US retaliates against Russia over interference with 2016 election
President Barack Obama struck back at Russia for cyberattacks aimed at interfering with the 2016 presidential campaign, imposing sanctions on top Russian intelligence officials and agencies, expelling 35 Russian operatives from the US and releasing technical evidence on the hacking. "All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions," Obama said in a statement Thursday. "These data theft and disclosure activities could only have been directed by the highest levels of the Russian government." President-elect Donald Trump signaled a possible shift from his previous dismissals of Russian involvement in the hack, saying in a brief statement that while "it’s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things," he’ll meet with intelligence officials next week "to be updated on the facts of this situation." Obama’s actions put Trump in a bind less than a month before his inauguration. He will have to decide whether to reverse course when he takes office Jan. 20, which would effe...
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