Greenwald: ‘We Should Be Extremely Skeptical’ of the CIA on Russian Hacking

RUSH TRANSCRIPT And president ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump described it ░░░░░░░░ as an act of ░░░░░░░░ Government assassinated Killer shouted ░░░░░░░░ akbarright before he fired ░░░░░░░░ shots art gallery tuckerrish ░░░░░░░░ of ank ravment wearing ░░░░░░░░ suit and tie moments ░░░░░░░░ he killed ambassador Andre ░░░░░░░░ was a police officer ░░░░░░░░ worked for his riot ░░░░░░░░ Shot and killed by ░░░░░░░░ police The shooter also ░░░░░░░░ aleppo Syria amid protest ░░░░░░░░ Turkey over Russia s ░░░░░░░░ in the Civil War ░░░░░░░░ a week and a ░░░░░░░░ ago The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ the debate over the ░░░░░░░░ election with an article ░░░░░░░░ quoted anonymous sources who ░░░░░░░░ received a CIA briefing ░░░░░░░░ to Congress According to ░░░░░░░░ sources the CIA concluded ░░░░░░░░ the Russian government intervened ░░░░░░░░ our presidential election to ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump win Journalist ░░░░░░░░ Wald founder of the ░░░░░░░░ he joins us now ░░░░░░░░ Rio de Janeiro to ░░░░░░░░ that coverage It s ░░░░░░░░ to see you tonight ░░░░░░░░ here s the story ░░░░░░░░ know you read it ░░░░░░░░ really had instantaneous effect ░░░░░░░░ the way people are ░░░░░░░░ the post election sort ░░░░░░░░ It said quote The ░░░░░░░░ as concluded in a ░░░░░░░░ assessment in Russia intervened ░░░░░░░░ the 2016 election to ░░░░░░░░ the presidency that sentence ░░░░░░░░ there changed everything here ░░░░░░░░ Washington Should we believe ░░░░░░░░ assessment GREENWALD We should ░░░░░░░░ extremely skeptical of it ░░░░░░░░ multiple reasons To begin ░░░░░░░░ this is a second ░░░░░░░░ report This is somebody ░░░░░░░░ identity being shielded describing ░░░░░░░░ the CIA supposedly concluded ░░░░░░░░ that through The Washington ░░░░░░░░ These are assertions that ░░░░░░░░ being made completely unaccompanied ░░░░░░░░ any evidence whatsoever let ░░░░░░░░ evidence that we can ░░░░░░░░ and rationally review There ░░░░░░░░ all kinds of reasons ░░░░░░░░ suspect the CIA s ░░░░░░░░ including the fact that ░░░░░░░░ are wrong all the ░░░░░░░░ They are programmed in ░░░░░░░░ lot of case its ░░░░░░░░ disseminate misinformation and political ░░░░░░░░ We ought to be ░░░░░░░░ skeptical What s interesting ░░░░░░░░ agree with that They ░░░░░░░░ skilled in deception that ░░░░░░░░ what they do Yet ░░░░░░░░ here in Washington the ░░░░░░░░ has been well if ░░░░░░░░ don tbelieve this account ░░░░░░░░ an account of analysis ░░░░░░░░ the CIA you are ░░░░░░░░ acting on behalf of ░░░░░░░░ Kremlin or you are ░░░░░░░░ patriotic or you are ░░░░░░░░ the memory of the ░░░░░░░░ officers who died in ░░░░░░░░ line of duty You ░░░░░░░░ seen that kind of ░░░░░░░░ before I saw it ░░░░░░░░ a democratic congressman Adam ░░░░░░░░ actually when you interviewed ░░░░░░░░ last week and all ░░░░░░░░ were doing is asking ░░░░░░░░ for evidence and he ░░░░░░░░ you should put your ░░░░░░░░ on RT In my ░░░░░░░░ this is the response ░░░░░░░░ have been getting for ░░░░░░░░ months now as not ░░░░░░░░ when you deny that ░░░░░░░░ happening nobody