Russia Slams “Unprecedented, Insolent” US Cyber Threats, Vows Retaliation

In a striking report released on Friday night by NBC, the Obama administration was reportedly “contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action” (it remains unclear how the action is covert if Biden announced it to the world via an interview with Chuck Todd), a “wide-ranging clandestine cyber operation designed to harass and “embarrass” the Kremlin leadership”, in retaliation for alleged interference in the American presidential election, and has asked the CIA to draft plans for a “wide-ranging “clandestine” cyber operation designed to harass and “embarrass” the Kremlin leadership.”
As we reported last night, Vice President Joe Biden said that Washington is ready to respond to hack attacks allegedly conducted by Russia and designed to interfere with the upcoming US elections.
“Why haven’t we sent a message yet to Putin,’ Chuck Todd, host of the ‘Meet the Press’ show on NBC, asked Joe Biden.
‘We are sending a message [to Putin]… We have a capacity to do it, and…’

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 15, 2016.