{"id":280949,"date":"2016-12-31T11:44:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T11:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=280949"},"modified":"2016-12-31T11:44:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T11:44:41","slug":"dont-blame-russia-for-hacking-blame-computers-for-complicating-life-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/dont-blame-russia-for-hacking-blame-computers-for-complicating-life-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t blame Russia for hacking; blame computers for complicating life – Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President-elect Donald Trump is less than enthusiastic about some senators\u2019 suggestion that Russia \u2015 and perhaps even Vladimir Putin himself \u2015 should be sanctioned for interfering in the U.S. elections, telling reporters Wednesday that it\u2019s time people move on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For Trump, the real culprit isn\u2019t the Russian president or his hackers. It\u2019s computers and technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI think we ought to get on with our lives,\u201d Trump said Wednesday, according to the pool report. He was at his Mar-a-Lago resort, standing next to boxing promoter Don King. \u201cI think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what is going on. We have speed, we have a lot of other things, but I\u2019m not sure we have the kind the security we need. But I have not spoken with the senators and I will certainly will be over a period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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U.S. intelligence agencies have been clear in saying that they have a pretty good idea of what\u2019s going on. The FBI, CIA and the director of national intelligence have agreed that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections to help Trump beat DemocratHillary Clinton. Intelligence officials also recently told NBC News that they have \u201ca high level of confidence\u201d that Putin himself was involved in the covert operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThere will be bipartisan sanctions coming that will hit Russia hard, particularly Putin as an individual,\u201d Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When asked directly about Graham\u2019s suggestion about sanctions on Putin, Trump replied Wednesday, \u201cI don\u2019t know what he\u2019s doing. I haven\u2019t spoken to Sen. Graham. … [A]s you know, he ran against me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Although a bipartisan group of lawmakers have called for a special select panel to probe cyber-warfare threats from Russia and other U.S. adversaries, including Iran and China, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has insisted any investigation will stay within the Senate Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump has long had a cozy relationship with Putin, going out of his way to praise him during the campaign and resisting joining the chorus of criticism over Russia\u2019s involvement in the elections. He has said the idea that Russia tried to help him win was \u201cridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNobody really knows, and hacking is very interesting,\u201d he said on \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d earlier this month. \u201cOnce they hack, if you don\u2019t catch them in the act you\u2019re not going to catch them. They have no idea if it\u2019s Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I mean, they have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During the presidential campaign, emails from the Democratic National Committee and the private account of John Podesta, Clinton\u2019s campaign chairman, were hacked and released on WikiLeaks. The DNC emails, in particular, caused turmoil within the party as supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), citing exchanges in the released emails, accused party officials of tipping the scales for Clinton during the primary campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump rarely, if ever, uses computers, and despite his savviness with social media, it\u2019s not clear he understands much about how they work.<\/p>\n

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Source: Huffingtonpost.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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