Democrats hit Obama’s failure to counter Russian election meddling

[james_1957]

Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the Obama administration should have done more to counter Russian interference, blaming election-year politics for what he described as “a very serious mistake.”

“The American people needed to know, and I didn’t think it was enough to tell them after the election but rather given the seriousness of this, I think the administration needed to call out Russia earlier and needed to act to deter and punish Russia earlier, and I think that was a very serious mistake,” said the California Democrat on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

He said the administration was concerned about “being perceived as interfering in the election, trying to tip the scales for Hillary Clinton,” said Mr. Schiff.

“I also think they were concerned about not want to play into the narrative that Donald Trump was telling, that the election was going to be rigged, even though Donald Trump was talking about a completely different kind of rigging than foreign intervention,” Mr. Schiff said.

“But both of those factors did not outweigh in my view, and I argued this at the time, did not outweigh the public’s need to know,” he said.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/25/adam-schiff-obama-made-very-serious-mistake-russia/

 

[hsmh]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/25/adam-schiff-obama-made-very-serious-mistake-russia/

Get a new routine, dumbass.

 

[james_1957]

Get a new routine, dumbass.

Question for you, Boo.

Does Ferm object to all your alts?

Or better yet....which of your many alts is her favorite?