Read the US Intelligence Report on Russian Hacking

In a statement afterwards he declined to single out Russian Federation and said he had “tremendous respect for the work and service done” by those in the USA intelligence community. “I simply state what he states, it is for the people to make up their own minds as to the truth.”, he wrote in a pair of tweets on Thursday just before the senate hearing. “The focus will be on restructuring the agencies and how they interact”.

President-elect Donald Trump has been zinging the US intelligence community for weeks about its finding that Russian Federation attempted to influence the USA elections – and causing concern by opening his own channel to Taiwan without seeking their advice.

Trump was briefed on the report Friday, though you wouldn’t know it to read his statement, which concluded that maybe Russian Federation could have been involved in some way, if you squint at it I guess. He did not elaborate.

NBC News did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Mr Assange’s organisation has been under criminal investigation for its role in classified information leaks. McCain has said he plans to create a new cyber subcommittee as part of the Armed Services panel.

“The bottom line is you’re going to be challenged tomorrow by the President-elect”, Graham said to Clapper and Director of the NSA Admiral Michael Rogers.

Security “methods, tools, and tactics” should “not be a public discussion that will benefit those who seek to do us harm”, Trump said.

“The Russians felt pretty good about what happened on November 8 and they also felt pretty good about what they did”, a senior U.S. official was quoted as saying by the paper.

The report’s findings reinforced earlier USA assessments that Russia’s government backed hackers to intrude on computer servers of US political parties. President-elect Donald Trump is to be briefed on the report on Friday. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. A declassified intelligence report will be released to the public Monday around 2 p.m., reports NPR. A Trump transition spokesman did not immediately respond to a request to comment on whether he has accepted the intelligence community accusations that Russian Federation directed attacks on Democrats.

The president-elect has raised the ire of the intelligence community by questioning the record of the CIA, FBI and other agencies in providing solid assessments to the government.

The officials aren’t expected to disclose details of a report on foreign influence in USA elections before President Barack Obama gets a briefing on that report Thursday.

NBC News reported that the report said the cyber campaign was revenge for Obama’s questioning of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s legitimacy.

Trump has been deeply critical of their findings.

“In a tweet on Wednesday, Trump said: “(WikiLeaks founder) Julian Assange said “a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta” – why was DNC so careless?