{"id":277197,"date":"2016-12-16T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T06:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277197"},"modified":"2016-12-16T06:46:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T06:46:22","slug":"obama-vows-action-against-russia-over-election-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/obama-vows-action-against-russia-over-election-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama vows action against Russia over election hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign.<\/p>\n
“We need to take action and we will,” he told US radio station NPR.<\/p>\n
Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, which the Kremlin strongly denies.<\/p>\n
Republican president-elect Donald Trump has also dismissed the claim as “ridiculous” and politically motivated.<\/p>\n
The intelligence agencies say they have overwhelming evidence that Russian hackers linked to the Kremlin were behind the hacks.<\/p>\n
And on Thursday, a White House spokesman said President Vladimir Putin was involved in the cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n
Hours later, Mr Obama said: “I think there’s no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact on the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will, at a time and a place of our own choosing.<\/p>\n
“Some of it may be explicit and publicised. Some of it may not be.<\/p>\n
“Mr Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it.”<\/p>\n