Section: PBS (USA)
Russian meddling doubters should wait to see report, says Brennan
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we begin a series of conversations with top officials in the Obama administration, as its eight years in office come to a close. John Brennan has served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency since March of 2013. It’s an agency he knew well before his tenure as director. He was a station chief overseas, and an...
Trump still not sold on Russian link to hacking
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations. Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite...
Why deterring Putin from foreign meddling is practically impossible
HARI SREENIVASAN: We now turn back to the latest in U.S.-Russia relations. For insight into Putin’s reaction to the Obama administration’s leveling of sanctions against Russia yesterday, we turn to Andrew Weiss. He was director of Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs at the White House National Security Council staff. He’s...
Timeline: Three decades of diplomatic spats between U.S. and Moscow
WASHINGTON — U.S. relations with Moscow during and after the Cold War have been marred by diplomatic dustups ranging from espionage scandals to an Olympics boycott. Current tensions, highlighted by President Barack Obama’s decision to impose sanctions and expel 35 Russia diplomats, is exceptional because it stems from U.S. allegations of...
Putin relents, says he won’t out expel U.S. diplomats after sanctions
President Vladimir Putin castigated the United States Friday for bringing sanctions and expelling Russian diplomats amid allegations of Russian meddling in the American presidential election, but said no U.S. diplomats will be ousted in reprisal for Washington’s moves in the wake of hacking attacks. In a burgeoning controversy surrounding...
News Wrap: Obama announces U.S. retaliation against Russia for election meddling
HARI SREENIVASAN: The White House has stated that Russian hackers tried to sway the U.S. presidential race. And now it’s laid out the punishment, targeting key leaders and agencies in Moscow. The word came from Hawaii, where the president is vacationing. The Kremlin had been waiting and watching. Today, the White House ended the waiting....
U.S. slaps sanctions on Russia, expels 35 diplomats
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. The State Department also has kicked out 35 Russian diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate...
Trump raises prospect of America more willing to act alone on global stage
For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the word on its own, it rarely should. “Multilateralism regulates hubris,” Obama declared. RELATED LINKSDonald Trump’s fighting words are worrying to some Why didn’t the U.S. veto the...
Security company releases new evidence of Russian role in DNC hack
JUDY WOODRUFF: The CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the Russian government was behind the email hack into the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations, but have yet to produce their evidence publicly. President-elect Trump has questioned that conclusion. Today, the private cyber security company that...
The rise of the Five Star Movement, Italy’s ‘rejectionist’ party
JUDY WOODRUFF: But first, earlier this month, Italian voters rejected a referendum to alter that nation’s constitution — in what was a stern rebuke of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who resigned in the aftermath. The vote was seen as the latest instance of a rising tide of populism both in Europe, and here, against elites and the perceived...
