Election security

Politicized CIA Targets Trump

Claiming Russian “interference,” Hillary Clinton’s team is demanding classified briefings for members of the Electoral College, citing “Trump’s willingness to disregard conclusions made by the intelligence community and his continuing defense of Russia.” While the effort has almost no chance of overturning the election result, the attempt to damage the President-elect by a partisan Central Intelligence Agency is all too real.

On Sunday, Trump called the claims of Russian manipulation “ridiculous” and “just another excuse” for Clinton’s loss. Trump disputed that the involvement by Russian intelligence into hacking at the DNC was certain, and pushed back against the narrative put forward by the CIA and the media, that Russian efforts were in any way important in the electoral outcome.