Answer: The president, in this case Barack Obama. So why didn't he? And why did WH release statement AFTER election saying outcome fair?
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So 2 reasons why O might not have ordered this released. 1) He, not being Jim Comey, didn't want to seem to be tampering in election.
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Maybe he believed, as did almost everyone, that Hillary had it won anyway (tho devastating stance for down-ticket if so).
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2) Maybe Obama wasn't convinced yet. Don't forget! This leak was a RESPONSE to O asking for all-IC assessment of election.
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Here's a little side irony. Obama COULD have just had this officially leaked, to bypass any objections from McConnell. But!
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But in aftermath of other official leaks, Congress passed requirement that Admin inform Intel Committees of anything officially leaked.
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Brennan, in particular, got put under close scrutiny under that law. It's a good law, btw. One Trump will surely violate.
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Putin
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Probably also Xi, who has more damaging info on the US, as far as we know.
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McConnell doesn't have that authority. Brennan does. Obama does. Reid got hints of it released w/o authority
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@DavidCornDC What was classified about this info? What is in report that threatens US because it's in the open now? -
Esp most recent CIA report surely relies on SIGINT very closely tied to Putin.
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Right. But already known to all except American public.
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The methods by which IC gets it aren't common knowledge.
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Even to the IC?
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Sorry. I don't mean to be obtuse.
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