Mainstream Media Says Russia Hacked US Election, Gives No Proof

Mainstream Media Says Russia Hacked US Election, Gives No Proof: The CIA on Friday leaked a memo to the Washington Post “concluding” that Russia meddled in the U.S. election to help President-elect Donald Trump win — but any evidence supporting that finding remains secret.

Anonymous sources told the Post that “the CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system.” They said intelligence agencies “identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman.”

Yet with the “secret assessment” still hidden, the seeming confirmation boils down to little more than claims by unnamed officials.

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