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发帖数: 3189 | 1 WASHINGTON — As Russian hackers and propagandists tried to manipulate the
American election last year, the C.I.A. noticed a series of suspicious
contacts between Russian government officials and associates of Donald J.
Trump’s campaign, John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, said Tuesday.
In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Brennan described
a nerve-fraying few months as American authorities realized that the
election was under attack and worried that Mr. Trump’s campaign might be
aiding that fight. His remarks were the fullest public account to date of
the origins of an F.B.I. investigation that continues to shadow the Trump
administration.
“I know what the Russians try to do. They try to suborn individuals and try
to get individuals, including U.S. individuals, to act on their behalf,
wittingly or unwittingly,” Mr. Brennan said. When he left office in January
, he said, “I had unresolved questions in my mind as to whether or not the
Russians had been successful in getting U.S. persons involved in the
campaign or not to work on their behalf.”
Mr. Brennan acknowledged that he did not know whether the Trump campaign
colluded with Russian operatives and said the contacts might be benign. But
his confirmation of those contacts was the latest revelation to undermine Mr
. Trump’s changing account of his campaign’s links to Russia.
American intelligence agencies have concluded that the Russian president,
Vladimir V. Putin, tried to damage Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and help Mr.
Trump. On Aug. 4, as evidence of that campaign mounted, Mr. Brennan warned
Alexander Bortnikov, the director of Russia’s Federal Security Service,
known as the F.S.B., not to meddle in the election. Not only would
interference damage relations between the two countries, he said, it was
certain to backfire.
“I said that all Americans, regardless of political affiliation or whom
they might support in the election, cherish their ability to elect their own
leaders without outside interference or disruption,” Mr. Brennan said. “I
said American voters would be outraged by any Russian attempt to interfere
in election.”
Mr. Brennan’s warning proved futile. Though intelligence agencies are
unanimous in their belief that Russia directly interfered with the election,
it has become a divisive partisan issue, with Democrats far more likely
than Republicans to accept the conclusion. President Trump has declared that
“Russia is fake news” and tried to undermine the conclusions of his own
intelligence services.
He has also repeatedly tried to beat back news stories about his campaign’s
ties to Russia. White House officials tried to enlist the F.B.I. and C.I.A.
to dispute stories early this year. Then, after the F.B.I. publicly
confirmed its investigation, Mr. Trump asked Dan Coats, the director of
national intelligence, and Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National
Security Agency, to publicly deny any collusion between Russia and his
campaign, according to two former American officials. The Washington Post
first reported Mr. Trump’s entreaties.
On the day of the F.B.I.’s confirmation, a call from the White House
switchboard came in to Mr. Coats’s office with a request to speak to the
director, a former intelligence official said. Calls from the switchboard
are usually from the highest officials at the White House — the president,
the vice president or the national security adviser.
Mr. Coats took the call. The official would not confirm what was discussed.
Mr. Coats, who testified Tuesday in a separate congressional hearing,
declined to discuss his conversations with the president.
During his candidacy, Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman declared that “there was no
communication” with foreign entities. And Vice President Mike Pence flatly
denied in January that there had been any contacts with Russians.
Journalists have since reported repeated undisclosed meetings with Russians.
Mr. Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, was forced
to resign over misstatements about his conversations with the Russian
ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak.
A Justice Department special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, is
investigating whether any collusion took place. A grand jury in Northern
Virginia has issued subpoenas for information related to Mr. Flynn’s
lobbying and businesses.
Mr. Brennan described Russia’s efforts around the world to use politicians
to further Moscow’s objectives. “I certainly was concerned that they were
practicing the same types of activities here in the United States,” he said.
In late July, officials established a group of N.S.A., C.I.A. and F.B.I.
officials to investigate the election interference. The information was
tightly held, and the F.B.I. took the lead on investigating potential
collusion, Mr. Brennan said.
“I made sure that anything that was involving U.S. persons, including
anything involving the individuals involved in the Trump campaign, was
shared with the bureau,” he said. | z****n
发帖数: 3189 | 2 好像没有实质性内容，大概就是说床破这次跳进密西西比河都洗不清。
Tuesday.
described
【在 z****n 的大作中提到】
: WASHINGTON — As Russian hackers and propagandists tried to manipulate the
: American election last year, the C.I.A. noticed a series of suspicious
: contacts between Russian government officials and associates of Donald J.
: Trump’s campaign, John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, said Tuesday.
: In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Brennan described
: a nerve-fraying few months as American authorities realized that the
: election was under attack and worried that Mr. Trump’s campaign might be
: aiding that fight. His remarks were the fullest public account to date of
: the origins of an F.B.I. investigation that continues to shadow the Trump
: administration.
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发帖数: 28835 | 4 moody 出手降级了中国， from A3 to A | s***d
发帖数: 15421 | 5 mm在制造volatility
Tuesday.
described
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【在 z****n 的大作中提到】
: WASHINGTON — As Russian hackers and propagandists tried to manipulate the
: American election last year, the C.I.A. noticed a series of suspicious
: contacts between Russian government officials and associates of Donald J.
: Trump’s campaign, John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, said Tuesday.
: In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Brennan described
: a nerve-fraying few months as American authorities realized that the
: election was under attack and worried that Mr. Trump’s campaign might be
: aiding that fight. His remarks were the fullest public account to date of
: the origins of an F.B.I. investigation that continues to shadow the Trump
: administration.
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发帖数: 3189 | 6 那对美国应该是利好啊，中国垮了笑得最开心的肯定是美国
【在 x*******1 的大作中提到】
: moody 出手降级了中国， from A3 to A
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