Friday, December 09, 2016

Obama Orders Review of Russian Election Cyberattacks

He wants the report before he leaves office, giving it extraordinary priority.

I don't know what this means. He has never cast doubt on the election result. Has something changed? The review is also to delve into Russian interference in the 2008 and 2012 elections.

"The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process ... and to capture lessons learned from that and to report to a range of stakeholders, to include the Congress," [Lisa Monaco, Obama's homeland security adviser] said during an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the review would be a "deep dive" that would look for a pattern of such behavior over several years during election time, dating as far back as the 2008 presidential election.

He noted that Obama wanted the review completed under his watch. "This is a major priority," Schultz said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber-idUSKBN13Y1U7