should deny ░░░░░░░░ Russia might have done ░░░░░░░░ states do And certainly ░░░░░░░░ but all do you ░░░░░░░░ ask for evidence before ░░░░░░░░ it Before embracing it ░░░░░░░░ true And that alone ░░░░░░░░ you to accusations you ░░░░░░░░ be disloyal 7 14 ░░░░░░░░ PM You are a ░░░░░░░░ of the Kremlin Toxic ░░░░░░░░ that Democrats have created ░░░░░░░░ of desperation and political ░░░░░░░░ as well But it ░░░░░░░░ quite dangerous It is ░░░░░░░░ weird that Russia is ░░░░░░░░ focus Speaking myself I ░░░░░░░░ ago not stick on ░░░░░░░░ I don t speak ░░░░░░░░ I m willing to ░░░░░░░░ anything basically I m ░░░░░░░░ minded all of a ░░░░░░░░ Russia seems to be ░░░░░░░░ number one Why is ░░░░░░░░ It seems strange You ░░░░░░░░ one ever the really ░░░░░░░░ things is in 2012 ░░░░░░░░ Mitt Romney run against ░░░░░░░░ Obama the Democrats mocked ░░░░░░░░ mercilessly for depicting Russia ░░░░░░░░ the number one geopolitical ░░░░░░░░ They released a video ░░░░░░░░ Mitt Romney stuck in ░░░░░░░░ Cold War he doesn ░░░░░░░░ understand the 21st century ░░░░░░░░ in the debate said ░░░░░░░░ 1980s want their foreign ░░░░░░░░ back to think Russia ░░░░░░░░ this great threat Throughout ░░░░░░░░ Obama presidency he tried ░░░░░░░░ he didn t arm ░░░░░░░░ Russian factions in theme ░░░░░░░░ out of cloth that ░░░░░░░░ posed some existential threat ░░░░░░░░ the United States They ░░░░░░░░ our entrenched enemy and ░░░░░░░░ all have the patriotic ░░░░░░░░ to resist it and ░░░░░░░░ s not working The ░░░░░░░░ don t wake up ░░░░░░░░ worry about Vladimir Putin ░░░░░░░░ Democrats seem to be ░░░░░░░░ in further into this ░░░░░░░░ political attempt Well I ░░░░░░░░ what bothers me about ░░░░░░░░ is unlike the attack ░░░░░░░░ the troskites group exiled ░░░░░░░░ is a real country ░░░░░░░░ nuclear weapons Are there ░░░░░░░░ we have seen in ░░░░░░░░ last six months where ░░░░░░░░ foreign policy seems to ░░░░░░░░ shifted to pretty hostile ░░░░░░░░ toward Russia That seems ░░░░░░░░ to me even if ░░░░░░░░ fact there ispolitical motivation ░░░░░░░░ it It s interesting ░░░░░░░░ Democrats were very alarmed ░░░░░░░░ Trump s accepting this ░░░░░░░░ call from the president ░░░░░░░░ Taiwan based on the ░░░░░░░░ invalid argument that China ░░░░░░░░ a nuclear armed power ░░░░░░░░ a formidable threat and ░░░░░░░░ should be careful about ░░░░░░░░ unnecessary confrontation when I ░░░░░░░░ with 7 16 41 ░░░░░░░░ The same is true ░░░░░░░░ Russia To sit here ░░░░░░░░ sort of suggest that ░░░░░░░░ Putin lurks behind every ░░░░░░░░ problem to concoct these ░░░░░░░░ elaborate conspiracytheories to try ░░░░░░░░ convince Americans that Russia ░░░░░░░░ this grave threat to ░░░░░░░░ United States We all ░░░░░░░░ to stand up I ░░░░░░░░ it s incredibly dangerous ░░░░░░░░ just becauseit creates a ░░░░░░░░ environment domestically but because ░░░░░░░░ s very dangerous and ░░░░░░░░ us on a pot ░░░░░░░░ almost unintentional confrontation with ░░░░░░░░ country ha can do ░░░░░░░░ lot of damage That ░░░░░░░░ the way it seems ░░░░░░░░ me I don t ░░░░░░░░ you and I have ░░░░░░░░ voted for the same ░░░░░░░░ Niles to hear you ░░░░░░░░ that because it sounds ░░░░░░░░ crazy Thanks for joining ░░░░░░░░ I appreciate it.