Marekani yawafukuza Wanadimplomasia 35 wa Kirusi kwa kuingilia mfumo wa matokeo ya Urais

[Sexer]

Marekani imewapa masaa 72 wanadiplomasia 35 wa Kirusi kuondoka kwenye ubalozi wa Urusi nchini Marekani. Pia maeneo mawili ya Urusi yaliyokuwa yakitumiwa na Urusi kwa ukusanyaji wa Intelijensia yatafungwa mjini Maryland na New York kama sehemu ya hatua hizo.

Rais Obama ametaka vitendo dhidi ya Urusi juu ya tuhuma zilizotolewa na Marekani za Urusi kuingilia mfumo wa kimtandao dhidi ya chama cha Democrats na kampeni za Hillary Clinton.

Urusi imekana kuhusika kwa namna yeyote.
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President Barack Obama took unprecedented steps Thursday to retaliate against alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election, prompting vows from Russian authorities that Moscow will respond in kind.

The administration described Russia's involvement as "Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities" and sanctioned six Russian individuals and five Russian entities, as well as ordering dozens of Russian diplomats to leave the country. This is the first time the names of Russian officials involved in the hacking have become public on the sanctions list.

Obama said 35 Russian diplomats have been ordered to leave the country and two Russian compounds are being closed under Thursday's actions.
"Russia's cyberactivities were intended to influence the election, erode faith in US democratic institutions, sow doubt about the integrity of our electoral process, and undermine confidence in the institutions of the US government," a White House statement said. "These actions are unacceptable and will not be tolerated."

According to statements from the White House and the Treasury Department, the government has sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; three companies that provided material support to the GRU's operations; and two Russian individuals for using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information.

Two of the individuals on the sanctions list, Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev and Alexey Belan, are on the FBI wanted list as well.

Obama also said in the statement announcing that the diplomats have been ordered to leave the country, that those individuals and their families were given 72 hours to leave the United States.

"These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian government, and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm US interests in violation of established international norms of behavior," Obama said in the statement.

Russia's reaction
Russia swiftly responded to the actions Thursday. Russia will respond to any "hostile steps" that the US may take in response to allegations of hacking during the 2016 election, according to the official representative for the ministry.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said similar steps will be taken in response to the expulsions, though she did not immediately provide further details. Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters there is "no alternative to reciprocal measures," adding that Putin is "in no rush to make a decision."
And Russia's embassy in the UK tweeted that Obama's actions were "Cold War deja vu" described the administration as "hapless."

Congressional Republicans split with Trump
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that Americans should "get on with our lives" when he was asked about the expected White House announcement to place sanctions on Russia.

"I think we ought to get on with our lives," he told reporters Wednesday night at the Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida. "I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what is going on. We have speed, we have a lot of other things, but I'm not sure we have the kind, the security we need."

A senior Obama administration official acknowledged to reporters Thursday that Trump could reverse the sanctions by executive order, but added, "I don't think it'd make a lot of sense."

The President-elect's statements also split with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, called the sanctions "overdue," adding that it is an "appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia."

"Russia does not share America's interests," he said in a statement Thursday. "In fact, it has consistently sought to undermine them, sowing dangerous instability around the world. While today's action by the administration is overdue, it is an appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia. And it serves as a prime example of this administration's ineffective foreign policy that has left America weaker in the eyes of the world."

Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two of Russia's fiercest critics in the US Senate, called for stronger sanctions against Russia.

"The retaliatory measures announced by the Obama administration today are long overdue. But ultimately, they are a small price for Russia to pay for its brazen attack on American democracy. We intend to lead the effort in the new Congress to impose stronger sanctions on Russia," the two said in a joint statement.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a statement on Thursday reiterating the agency's confidence that the Russian government was involved in the US hacking.

"This activity by Russian intelligence services is part of a decade-long campaign of cyber-enabled operations directed at the US Government and its citizens," the statement read. "The US Government can confirm that the Russian government, including Russia's civilian and military intelligence services, conducted many of the activities generally described by a number of these security companies."

