacked the DNC. He also appeared to side with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who released emails believed to have been hacked by Russia, over U.S.
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In a series of tweets this week, he accused intelligence officials of delaying a briefing until Friday in order to build a case against Russia - an allegation denied by other officials. election, and officials have said they are “100 percent certain” that Russia is the culprit.īut President-elect Donald Trump Donald Trump Deputy AG: DOJ investigating fake Trump electors Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Overnight Health Care - Senators unveil pandemic prep overhaul MORE has repeatedly rejected that assessment, characterizing it as an attempt by the Obama administration to undermine his presidency. The Obama administration has characterized the hacks as an attempt to interfere in the U.S. The report comes as controversy continues to surround the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was behind the cyberattack on the DNC and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton The Armageddon elections to come Poll: Trump leads 2024 Republican field with DeSantis in distant second The politics of 'mind control' MORE campaign chairman John Podesta’s personal email account. There’s no reason to believe that anything that they have concluded is not accurate,” the intelligence official told BuzzFeed. 5, 2017ĬQ, "House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee Holds Hearing on Russian Election Tampering," March 20, 2017ĭHS.gov, "Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security," Oct.Instead, the official said, the bureau and other agencies have relied on analysis done by the third-party security firm CrowdStrike, which investigated the breach for the DNC. 4, 2017īuzzfeed, "The FBI Now Says Democrats Were Behind Hack Investigation Delay," Jan. Phone interview with Adrienne Watson, DNC deputy communications director, July 7, 2017īuzzfeed, "The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers," Jan. Politico, "Trump: 'Everyone' at G-20 talking about Podesta not giving server to authorities," July 7, 2017Įmail interview with Dean Boyd, CIA director of public affairs, July 7, 2017Įmail interview with Steven Cheung, assistant communications Director, July 7, 2017 We asked the White House for comment, but we didn't hear back with an on-the-record response.ĬBS News, "The phishing email that hacked the account of John Podesta," Oct. The CIA provided no comment, but notes on its website its mission is focused on overseas, rather than domestic, intelligence-gathering. Whether the FBI asked the DNC for access to a server, I don’t know, beyond what I’ve read."Īccording to Watson, the CIA never requested access to the email server. "The CIA would never ask anyone at the DNC for a server. "The CIA has no role in domestic intelligence-gathering - in fact, it’s prohibited," Podesta wrote in his op-ed. Trump's mentioning the CIA’s involvement came as a surprise to both Podesta and the DNC. This was because Russia was already out of their system by then. The FBI joined CrowdStrike’s efforts to boot Russia from the server, but then-Homeland Security Department secretary Jeh Johnson complained the DNC rebuffed their offer to help. She added that the copy contains the same information as the physical server. "The DNC coordinated with the FBI and federal intelligence agencies and provided everything they requested, including copies of DNC servers," Watson said. "We got the forensics from the pros that they hired which - again, best practice is always to get access to the machines themselves, but this my folks tell me was an appropriate substitute," Comey said. In his testimony in January on the cyber attacks, then-director of the FBI James Comey said the agency never got access to the machines themselves, but obtained access to the forensics from a review of the system performed by CrowdStrike, a third-party cybersecurity firm. What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians? Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?- Donald J.
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