Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee: Day One

At today’s hearing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper explained to Senators that U.S. intelligence has strong evidence that Russia interfered in the U.S. election. He asserted: "This was a multifaceted campaign. So the hacking was only one part of it, and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news."

The video of the entire hearing can be found here.
http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/17-01-05-foreign-cyber-threats-to-the-united-states
 
In the following clip, Senator Graham questions Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Director of the National Security Agency, Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and Chief of the Central Security Service  Admiral Michael Rogers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zogpd_vn9ms

Quotes from the Hearings

Senator Graham, referring to Predident-elect Trump’s recent disparagement U.S. intelligence agencies and their assessment of cyber attacks by Russia:
 “What I don’t want you to do is undermine those who are serving our nation in this arena until you’re absolutely sure they need to be undermined. And I think they need to be uplifted, not undermined … Mr. President-elect, when you listen to these people, you can be skeptical, but understand that they’re the best among us and they’re trying to protect us.”
 
Senator Claire McCaskill, Democratic Senator from Missouri, asked the question: “Who benefits from a president-elect trashing the intelligence community?”
 
CNN Transcript: Intel Chiefs Testify on Russian Hack
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1701/05/cnr.02.html
 
Story from “The World” on Public Radio International:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-05/watch-live-senate-hearing-russian-hacking-and-us-cybersecurity