The U.S. Retaliation Against Russian Hackers
President Obama said the expulsion of 35 diplomats and the measures against intelligence agencies are “not the sum total” of the U.S. response to Russian hacking.
President Obama announced sanctions Thursday on Russian intelligence officials and organizations he said were involved in efforts to undermine the U.S. elections. In a statement, he said 35 Russian intelligence officials in the U.S. were being expelled and two Russian compounds, one in Maryland and the other in New York, were being closed. The measures are the first public steps the Obama administration has taken against what the U.S. intelligence community believes is Russia’s hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other organizations in the run-up to the election in November.
“These actions are not
