New documents reveal Democrats urged Obama to respond to Russian hacking — but chose to do nothing f

[Revmitchell]

New documents revealed Friday that former President Barack Obama was urged by Democratic senators in late 2016 to take action against Russia for their apparent cyber meddling in the 2016 election, but failed to do so for weeks.

According to documents obtained by Operation 45, a pro-government transparency organization, Democratic Sens. Diane Feinstein (Calif.) and Ben Cardin (Md.) wrote to then-President Obama in Nov. 2016 urging him to take action against Russia for alleged election meddling.

“We are writing to urge a direct and proportionate response to the Russian Federation’s state-sponsored cyberattacks on the United States’ democratic institutions and the 2016 electoral process. Such attacks cannot be tolerated and the United States must take immediate measures to ensure that those responsible are held to account,” they wrote in a letter to Obama on Nov. 1.

The letter was released last Wednesday after Operation 45 submitted a Freedom of Information Act request.

New documents reveal Democrats urged Obama to respond to Russian hacking — but chose to do nothing for months

 

[InTheLight]

Wait a minute...I thought there was no Russian hacking of the election. Seth Rich was killed for releasing stolen emails right?

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[Use of Time]

Wait a minute...I thought there was no Russian hacking of the election. Seth Rich was killed for releasing stolen emails right?

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Hahahahaha. I knew this was coming. He just couldn't help himself. Whoops!

 

[InTheLight]

Hahahahaha. I knew this was coming. He just couldn't help himself. Whoops!

I guess there is a consensus that it wasn't a 400 lb. guy sitting on a bed somewhere that hacked the DNC emails. So that is settled.

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[Revmitchell]

President Obama’s decision to not act sooner on Russian election interference last year was “a very serious mistake,” says California Rep. Adam Schiff.

“I think the administration needed to call out Russia earlier, and needed to act to deter and punish Russia earlier and I think that was a very serious mistake,” Schiff said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Adam Schiff: Obama’s Failure To Act On Russian Hacking Was A ‘Very Serious Mistake’ [VIDEO]

 

[InTheLight]

Obama is no longer President. What is Trump going to do about it?

 

[Rolfe]

Obama is no longer President. What is Trump going to do about it?

Very little is my bet.

 

[Use of Time]

I'm sure people will be in here shortly to make the sarcastic "Russians did it" jokes to Mitch here like they did to everyone else. Partisan politics can be hilarious sometimes.