Months of internal debate
The administration's announcement comes after months of internal debate over how to respond to Russian hacking that US law enforcement and intelligence agencies have watched take place for over a year.

The US government announced in October that it was "confident" that the Russian government orchestrated the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations of the Democratic Party to influence the 2016 election.
Those hacks resulted in the public release of thousands of stolen emails, many of which included damaging revelations about the Democratic Party and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the party's nominee.

The hacking of DNC emails eventually led to the resignation of former chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz after emails showed her favoring Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary.

Earlier this month, the CIA announced to a group of senators that the hacks were aimed to help elect Trump as president

 

[Hamis Juma]

Picha limeanza, Januari Trump wampe nchi huyu jamaa sasa ana hasira mbaya mwishoni... Anaona kapigwa dole la kati

 

[kui]

Obama admin. expels, Trump admin will probably take them back in. Divided States Of America.

 

[BAK]

The good thing about Obama's decision is that majority of GOP Senators are on the same page with O.

Obama orders sanctions on Russia after campaign hacking during US election

• Executive order sets out sanctions including expelling of 35 Russians
• White House believes Russia sought to influence vote in favor of Trump

Vladimir Putin talks to Barack Obama during a meeting at the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China on 5 September 2016. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin/EPA


Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Shaun Walker in Moscow

Thursday 29 December 2016 19.37 GMT Last modified on Thursday 29 December 2016 20.47 GMT

The Obama administration on Thursday announced its retaliation against Russia for what US intelligence services believe to be its efforts to interfere with the US electoral process, ordering sanctions that included the expulsion of 35 Russians and the closure of two Russian compounds in the US.

US intelligence services believe Russia ordered cyber attacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other political organizations, in an attempt to influence the election in favor of the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

In a statement issued two weeks after the president said he would respond to cyber attacks by Moscow “at a time and place of our choosing”, Obama said Americans should “be alarmed by Russia’s actions” and pledged further action.

“I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our allies or partners,” he said.

“Using this new authority, I have sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations.

“In addition, the secretary of the treasury is designating two Russian individuals for using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information.”

Obama added: “These actions are not the sum total of our response to Russia’s aggressive activities. We will continue to take a variety of actions at a time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicized.”

In a conference call with reporters, senior White House officials said its actions were a necessary response to “very disturbing Russian threats to US national security”.

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“There has to be a cost and a consequence for what Russia has done,” a senior administration official said. “It is in a extraordinary step for them to interfere in the democratic process here in the United States of America. There needs to be a price for that.”

In Moscow a Putin spokesman said Russia regretted the new sanctions and would consider retaliatory measures.

Diplomatic expulsions are normally met with exactly reciprocal action. In this case, however, Moscow may pause for thought. With Trump, who has spoken positively about Russia and president Vladimir Putin repeatedly, just three weeks away from the White House, the Russians may feel it is inadvisable to kick out 35 US diplomats.

On Thursday, Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the international affairs committee in the upper house of the Russian parliament, was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying the US move represented “the death throes of political corpses”.

The Twitter feed of the Russian embassy in London, meanwhile, called the Obama administration “hapless” and attached a picture of a duck with the word “lame” emblazoned across it.

On the White House call, officials were asked about the prospect of Trump overturning the sanctions upon taking office. They acknowledged that a future president could reverse course, but warned against the “inadvisable” step of reopening US intelligence compounds to Russians who were seeking to undermine the democracy of both the US and its allies.

“We have no reason to believe that Russia’s activities will cease,” a senior official said. “One reason why I think it is necessary to sustain these actions is because there’s every reason to believe Russia will interfere with future US elections.”

On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers applauded the president’s action, called for further measures and emphasized bipartisan support for a thorough investigation into Russian hacking.

“I hope the incoming Trump administration, which has been far too close to Russia throughout the campaign and transition, won’t think for one second about weakening these new sanctions or our existing regime,” incoming Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.

