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Obama slapped Russia with sanctions for meddling in the U.S. election


https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-obama-slaps-russia-with-sanctions-for-1483042184-htmlstory.html
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President Barack Obama retaliated against Russia for cyberattacks aimed at interfering with the 2016 the presidential campaign, imposing sanctions on top Russian intelligence officials and agencies and expelling 35 Russian operatives from the U.S.

President Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats, closed two rural estates reportedly used by Russian spies, and slapped sanctions on two Russian intelligence organizations and other entities Thursday for their alleged role in what the White House says was a Kremlin-directed effort to interfere with the 2016 presidential race.

The sweeping retaliation follows an intense review of what Obama called "aggressive harassment" of U.S. diplomats in Moscow and "cyberoperations aimed at the U.S. election," a hacking campaign that U.S. officials code-named "Grizzly Steppe."

It also signaled the worst cyberclash of the modern era, with the two former Cold War adversaries now increasingly focused on penetrating each other's digital networks and communications.

In the most dramatic move, the State Department declared 35 intelligence operatives at the Russian Embassy in Washington and the Russian Consulate in San Francisco as personae non gratae. They were given 72 hours to leave the country with their families for "acting in a manner inconsistent with their diplomatic status."

The Obama administration also said it would block access after noon Friday to two properties owned by the Russian government — a 45-acre estate along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and 14-acre compound in Long Island, N.Y. — that it says were used by Russian personnel for gathering intelligence.

The broad penalties, three weeks before Obama hands over the White House to Donald Trump, mark a new low in post-Cold War relations with Russia amid rising tensions over President Vladimir Putin’s military operations in Syria and Ukraine.

"All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions," Obama said in a statement. He said the U.S. moves follow "repeated private and public warnings" to Moscow.

"These actions are not the sum total of our response to Russia's aggressive activities," Obama added. "We will continue to take a variety of actions at a time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicized."

Obama said the Russian effort was aimed at interfering with the U.S. election. He stopped short of endorsing FBI and CIA conclusions that the cyberattack was aimed, at least in part, at helping Trump win.

Earlier this month, Obama all but blamed Putin personally, telling reporters that very little happens in the Russian government without Putin's knowledge.

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Chieffff ended those sanctions, hmmm.

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LOL. Oh GAWD.

That Orange MFer is bad.

LOL

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I'm telling you this as a favor, when dittoheads say the orange man bad thing, you sound like retards.

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The article is dated Feb 1 2017. Obama wasn’t even president when this was written. Haha!!!

We all know now that Obama’s sanctions consisted of telling Putin to “cut it out”. We also know Obama said in October 2016 weeks before his communist Democrat party lost.

"There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America's elections. There's no evidence that that has happened in the past or that there are instances in which that will happen this time. - Barak Obama Oct 2016"


We now know that Obama authorized illegal wire taps, and investigations into the Trump campaign which continued into his presidency that were based on zero evidence. Thanks Bob Mueller confirming it.

As of September 2017 President Trump placed sanctions on Russia.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/09/25/on-the-record-the-u-s-administrations-actions-on-russia/

This LA Times story is a classic example of the communist Democrat party/media trying to rewrite history. Thanks for posting it.

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