Clapper fails to convince in testimony on the Clinton leaks to the Senate

Clapper fails to convince in testimony on the Clinton leaks to the Senate

 

Director
of National Intelligence James Clapper briefed the Senate on Russian
involvement in the US election and the Clinton leaks but provided no
fresh evidence and failed to say anything new.

The Senate hearings into the Russian hacking scandal that took place on Thursday 5th January 2017 came across to me as something of a damp squib.

Director James Clapper provided no actual evidence to support the
allegation that Russia was responsible for the Clinton leaks, and
refused to go along with Senator McCain’s wildly over-the-top claim that
Russia’s alleged interference in the election was an “act of war”.

As to that, all I would say is that if foreign interference in a
country’s election is an “act of war”, then the US, which has interfered
in the internal affairs of other countries on numberless occasions, has
committed such “acts of war” countless times.   One Republican Senator,
Thom Tillis, actually pointed out that a Carnegie Mellon University
study has found the US interfered in 81 foreign elections since World
War II, whilst the USSR or Russia has interfered in 36.