“Both parties ought to be united in standing up to Russian interference in our elections, to their cyber attacks, their illegal annexation of Crimea and other extra-legal interventions.”

Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee, called for further sanctions from the new Congress when it convenes in January.

Trump and leading Republicans have consistently rejected reports of Russian interference. On Thursday, GOP leaders were quick to frame the new sanctions as too little too late.

“Russia does not share America’s interests,” House speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement. “In fact, it has consistently sought to undermine them, sowing dangerous instability around the world.

“While today’s action by the administration is overdue, it is an appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia. And it serves as a prime example of this administration’s ineffective foreign policy that has left America weaker in the eyes of the world.”

On Wednesday, Trump was asked by reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida if the US should sanction Russia over hacking activities. He said: “I think we ought to get on with our lives.

“I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what’s going on.”

On Thursday his nominated White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, used an appearance on CNN shortly before the announcement of the sanctions to suggest the DNC should have protected its email accounts more effectively.

“The question hasn’t even been asked,” he said “Did you take basic measures to protect the data that was on there? Where’s the responsibility of them to protect their systems?”

A statement from the US state department said the diplomatic expulsions were a response not only to hacking but to “a pattern of harassment of our diplomats overseas, that has increased over the last four years, including a significant increase in the last 12 months”.

The statement said the harassment has included “arbitrary police stops, physical assault, and the broadcast on state TV of personal details about our personnel that put them at risk”.

For some time, US diplomats in Russia have anecdotally reported being followed and harassed by police every time they leave the embassy, or having their cars stopped by traffic police repeatedly.

In June, a US diplomat was wrestled to the ground by a policeman as he scrambled to get inside the embassy. Russian authorities said the man was a CIA agent operating under diplomatic cover.

Obama admin. expels, Trump admin will probably take them back in. Divided States Of America.

 

[LOSEJMASAI]

Thirty-five Russian diplomats have been expelled from the US, according to a statement from State Department. President Obama described those expelled as “intelligence operatives,” also announcing the closure of two Russian compounds, in New York and Maryland.
The Russian diplomats would be given 72 hours to leave US soil. They are expelled for acting in a "manner inconsistent with their diplomatic status," the statement reads.
Source RT
US expels 35 Russian diplomats, closes 2 compounds

 

[Milindi]

Trump is P! They will be back soon!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Huyu Obama mpuumbavu sana.

Ushahidi kwamba Urusi ilidukua huo uchaguzi uko wapi?

I mean, kibibi kimeshindwa fair and square ila kukubali hawataki.

Wamehamisha magoli wee...lakini hamna kitu.

Walianza na kumtumia Jill Stein kwenye recount...wakaangukia pua.

Wakaja kwenye kuwa lobby electors lakini matokeo yake kibibi kikaishia kupoteza kura zaidi.

Sasa wamebaki na hii ya Urusi kudukua mfumo wao bila hata ushahidi.

Nahisi hapo ni hujuma tu ya kutaka kuuharibia utawala ujao wa Trump.

Majuzi hapa wameisaliti Israel....leo wamefukuza hao wanadiplomasia....sijui kesho watafanya nini.

That's some baby ting! Absolutely classless.

Kaaibika baada ya kibibi chake kushindwa uchaguzi sasa kaamua kuharibu haribu kwenye hizi siku chache zilizobakia.

Hahaha so tawdry of him!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Picha limeanza, Januari Trump wampe nchi huyu jamaa sasa ana hasira mbaya mwishoni... Anaona kapigwa dole la kati

Naona kimemuuma sana baada ya kupiga kampeni weee na kusema kwamba itakuwa ni insult kwa legacy yake kama kibibi asingechaguliwa.

Sasa kibibi kalambishwa sakafu huyu jamaa kaamua kufanya hujuma.

We mtu zimebaki wiki tatu tu uondoke unafanya haya yote ya nini kama si kuleta vurugu tu?

