The New York Times and the Washington Post ran back-to-back stories over the weekend reporting on closed-door briefings that the CIA had given members of Congress on Russia’s interference in the recent U.S. elections. The stories revealed no real new information on the hacks themselves—the consensus among the Intelligence Community that Russia was probably behind the DNC leaks was reported as early as July, and the subject was debated by the candidates themselves—but they did contain a tantalizing new tidbit: The CIA had concluded that since the Russians had compromised both the RNC and the DNC but leaked only the …read more
Source: The American Interest
