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"A group of 15 former foreign policy and intelligence officials and outside experts is backing a proposal to create an independent commission to study Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.
Among those backing an independent commission are former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former CIA Director Mike Morrell and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
“This inquiry should occur immediately. Anything less than a swift investigation will leave us vulnerable to another attack and, possibly worse, permit and normalize future interference,” a statement from the group reads.
Congress continues to squabble over how best to probe reports that Russian hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and other organizations were an attempt to meddle in the 2016 election.
A proposal from House Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and California Democrat Eric Swalwell, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee’s CIA subcommittee, would create a nongovernmental panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission.
But the measure may face an uphill climb on Capitol Hill. Republican leadership in both chambers has sought to limit inquiries into the matter to the Intelligence Committees — an approach those who signed Wednesday’s statement pushed back against.
“It is essential that this commission be established outside of Congress, as that is the only way to ensure that the investigation is comprehensive and not siloed within a certain congressional committee’s jurisdiction,” they wrote."
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/312661-former-senior-officials-back-independent-commission-on-russian
Among those backing an independent commission are former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former CIA Director Mike Morrell and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
“This inquiry should occur immediately. Anything less than a swift investigation will leave us vulnerable to another attack and, possibly worse, permit and normalize future interference,” a statement from the group reads.
Congress continues to squabble over how best to probe reports that Russian hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and other organizations were an attempt to meddle in the 2016 election.
A proposal from House Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and California Democrat Eric Swalwell, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee’s CIA subcommittee, would create a nongovernmental panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission.
But the measure may face an uphill climb on Capitol Hill. Republican leadership in both chambers has sought to limit inquiries into the matter to the Intelligence Committees — an approach those who signed Wednesday’s statement pushed back against.
“It is essential that this commission be established outside of Congress, as that is the only way to ensure that the investigation is comprehensive and not siloed within a certain congressional committee’s jurisdiction,” they wrote."
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/312661-former-senior-officials-back-independent-commission-on-russian