Majuzi hapa wameisaliti Israel...leo haya ya Urusi.

Sijui kesho ataachia wafungwa wote walio kwenye magereza ya shirikisho?!!

This guy is low class personified!

 

[kui]

The good thing about Obama's decision is that majority of GOP Senators are on the same page with O.

Obama orders sanctions on Russia after campaign hacking during US election

• Executive order sets out sanctions including expelling of 35 Russians
• White House believes Russia sought to influence vote in favor of Trump

Vladimir Putin talks to Barack Obama during a meeting at the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China on 5 September 2016. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin/EPA


Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Shaun Walker in Moscow

Thursday 29 December 2016 19.37 GMT Last modified on Thursday 29 December 2016 20.47 GMT

The Obama administration on Thursday announced its retaliation against Russia for what US intelligence services believe to be its efforts to interfere with the US electoral process, ordering sanctions that included the expulsion of 35 Russians and the closure of two Russian compounds in the US.

US intelligence services believe Russia ordered cyber attacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other political organizations, in an attempt to influence the election in favor of the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

In a statement issued two weeks after the president said he would respond to cyber attacks by Moscow “at a time and place of our choosing”, Obama said Americans should “be alarmed by Russia’s actions” and pledged further action.

“I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our allies or partners,” he said.

“Using this new authority, I have sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations.

“In addition, the secretary of the treasury is designating two Russian individuals for using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information.”

Obama added: “These actions are not the sum total of our response to Russia’s aggressive activities. We will continue to take a variety of actions at a time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicized.”

In a conference call with reporters, senior White House officials said its actions were a necessary response to “very disturbing Russian threats to US national security”.

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“There has to be a cost and a consequence for what Russia has done,” a senior administration official said. “It is in a extraordinary step for them to interfere in the democratic process here in the United States of America. There needs to be a price for that.”

In Moscow a Putin spokesman said Russia regretted the new sanctions and would consider retaliatory measures.

Diplomatic expulsions are normally met with exactly reciprocal action. In this case, however, Moscow may pause for thought. With Trump, who has spoken positively about Russia and president Vladimir Putin repeatedly, just three weeks away from the White House, the Russians may feel it is inadvisable to kick out 35 US diplomats.

On Thursday, Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the international affairs committee in the upper house of the Russian parliament, was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying the US move represented “the death throes of political corpses”.

The Twitter feed of the Russian embassy in London, meanwhile, called the Obama administration “hapless” and attached a picture of a duck with the word “lame” emblazoned across it.

On the White House call, officials were asked about the prospect of Trump overturning the sanctions upon taking office. They acknowledged that a future president could reverse course, but warned against the “inadvisable” step of reopening US intelligence compounds to Russians who were seeking to undermine the democracy of both the US and its allies.

“We have no reason to believe that Russia’s activities will cease,” a senior official said. “One reason why I think it is necessary to sustain these actions is because there’s every reason to believe Russia will interfere with future US elections.”

On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers applauded the president’s action, called for further measures and emphasized bipartisan support for a thorough investigation into Russian hacking.

“I hope the incoming Trump administration, which has been far too close to Russia throughout the campaign and transition, won’t think for one second about weakening these new sanctions or our existing regime,” incoming Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.

“Both parties ought to be united in standing up to Russian interference in our elections, to their cyber attacks, their illegal annexation of Crimea and other extra-legal interventions.”

Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee, called for further sanctions from the new Congress when it convenes in January.

Trump and leading Republicans have consistently rejected reports of Russian interference. On Thursday, GOP leaders were quick to frame the new sanctions as too little too late.

“Russia does not share America’s interests,” House speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement. “In fact, it has consistently sought to undermine them, sowing dangerous instability around the world.

“While today’s action by the administration is overdue, it is an appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia. And it serves as a prime example of this administration’s ineffective foreign policy that has left America weaker in the eyes of the world.”

On Wednesday, Trump was asked by reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida if the US should sanction Russia over hacking activities. He said: “I think we ought to get on with our lives.

