The former head of the CIA said that Russia is «blatantly interfered» in the U.S. presidential election

The former head of the CIA said that Russia is «blatantly interfered» in the U.S. presidential election

On Tuesday, former head of the CIA , John Brennan told the intelligence Committee of the house of representatives that Russia is «blatantly interfered» in the U.S. presidential election in 2016 and it’s supposed to be «obvious to all». That Russia tries to intervene, the US intelligence became known in the summer of 2016. Brennan personally talked to the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov and demanded to stop such acts, otherwise it will have bad consequences for relations between Moscow and Washington. The latter, in turn, promised to convey the essence of the conversation Putin.

According to WSJ, the current situation, Brennan reported to the then President Barack Obama, congressmen and other officials. The former head of the CIA says that he was concerned with contacts between the Russians «with many Americans,» but about whom exactly there is a speech Brennan did not elaborate, saying only that is referring to senior US officials.

In addition, John Brennan, responding to concerns about hacker attacks on e-mail of the democratic bloc and Hillary Clinton, told lawmakers that he has reason to believe that Russia cooperates with well-known organization WikiLeaks through intermediaries.

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