The Russian government is firing back at the Obama
administration in the escalating war of words over the hacking of former
Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email inbox. President Barack
Obama, who will leave office in a little over a month, has promised that the
United States will retaliate against Russia for their alleged interference with
America’s election “at a time and place of our choosing.”
According to reports, the Russians are firing back,
demanding that the Obama administration provide proof of Russia’s involvement
in the hack:
Presidential
spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was “indecent” of the United States to
“groundlessly” accuse Russia of intervention in the US election campaign,
Russian state news agency Tass reported.
“They should
either shutup their mouth about that or produce some proof at last. Otherwise it all
begins to look unseemly,” Peskov reportedly said about the latest accusations
that Russia was responsible for hacker attacks.
The virtually unanimous assessment of intelligence agencies
is that the hack of Podesta’s email inbox originated somewhere in Russia;
however, the Russian government disputes that they were actively involved, and
FBI Director James Comey has suggested that the hack might have been carried
out by a private individual operating from within Russia.
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