“I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what’s going on.”

On Thursday his nominated White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, used an appearance on CNN shortly before the announcement of the sanctions to suggest the DNC should have protected its email accounts more effectively.

“The question hasn’t even been asked,” he said “Did you take basic measures to protect the data that was on there? Where’s the responsibility of them to protect their systems?”

A statement from the US state department said the diplomatic expulsions were a response not only to hacking but to “a pattern of harassment of our diplomats overseas, that has increased over the last four years, including a significant increase in the last 12 months”.

The statement said the harassment has included “arbitrary police stops, physical assault, and the broadcast on state TV of personal details about our personnel that put them at risk”.

For some time, US diplomats in Russia have anecdotally reported being followed and harassed by police every time they leave the embassy, or having their cars stopped by traffic police repeatedly.

In June, a US diplomat was wrestled to the ground by a policeman as he scrambled to get inside the embassy. Russian authorities said the man was a CIA agent operating under diplomatic cover.

Majority of GOP senators are on O's side?

Prez elect is going to the WH with both houses in his hands and was expected to just cruise, lakini kama wanaanza kwa mgawanyo huu, it ain't going to be that easy for him.

 

[BAK]

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump disagrees with Senate consensus on Russia

By Theodore Schleifer, CNN

Updated 3:20 PM ET, Thu December 29, 2016

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• "I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this," Graham said
• Graham and McCain were frequent critics of Trump during the campaign

(CNN)Two of the Senate's most prominent hardliners on Russia are framing the Washington consensus of Russian aggression as free from any disagreement whatsoever -- except from President-elect Donald Trump.

Republicans Lindsey Graham and John McCain, on a trip to Estonia, a Baltic nation threatened by a belligerent Russia, told CNN's Jim Sciutto in an exclusive interview that the matter was settled and that Trump was simply wrong to question the bipartisan agreement.

"There are 100 United States senators. Amy Klobuchar is on this trip with us. She's a Democrat from Minnesota. I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this and we're going to do something about it," said Graham, who is planning a hearing with McCain on Russia's interference with US elections. "We're going to put sanctions together that hit Putin as an individual and his inner circle for interfering in our election, and they're doing it all over the world -- not just in the United States."

McCain, Graham and Klobuchar are also headed to Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia and Montenegro to meet with officials about the Russian threat. The intelligence community has formally blamed the Kremlin for interfering in the most recent presidential election, using sophisticated hacking schemes and cyber intrusions to expose the emails of Democratic Party officials.

Graham and McCain were frequent critics of Trump during the campaign, and raised alarms about Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin, who Trump has praised as a "strong leader."

McCain also reiterated his worries about Rex Tillerson, the retiring ExxonMobil CEO whom Trump has chosen to lead the State Department. McCain declined to say whether there would be a confirmation showdown next month in the Senate, noting that presidents tend to have the right to pick their own advisers. But McCain said he had "concerns" about Tillerson's favorable posture toward Putin and Russia.

McCain expressed confidence, however, that Trump would "change his view" toward Russia -- and specifically their role in the cyberattacks -- once he becomes commander in chief and is "presented with the overwhelming evidence."
Some Trump positions, such as those against Iran and China, have endeared him to his party's hawks. Graham saluted those views but said that if Democrats and Republicans alike did not smack back at Putin, it would embolden the nations that Trump believes are geopolitical threats.

"If we don't push back against Putin, Iran and China -- they could hack in to our systems," Graham said. "Today it's Democrats, tomorrow it could be Republicans with the Iranians and the Chinese."

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump disagrees with the entire US Senate on Russia - CNNPolitics.com

kui

 

[Sky Eclat]

In short Putin has F****UP USA.

 

[BAK]

Ndiyo hivyo halafu jamaa Rais mteule naona ame back off hii ya Obama kuungwa mkono na wengi wa GOP Senators. Ngoja tuone hili kasheshe jinsi GOP watakavyodeal nayo. Na Obama pamoja na kuwa kabakisha only few weeks on his presidency kaamua kulala mbele na Putin.

