President Obama reportedly did not confront Russia about its alleged hacking during the presidential campaign because of optics and over-confidence in a Hillary Clinton victory.
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“They thought she was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road,” a U.S. government official told NBC News.
The Obama administration did not respond more forcefully to reports of Russian hacking because they wanted to avoid a potential cyber war with Russia and did not want to appear to be interfering in the U.S. presidential election, according to multiple high-level government officials who spoke to NBC.
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An administration official blamed the news media for not focusing more on the Russian operation during the campaign, as the White House did take some action before the Election Day in November.
JUST IN: Sources: Obama admin. thought Clinton would win, didn’t want to risk potential cyber war with Russia. https://t.co/8L7bHFw3AV
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) December 15, 2016
Obama privately confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about the hacks at the G-20 summit in China in September and a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence was issued on October 7 addressing Russia’s interference.
President-elect Trump, who has disputed the claim that the hacking source was Russia, criticized the administration in a tweet on Thursday.
If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2016
“I think it is a legitimate question and I think given the stakes at the national level the question deserves an answer,” retired Adm. James Stavridis told NBC. “In retrospect it certainly seems as though it was a mistake not to call the Russians sooner and respond to them in a very forceful way.”
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There was plenty of agreement with that sentiment on social media as Twitter users reacted to yet another excuse from Democrats who seem to always deflect responsibility and blame.
“They thought [Clinton] was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road,” one US official asserts to @NBCNightlyNews.
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) December 15, 2016
@jmkind24 That’s a long time to kick a can. Has to be pretty dented by now.
— Judd Zulgad’s Hoodie (@JZHoodie) December 15, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews @RedDirtSport That’s rich. So their candidate loses so NOW it’s an issue. Which means it is strictly political.
— Lance Norris (@SoonerManInAZ) December 16, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews But they’re willing to start a cyber war with Russia now that Trump won. Jan 20th can’t come fast enough.
— Conan the Deplorable (@ContrarianConan) December 15, 2016
So they wouldn’t have cared about foreign influence on the election if HRC won? @NBCNightlyNews @lyz_estrada pic.twitter.com/TJOculFtei
— 8RussianHackerBits (@8bitsofsound) December 16, 2016
@Toncuz @NBCNightlyNews we spy, they spy, everybody spies. We interfere with everyone’s elections as much as we can. As does everyone else.
— Robin McWilliams (@Queen0fcups) December 16, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews So, he only cares about Russian hacking if he thinks it will harm Democrats’ electoral chances? The man is brilliant.
— Mike Armbrester (@MikeArmbrester) December 16, 2016
@WmsEmund @NBCNightlyNews @realDonaldTrump Obama chose politics over the Nation
— D’Arce Choke (@laxman0317) December 16, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews pic.twitter.com/DrjNsbUxRc
— MyViewOnIt (@anotherviewofit) December 15, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews The Democrats philosophy is when you lose an election
Never accept responsibility
Always look for somebody else to blame
— Malcolm Shabazz (@malcolmshabazz6) December 16, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews @1catherinesiena @NBCNews it took this long to come up with that excuse
— Hereistheanswer (@hereistheanswer) December 16, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews @NBCNews the dog ate my election
— Me Chomper (@chmpr) December 16, 2016
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