Senate report details ‘counterintelligence threat’ posed by Russian influence campaign in 2016 election
(Worthy News) – The Senate Intelligence Committee released the fifth and final volume of its report on Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election, revealing new details about Russia’s efforts and about flaws with the U.S. government’s response and investigations.
The 966-page report is largely unredacted, though key sections are blacked out. It “lays out its findings in detail by looking at many aspects of the counterintelligence threat posed by the Russian influence operation.” The bipartisan Senate committee, led by acting Republican Chairman Marco Rubio of Florida and Democratic Vice Chairman Mark Warner, touched on a host of topics to provide “the most comprehensive description to date of Russia’s activities and the threat they posed.”
The committee found that “certain FBI procedures and actions in response to the Russian threat to the 2016 elections were flawed, in particular its interactions with the DNC about the hacking operation and its treatment of the set of memos referred to as the Steele Dossier.” The senators criticized the bureau for botching its response to Russian hacking, writing that the FBI “overly adhered to the letter of its procedures in dealings with the DNC, rather than recognizing the gap between those procedures and the effective pursuit of its mission.” [ Source (Read More…) ]