"There are 100 United States senators. Amy Klobuchar is on this trip with us. She's a Democrat from Minnesota. I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this and we're going to do something about it," said Graham, who is planning a hearing with McCain on Russia's interference with US elections.

"We're going to put sanctions together that hit Putin as an individual and his inner circle for interfering in our election, and they're doing it all over the world -- not just in the United States."

Majority of GOP senators are on O's side?

Prez elect is going to the WH with both houses in his hands and was expected to just cruise, lakini kama wanaanza kwa mgawanyo huu, it ain't going to be that easier for him.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

In short Putin has F****UP USA.

I don't believe it.

He is just being used for political expediency.

At the end of the day someone has to be blamed for Hillary's embarrassing loss and he happens to be the low hanging fruit.

It could have been Kim Jong Un but nobody really cares about him that much so it just has to be Putin.

It's the nature of the beast.

 

[Sky Eclat]

I don't believe it.

He is just being used for political expediency.

At the end of the day someone has to be blamed for Hillary's embarrassing loss and he happens to be the low hanging fruit.

It could have been Kim Jong Un but nobody really cares about him that much so it just has to be Putin.

It's the nature of the beast.

I do feel for Hillary though, being American president was her life goal and it seems is now been buried away.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

I do feel for Hillary though, being American president was her life goal and it seems is now been buried away.

Hahaaa I know.

She ran in the wrong year. This was a Republican year.

I believe she would have won very easily in 2008, which was a Democratic year.

But she couldn't win the nomination. Her own party rejected her for Obama.

And this year, but for the chicanery of the Democratic party machinery, she would have lost again to Bernie Sanders.

But they rigged the nomination process for her and in the end the country still rejected her.

Too bad and too sad.

 

[kkenzki]

Picha limeanza, ila nadhani wanatafuta sababu ya ku"RETALIATE" on Russia. When are the next Russia elections again?

Nakumbuka serikali ya North Korea ilivyosemekana kuhack server za kampuni ya filamu ya Sony, matokeo yake South Korea wakakatiwa Internet inchi nzima kwa siku mbili. USA retaliation

 

[kui]

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump disagrees with Senate consensus on Russia

By Theodore Schleifer, CNN

Updated 3:20 PM ET, Thu December 29, 2016

• 
  JUST WATCHED
  Graham: Trump disagrees with US Senate on Russia

Story highlights

• "I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this," Graham said
• Graham and McCain were frequent critics of Trump during the campaign

(CNN)Two of the Senate's most prominent hardliners on Russia are framing the Washington consensus of Russian aggression as free from any disagreement whatsoever -- except from President-elect Donald Trump.

Republicans Lindsey Graham and John McCain, on a trip to Estonia, a Baltic nation threatened by a belligerent Russia, told CNN's Jim Sciutto in an exclusive interview that the matter was settled and that Trump was simply wrong to question the bipartisan agreement.

"There are 100 United States senators. Amy Klobuchar is on this trip with us. She's a Democrat from Minnesota. I would say that 99 of usthe
ieve the Russians did this and we're going to do something about it," said Graham, who is planning a hearing with McCain on Russia's interference with US elections. "We're going to put sanctions together that hit Putin as an individual and his inner circle for interfering in our election, and they're doing it all over the world -- not just in the United States."

McCain, Graham and Klobuchar are also headed to Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia and Montenegro to meet with officials about the Russian threat. The intelligence community has formally blamed the Kremlin for interfering in the most recent presidential election, using sophisticated hacking schemes and cyber intrusions to expose the emails of Democratic Party officials.

Graham and McCain were frequent critics of Trump during the campaign, and raised alarms about Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin, who Trump has praised as a "strong leader."

