The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Today's Headlines and Commentary   by Quinta Jurecic Monday October 10 th , 2016  at  6:41 PM Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices 1 Share On Friday afternoon,  the United States formally accused the Kremlin of hacking and releasing Democratic Party information to interfere with the U.S. election.  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the Department of Homeland Security released a statement declaring that “only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.” The  New York Times  reports that the administration had debated over whether to formally accuse Russia of the hacking for weeks, eventually deciding to act out of concern that an announcement any closer to Election Day would appear politically motivated. Anonymous officials indicated in July that they had “high confidence” of the Kremlin’s involvement in the hacking, and the ranking Democratic members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees