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President ]'s spokesman ] told ]: "The fact is, US unpredictability and aggression keep growing, and such threats against Moscow and our country’s leadership are unprecedented, because the threat is being announced at the level of the US Vice President. Of course, given such an aggressive, unpredictable line, we have to take measures to protect our interests, somehow hedge the risks...such unpredictability is dangerous for the whole world."<ref>{{cite web|title=Kremlin: Russia faces unprecedented cyber-threats from the US|url=https://www.rt.com/news/362868-kremlin-cyberattack-threats-us/|website=rt.com|accessdate=15 October 2016}}</ref> President ]'s spokesman ] told ]: "The fact is, US unpredictability and aggression keep growing, and such threats against Moscow and our country’s leadership are unprecedented, because the threat is being announced at the level of the US Vice President. Of course, given such an aggressive, unpredictable line, we have to take measures to protect our interests, somehow hedge the risks...such unpredictability is dangerous for the whole world."<ref>{{cite web|title=Kremlin: Russia faces unprecedented cyber-threats from the US|url=https://www.rt.com/news/362868-kremlin-cyberattack-threats-us/|website=rt.com|accessdate=15 October 2016}}</ref>

Despite the ongoing insistence of the Obama administration and the presidential campaign of ], there remains little to no evidence that Russia has any involvement with the disclosure of emails damaging to the Clinton campaign. At this time, every mention of the narrative that the email leaks originate from the Russian government appears to link back to the ] and/or the campaign of Hillary Clinton.


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In 2016, Jeh Johnson the United States Secretary of Homeland Security and James Clapper the U.S. Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement accusing Russia of interfering with the 2016 United States presidential election. The New York Times reported the Obama administration has formally accused Russia of stealing and disclosing Democratic National Committee emails. Under U.S. law (50 U.S.C.Title 50 - War and National Defense, Chapter 15 - National Security, Subchapter III Accountability for Intelligence Activities ) there must be a formal Presidential finding prior to authorizing a covert attack.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on the American news interview program Meet The Press that the United States will respond. The New York Times noted that Biden's comment "seems to suggest that Mr. Obama is prepared to order — or has already ordered — some kind of covert action"

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti: "The fact is, US unpredictability and aggression keep growing, and such threats against Moscow and our country’s leadership are unprecedented, because the threat is being announced at the level of the US Vice President. Of course, given such an aggressive, unpredictable line, we have to take measures to protect our interests, somehow hedge the risks...such unpredictability is dangerous for the whole world."

Despite the ongoing insistence of the Obama administration and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, there remains little to no evidence that Russia has any involvement with the disclosure of emails damaging to the Clinton campaign. At this time, every mention of the narrative that the email leaks originate from the Russian government appears to link back to the Democratic National Committee and/or the campaign of Hillary Clinton.

US action and reaction

On October 18, 2016 Ecuador acknowledged it "temporarily restricted" WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's internet access at Embassy of Ecuador, London. WikiLeaks accused U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry of asking Ecuador to shut down Julian Assange's internet connection. Kerry immediately denied involvement issuing the the following statement through his spokesperson: While our concerns about Wikileaks are longstanding, any suggestion that Secretary Kerry or the State Department were involved in shutting down Wikileaks is false. Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue. Period.

Russian action and reaction

On Sunday October 16, 2016 after attending a summit meeting of the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS Summit), Russian president Vladimir Putin made extensive comments on Ruptly TV in response to Biden's comments.

See also

References

  1. "Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security". Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security. October 7, 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. "U.S. Says Russia Directed Hacks to Influence Elections". NYT. Oct 7, 2016.
  3. "Presidential approval and reporting of covert actions". gpo.gov. United States Code. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. "VP Biden Promises Response to Russian Hacking". NBC News Meet the Press. Oct 14, 2016.
  5. "Biden Hints at U.S. Response to Russia for Cyberattacks". NYT. Oct 15, 2016.
  6. "Kremlin: Russia faces unprecedented cyber-threats from the US". rt.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. "Ecuador: We have 'temporarily restricted' Assange's interne". AP. October 18, 2016.
  8. "Wikileaks accuses John Kerry and the US of pressuring Ecuador into cutting off Julian Assange's internet connection after Hillary email leak - but the State Department denies it". Daily Mail UK. October 8, 2016.
  9. "State Dept. denies John Kerry involved in WikiLeaks Internet disruption". USA Today. Oct 18, 2016.
  10. "2016 PUTIN's PRESS CONFERENCE IN INDIA GOA: US spying activities incompatible with international norms". Ruptly. October 16, 2016.


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