Whoa … here’s a shocker from NBC News that’s just in.
JUST IN: Sources: Obama admin. thought Clinton would win, didn't want to risk potential cyber war with Russia. https://t.co/8L7bHFw3AV
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) December 15, 2016
While plenty of sources have insisted that Vladimir Putin himself was personally directing a hacking campaign against the Hillary Clinton campaign, others have asked repeatedly: if the Russians were known to be trying to influence the election through hacking, why didn’t the Obama administration do anything about it? Instead, the president went out on the road with Hillary Clinton to join her on the campaign trail.
The Obama administration didn’t respond more forcefully to Russian hacking before the presidential election because they didn’t want to appear to be interfering in the election and they thought that Hillary Clinton was going to win and a potential cyber war with Russia wasn’t worth it, multiple high-level government officials told NBC News.
NBC News’s own sources on the matter say that —brace yourselves — the administration was going to brush off allegations of hacking and look into them after Clinton had been elected. Plus, they certainly didn’t want to risk a cyberwar during a busy campaign season.
"They thought [Clinton] was going to win, so they were willing to kick the can down the road," one US official asserts to @NBCNightlyNews.
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) December 15, 2016
That everyone assumed Hillary was going to win goes a long way toward explaining why she didn’t, in retrospect.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/809548980891844608
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/809560068270202886
@nbcbayarea @NBCNews All these Dems really need to stop being sour and find something else to do.
— Wendi Amber Zuccaro (@AmberWendi) December 15, 2016
So, he only cares about Russian hacking if he thinks it will harm Democrats' electoral chances? The man is brilliant.
— Mike Armbrester (@MikeArmbrester) December 16, 2016
so hacking was fine when it looked like HC was going to win, Trump wins and its horrible. No proof provided yet
— Joel (@Joelvegas12) December 16, 2016
@RedDirtSport That's rich. So their candidate loses so NOW it's an issue. Which means it is strictly political.
— Lance Norris (@SoonerManInAZ) December 16, 2016
So, it's perfectly fine for the POTUS to not protect this country, because he thought Cankles McPantsuit was going to win?
— Moxie (@HumorInstitute) December 16, 2016
@jtLOL @NBCNews if they thought clinton wld win then they clearly didnt think the "russian hack" had any influential hand.
— CRP (@crpcrpcrpcrp4) December 16, 2016
@FreeBeacon @NBCNews Totally makes sense. It's part of Obama do nothing policy, talk up support, & deny the negative result
— Joe morales, Ph.D. (@Joemora63617406) December 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/8bitsofsound/status/809549934148120576
Oh, Obama certainly would have made cybersecurity his No. 1 priority in his remaining weeks in office.
the dog ate my election
— Me Chomper (@chmpr) December 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/ItswithaG/status/809544668299993088
— Margaret ?️? | TriciaCon2020 ?? (@MargNation) December 16, 2016
Join the conversation as a VIP Member