Obama says US will retaliate against Russian hacking
Barack Obama on Thursday said the United States would retaliate against
Russian hacking after the White House accused Vladimir Putin of direct
involvement in cyber-attacks designed to influence the US election.
The outgoing
US president's remarks dramatically upped the stakes in a dispute between the
world's leading nuclear powers over interference that may have swayed last
month's tight election in which Republican billionaire Donald Trump defeated
Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"I think
there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the
integrity of our elections that we need to take action," Obama told NPR
radio.
"And we
will, at a time and place of our own choosing."
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