NEW YORK: US intelligence assessments, indicating that Russia allegedly tried to interfere into the 2016 presidential election in the United...
NEW YORK: US intelligence assessments, indicating that Russia allegedly tried to interfere into the 2016 presidential election in the United States to support Donald Trump, were compiled with numerous procedural violations and could be politically motivated, according to a report compiled by the the CIA’s Directorate of Analysis and published by New York Post.
"The review identified ‘multiple procedural anomalies’ that undermined the credibility of the ICA, including ‘a highly compressed production timeline, stringent compartmentation, and excessive involvement of agency heads, '" the New York Post said.
"The highly compressed timeline was atypical for a formal IC assessment, which ordinarily can take months to prepare, especially for assessments of such length, complexity, and political sensitivity," the document reads. "Therefore, the rushed timeline to publish both classified and unclassified versions before the presidential transition raised questions about a potential political motive behind the White House tasking and timeline."
The CIA’s Directorate of Analysis also said: "The decision by agency heads to include the Steele Dossier in the ICA ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment."
The Steele Dossier was published by the US media during the 2016 election campaign. It contained false information about a collusion between Russia and Trump, who a presidential candidate at that point. The report was compiled by US company Fusion GPS, as well as former UK intelligence officer Christopher Steele and his London-based firm.
On April 18, 2019, the US Department of Justice released a report on the results of the investigation by Special Counsel of the US Department of Justice Robert Muller, which began in 2016 and took almost two years. The Special Adviser claimed that Russia tried to influence the course of the presidential election campaign in the United States in 2016. At the same time, he admitted that the investigation did not reveal Trump’s collusion with Russia.
Trump and his assistants repeatedly rejected suspicions of any illegal contacts with Russian officials during the election campaign. Moscow also repeatedly rejected allegations of attempts to influence the course of elections in the United States.
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