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Russia, Assange ‘Blamed’ for Trump Win Morning Star, London, 6 January 2016 US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper blamed Russian hackers and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange yesterday for Hilary Clinton’s election defeat. The top spook told the Senate armed services committee he was convinced that Russia had hacked the emails of Ms Clinton’s campaign director John Podesta, which were subsequently published by WikiLeaks. US officials have yet to back up their claims with any evidence. Pressed by Republican Senator John McCain on whether the actions constituted an “act of war,” Mr Clapper said that was “a very heavy policy call.” Mr Clapper also rejected of criticism of US intelligence agencies by president-elect Donald Trump. He told Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill: “There is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism” and “disparagement.” And he claimed Mr Assange, “holed up” in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, had “put people at risk” by leaking classified information. Outgoing President Barack Obama is under pressure to pardon military whistle-blower Chelsea Manning before he leaves the White House on January 20. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-af46-Russia-and-Assange-to-blame-for-Trump-win#.WG8OJVN9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14723 (20170105) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501BB024621%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
