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Sen. John McCain greets Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Oct. 3, 2017. McCain was one of several prominent officials to criticize the president following his meeting with Vladimir Putin. (DoD Photo)

Trump’s refusal to call out Russian hacking provokes swift, sharp backlash

President Trump refused to acknowledge or condemn Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election today, drawing sharp criticism from former intelligence officials and lawmakers stateside.
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Clapper, shown here at an event in September, said it wasn’t the intelligence community’s place to comment on whether attempting to sway an election amounts to an act of war. (LBJ Library / Flickr)

Spy agencies: We can’t judge impact of hacking on election

"They did not change any vote tallies or anything of that sort," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee…
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