micdotcom: Vladimir Putin personally directed Russian intel op to get Trump elected, per NBC News re
micdotcom: Vladimir Putin personally directed Russian intel op to get Trump elected, per NBC News report U.S. intelligence officials now believe Putin was personally involved in efforts to alter the outcome of the 2016 election in favor of Trump According to the NBC report, Putin knew about and directed cyber attacks on Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. NBC spoke with "two senior officials with direct access to the information.“ One high-level official told NBC Putin began with a “vendetta” against Clinton, but then transitioned into a generalized attack on what Russian officials saw as corruption in the U.S. political system. As the operation continued, Putin intended to “split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn’t depend on the U.S. to be a credible global leader anymore.” the official said. Read more -- source link