Lame Duck President Obama Pits US Intelligence Community Against Donald Trump

President Barack Obama has ordered US spy agencies to prepare «a full review» of alleged Russian hacking related to the 2016 presidential race and malicious cyber activity related to US elections going back to 2008. He will study the report and consider a «proportional» response to the hacks. The time appears to be well calculated - the intelligence community may come to the conclusion that Russia influenced the outcome of the presidential election just days before the president-elect takes office...

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