Trump’s own advisor Woolsey now says Russians are involved in the cyber-hacking that Trump keeps denying.
More from CNN:
A top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he thinks the Russians were involved in election-related hacking of the US — a very different view than that held by the incoming administration.
Former CIA director James Woolsey, an adviser to Trump on national security issues, told CNN’s Jim Sciutto that determining who was behind the hacks is difficult, but that he believes the Russians — and possibly others — were involved.
“I think the Russians were in there, but it doesn’t mean other people weren’t, too,” he said. “It’s often not foolproof to say who it is because it is possible and sometimes easy to hide your tracks. There’s lots of tricks.”
Asked if Trump is playing the media with his comments on who was culpable, Woolsey said it was a “possibility,” noting that Trump is an “expert in weaving around” on issues like this.
“Sometimes people may have been talking to somebody in the National Security Agency and have an idea that maybe it was one type of hacking rather than another,” he said. “I don’t think this is of substantial matter. I think it’s basically just dialogue back and forth.”
Here’s the latest from the CNN:
US officials say newly identified ‘digital fingerprints’ indicate Moscow was behind election hacking https://t.co/jAQLPOoerp @jimsciutto pic.twitter.com/A80ynwSBzY
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) January 2, 2017
I’m seeing that his supporters are now shying away from denying the hackery and saying instead, “we have to see what happens” – but that doesn’t mean anything because they’ll say absolutely anything and say the opposite the next day.