Highlights:
"We stand actually more resolutely on the strength of that statement that we made on the seventh of October," Clapper said. After the election, the Intelligence Community concluded that at least one Russian motive had been to help Trump win.
Trump has suggested that the Intelligence Community's conclusion on Russia was driven by political interests. Clapper, who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1961, stressed that he has served every president "in the trenches" since John F. Kennedy.
"I am apolitical," he said, adding that it was a priority to supply "unvarnished" and "untainted" policy recommendations to policy makers.
On Wednesday, Trump championed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's claim that Russia wasn't the source of stolen documents from the Democratic National Committee that his group distributed.
McCain asked Clapper whether Assange had endangered men and women serving the US with his earlier release of State Department cables.
"Yes, he has," Clapper said.
McCain then asked whether Assange should be accorded any credibility -- another implicit rebuke of Trump. Clapper responded, "No, he should not."
The intelligence leaders stressed before the Senate that instead of "moving on," Russia requires vigilance.
"Russia is a full-scope cyber actor that poses a major threat to US government, military, diplomatic, commercial, and critical infrastructure and key resource networks because of its highly advanced offensive cyber program and sophisticated tactics, techniques, and procedures," they said.
After the hearing, McCain told reporters that Russia's ability to interfere in the elections was "a threat to national security." He added that "In the broadest context, it was an act of war," but said that retaliation would have to be carefully considered.
"It fits the definition of an act of war, but it doesn't mean you start shooting over it," McCain said.
Graham said that there are "a hundred United States senators ... I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this and we're going to do something about it."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...g-senate-republicans/index.html?client=safari
So what does Trump do now?
"We stand actually more resolutely on the strength of that statement that we made on the seventh of October," Clapper said. After the election, the Intelligence Community concluded that at least one Russian motive had been to help Trump win.
Trump has suggested that the Intelligence Community's conclusion on Russia was driven by political interests. Clapper, who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1961, stressed that he has served every president "in the trenches" since John F. Kennedy.
"I am apolitical," he said, adding that it was a priority to supply "unvarnished" and "untainted" policy recommendations to policy makers.
On Wednesday, Trump championed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's claim that Russia wasn't the source of stolen documents from the Democratic National Committee that his group distributed.
McCain asked Clapper whether Assange had endangered men and women serving the US with his earlier release of State Department cables.
"Yes, he has," Clapper said.
McCain then asked whether Assange should be accorded any credibility -- another implicit rebuke of Trump. Clapper responded, "No, he should not."
The intelligence leaders stressed before the Senate that instead of "moving on," Russia requires vigilance.
"Russia is a full-scope cyber actor that poses a major threat to US government, military, diplomatic, commercial, and critical infrastructure and key resource networks because of its highly advanced offensive cyber program and sophisticated tactics, techniques, and procedures," they said.
After the hearing, McCain told reporters that Russia's ability to interfere in the elections was "a threat to national security." He added that "In the broadest context, it was an act of war," but said that retaliation would have to be carefully considered.
"It fits the definition of an act of war, but it doesn't mean you start shooting over it," McCain said.
Graham said that there are "a hundred United States senators ... I would say that 99 of us believe the Russians did this and we're going to do something about it."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...g-senate-republicans/index.html?client=safari
So what does Trump do now?
