#stress

Vladimir Putin ordered attempt to influence US election, declassified report says

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed an attempt to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to an intelligence report declassified and made public Friday.

The report, “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections,” noted that Moscow has for years attempted to meddle in American politics, but 2016 operations “demonstrated a significant escalation in directness, level of activity and scope of effort.” Read more

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/politics/intelligence-report-putin-election/

in the real world… what happens now? anything? will there be any response to this whatsoever?

edit: note that by refusing to acknowlege this report, trump is burning his bridges with the intelligence community. the cia and homeland security are usually so right-wing as to be proto-fascist in themselves, and he could’ve had them in hand so easily, but instead he’s giving them the cold shoulder in order to avoid offending putin.