McCain also reiterated his worries about Rex Tillerson, the retiring ExxonMobil CEO whom Trump has chosen to lead the State Department. McCain declined to say whether there would be a confirmation showdown next month in the Senate, noting that presidents tend to have the right to pick their own advisers. But McCain said he had "concerns" about Tillerson's favorable posture toward Putin and Russia.

McCain expressed confidence, however, that Trump would "change his view" toward Russia -- and specifically their role in the cyberattacks -- once he becomes commander in chief and is "presented with the overwhelming evidence."
Some Trump positions, such as those against Iran and China, have endeared him to his party's hawks. Graham saluted those views but said that if Democrats and Republicans alike did not smack back at Putin, it would embolden the nations that Trump believes are geopolitical threats.

"If we don't push back against Putin, Iran and China -- they could hack in to our systems," Graham said. "Today it's Democrats, tomorrow it could be Republicans with the Iranians and the Chinese."

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump disagrees with the entire US Senate on Russia - CNNPolitics.com

kui

"Disagree with the Entire US senate.."
Talkin' bout starting off on..

Graham made a valid point tho, kibongo bongo tutasema mwenzio akinyolewa wewe tia maji. Leo wao wanachekelea, kesho inaweza kuwa vise versa. Hii ni kwa maslahi ya Nchi.

Halafu hiyo pick ya Trump kwa Tillerson ambaye ni BFF wa Putin ili wabore, then kaenda mpa department ambayo, he might be even closer to Putin, na ndo kazidi kuwa bore.
You might wonder sometimes he does things on purpose, ili awa bore tu...

 

[kui]

In short Putin has F****UP USA.

...like big time.

 

[BAK]

Asipokuwa careful na kuropoka ropoka kwake hasa kuhusu Putin huyu Tillerson watampiga chini kwa kukosa support ya few of GOP senators. Na ukishaanza vibaya baadhi ya wateule wako kupigwa chini basi unaanza kujishuku kwenye teuzi ukija stuka 100 days in WH zimekata hakuna lolote lile ulilofanya. Na media ilivyokuwa na usongo na huyu jamaa haitamuonea uvivu. Hii miaka minne inaweza kuwa ni sinema tosha kabisa na Hollywood watengeze cartoons movie tu hii ya ndani ya WH inatutosha wapenda movies.

"Disagree with the Entire US senate.."
Talkin' bout starting off on..

Graham made a valid point tho, kibongo bongo tutasema mwenzio akinyolewa wewe tia maji. Leo wao wanachekelea, kesho inaweza kuwa vise versa. Hii ni kwa maslahi ya Nchi.

Halafu hiyo pick ya Trump kwa Tillerson ambaye ni BFF wa Putin ili wabore, then kaenda mpa department ambayo, he might be even closer to Putin, na ndo kazidi kuwa bore.
You might wonder sometimes he does things on purpose, ili awa bore tu...

 

[kui]

Ndiyo hivyo halafu jamaa Rais mteule naona ame back off hii ya Obama kuungwa mkono na wengi wa GOP Senators. Ngoja tuone hili kasheshe jinsi GOP watakavyodeal nayo. Na Obama pamoja na kuwa kabakisha only few weeks on his presidency kaamua kulala mbele na Putin.

"There are 100 United States senators. Amy Klobuchar is on this trip with us. She's a Democrat from Minnesota. I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this and we're going to do something about it," said Graham, who is planning a hearing with McCain on Russia's interference with US elections.

"We're going to put sanctions together that hit Putin as an individual and his inner circle for interfering in our election, and they're doing it all over the world -- not just in the United States."

I know right, with few weeks to go naona mjaluo anae tu Putin. Sijui ni hiyo bad blood btn them.

Halafu Prez elect hajaanza tu kumimina tweets!
Uliona juzi Obama alivyosema kama ange run angemshinda, jamaa akaja juu kwenye tweets kuwa the transition isn't going well.
Mchana O kumpigia simu wameongea, jioni jamaa kabadili usemi kuwa the transition is going smoothly.
This's going to be 4 interesting yrs.