WHAT I WAS ASKING YOU RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT TO THE PRESS
CONFERENCE. SENATOR MARK WARNER, RANKING
MEMBER ON SENATE INTEL SAID RUSSIA ATTACKS ARE MUCH BROADER
THAN WHAT HAD BEEN REPORTED SO FAR.
HOW BAD IS IT? >> WELL, THE LEAKED DOCUMENT,
WHICH BY THE WAY, I CONDEMN THAT SOMEONE UNLEAKED THIS DOCUMENT.
BUT IT IS NOW OUT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
IT CITES, I THINK, EIGHT OR NINE STATES.
SENATOR WARNER TODAY SAID THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION HE HAS
SEEN, IT IS MANY MORE STATES THAN JUST THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. BUT WHAT RUSSIA WAS DOING IS
THINK WERE TRYING TO FIRST GO INTO A VENDOR THAT WORKS WITH
STATES ON VOTER REGISTRATION. THEY PHONEYED UP AN E-MAIL
ADDRESS TO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE A VENDOR FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT WORK,
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET INTO THESE VOTER FILES.
NOW, IN ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENT THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR, MAJOR
NEWS STORY. BUT THIS PART OF THE RUSSIAN
EFFORT HAS GOTTEN VERY LITTLE ATTENTION.
>> WELL, IT DIDN'T UNTIL IT GOT LEAKED.
WE ALL CONDEMN THE LEAKS, BUT WITHOUT THE LEAK IT WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN NO ATTENTION FROM US BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN
ABOUT IT. SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS THAT ARE, QUOTE, CLASSIFIED.
I GET THIS WAS CLASSIFIED SO IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN LEAKED.
BUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IS WITHHELD FROM US.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW BAD IT IS. >> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING UNTIL WE GET ALL OF THIS
OUT INTO THE PUBLIC DOUGH NAN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP WORKING
UNTIL WE DO. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS
INFORMATION COME OUT. WE'RE GOING TO QUESTION WHY SOME
OF THIS IS CLASSIFIED. WHY WOULD RUSSIA TRYING TO GET
INTO THE DATABASES OF STATES NECESSARILY BE A CLASSIFIED
SITUATION BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SOURCES AND
METHODS YOU'RE PROTECTING THERE IN TERMS OF HOW WE GOT THE THE
INTELLIGENCE. >> SO, THE INVESTIGATION GOES ON
TO SEE HOW WIDE SPREAD IT IS. ISN'T IT NOW TIME TO DO
SOMETHING? JUST DOING IT ONCE, ISN'T THAT
ENOUGH? ISN'T ONCE ENOUGH?
SHOULDN'T WE BE DOING SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT
KEEP THE INVESTIGATION GOING. BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT
RUSSIA? >> WELL, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND
I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON IT THIS WEEK,
IS ADD ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS TO RUSSIA, OR AT A MINIMUM, MAKE
THE SANCTIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW NOT BE ABLE TO BE WAIVED BY
THE PRESIDENT. RUSSIA NEEDS TO GET A MESSAGE
FROM US LOUD AND CLEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME AND
SCREW WITH OUR DEMOCRACY. OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR FULL AND FAIR
AND OPEN ELECTIONS ARE VERY, VERY PRECIOUS TO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. AND RUSSIA IS GOING ACROSS
EUROPE TRYING TO BREAK THE BACKBONE OF DEMOCRACIES AND THEY
OBVIOUSLY TRIED TO BREAK THE BACKBONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY LAST
YEAR. WE SHOULD NOT STAND BY AND GO,
OH, GOSH, LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AND PROTECT THE DATA -- THINK ABOUT
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, GRETA. I MEAN, PEOPLE COULD HAVE SHOWED
UP TO VOTE, ALL THIS TALK ABOUT VOTER I.D. AND VOTER FRAUD.
COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THEY
LOOKED AND SAID,SAID, YOU'RE NO THE LIST.
YOU'VE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LIST.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CHAOS AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE FIXED IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE SANCTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO
VOTE ON NEXT WEEK, DO YOU ANTICIPATE -- ARE REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS ON BOARD WITH THAT?
>> WE DO HAVE REPUBLICANS. IT WILL BE BIPARTISAN.
>> WHY WOULDN'T A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT NOT VOTE FOR SANCTIONS
BASED ON THE FACT THAT AT LEAST NOW IT APPEARS TO BE PROVEN BY
THIS DOCUMENT UNLESS YOU'RE SUSPICIOUS OF THE DOCUMENT AND
THE UNDERLYING INFORMATION. >> I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WOULD
VOTE AGAINST EITHER ENHANCING THE SANCTIONS WE HAVE NOW OR THE
MINIMUM MAKING THEM PERMANENT. BUT WE'LL SEE THIS WEEK.
I THINK THE VOTE WILL BE THIS WEEK AND WE'LL SEE IF, IN FACT,
WE ACTUALLY LOSE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
>> IS THERE ANYONE WHO THINKS WE SHOULD WAIT FOR MORE
INFORMATION? >> WELL, I THINK A LOT OF IT --
THE PROSECUTOR IN ME WANTS TO WAIT FOR MORE INFORMATION BEFORE
I DRAW MORE CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT IF ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD. I'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
THAT. >> THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT
ISSUE. >> RIGHT.
>> IF WE TELL THEM THEY'VE DONE THIS, WAITING FOR -- HAVING
PROOF THAT THEY DID IT TWICE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THINGS.
>> I AGREE. >> ALL RIGHT.
WOULD YOU EXPECT THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD GO ALONG WITH
SANCTIONS? >> WELL, HE'S BEEN EERILY QUIET
ABOUT CRITICIZING RUSSIA. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY HE'S HAD TO CONDEMN THE RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT
IN THE ELECTION, HE HAS PIVOTED AND NOT GONE THERE.
>> WHAT IS YOUR SUSPICION? >> I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER.
IS THERE MONEY HERE, IS THERE -- DID HE MAKE SOME AGREEMENT, YOU
KNOW, IS THERE A BACK CHANNEL COMMUNICATION WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT? BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
ME -- MAYBE HE FEELS SO DEFENSIVE THIS IS SOMEHOW
DIMINISHING HIS VICTORY, WHICH THIS ISN'T WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS ABOUT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND CYBER WARFARE ON
OUR DEMOCRACY. >>
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