Jan 04 Watch 8:19 Part 2 — John Brennan on what his CIA successor needs to worry about By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 14:44 Part 1 — Russian meddling doubters should wait to see report, says Brennan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 03 CIA chief addresses ‘doubters’ of Russian hacking report By Larisa Epatko Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday that those who doubt Russia’s alleged election hacking should take a look at the forthcoming intelligence report “before they make those judgments.”… Continue reading
Jan 02 Trump still not sold on Russian link to hacking By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump has repeatedly cast aside allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia tried to influence the presidential election through hacking. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: In Syria, fragile cease-fire appears to hold By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Russian president Vladimir Putin slammed U.S. sanctions and the expulsion of Russian diplomats over election-season hacking attacks, but said he would not answer in kind by expelling U.S. diplomats. Also, a fragile cease-fire appeared to… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 6:19 Why deterring Putin from foreign meddling is practically impossible By PBS News Hour On Friday, President Vladimir Putin slammed U.S. plans to retaliate for Russia’s election hacking but said he would not toss out U.S. diplomats in turn. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 12:02 Brooks and Corn on Obama’s active final weeks and the Trump-Putin ‘bromance’ By PBS News Hour In foreign affairs, it was not a quiet few days leading up to the New Year's weekend -- from Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt parting speech about Israel to President Obama’s announcement of retaliation against the Kremlin for election… Continue watching
Dec 30 Timeline: Three decades of diplomatic spats between U.S. and Moscow By Robert Burns, Associated Press U.S. relations with Moscow during and after the Cold War have been marred by diplomatic dustups ranging from espionage scandals to an Olympics boycott. Continue reading
Dec 30 This U.S. report details how Russia allegedly meddled with the presidential election By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press The 13-page joint analysis by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI is the first such report ever to attribute malicious cyber activity to a particular country or actors. Continue reading
Dec 30 Putin says Russia won’t expel U.S. diplomats in response to sanctions By Josh Lederman, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press In a statement Friday on the Kremlin's web site, Putin referred to the sanctions as a "provocation aimed to further undermine Russian-American relations." But he also said that Moscow would not be ousting American diplomats. Continue reading