^^ The above AP article is full of opinions presented as facts. No, the 17 agencies didn't conclude that Russians hacked anything. The New York Times had to retract that story. The full details are right here:
Even New York Times correction is incorrect
From the article:
Tucked into the bottom of a story titled ?Trump?s Deflections and Denials on Russia Frustrate Even His Allies,? published on June 25, the Times added:
Correction: June 29, 2017
A White House Memo article on Monday about President Trump?s deflections and denials about Russia referred incorrectly to the source of an intelligence assessment that said Russia orchestrated hacking attacks during last year?s presidential election. The assessment was made by four intelligence agencies ? the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community.
But even that correction is inaccurate.
The assessment was not ?made by four intelligence agencies.? The four agencies approved the assessment. But the assessment itself was not done by the four agencies.
It was done by a highly irregular committee.
That fact was disclosed by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on May 8, when he acknowledged the assessment was not conducted by his office, the FBI, the CIA and the NSA, but by a panel.
Clapper told senators the assessment was actually made by two dozen or so ?seasoned experts? who were ?handpicked? from the contributing agencies.
And how did those four agencies verify the accuracy of the panel?s assessment and ultimately give it their stamp of approval?
Clapper merely stated, ?I?m not aware of anyone who dissented or ? or disagreed when it came out.?
^^ THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS, Nice try, Obama
