Bombshell: Susan Rice Ordered NSC Officials To ‘Stand Down’ In Response To ‘Russian Meddling’ Attempts

Boy. I can’t wait to hear the explanation for this one.

According to this report from the Daily Caller, former national security advisor Susan Rice ordered National Security Council officials to “stand down” in response to Russia’s attempts to “meddle” in the election.

STAND DOWN.
Barack Obama's former Cybersecurity Czar confirmed that former National Security Adviser Susan Rice told him to "stand down" in response to Russian meddling in the 2016 election. | @JackieibanezFNC pic.twitter.com/MPn3ML0G5a

— Fox & Friends First (@FoxFriendsFirst) June 21, 2018

Huh. Interesting, that.

NSC officials were reportedly alarmed by Russia’s attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, including the hacking of Democratic National Committee officials’ emails, and those belonging to Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

Michael Daniel, an NSC official responsible for the Russia portfolio, told to the book’s authors of multiple plans to strike fear in Russian President Vladimir Putin with the aim of ending Russia’s election meddling. These plans included surreptitiously releasing personal information about Putin’s family, which revealed corruption in Putin’s political party, and even crafting a large cybersecurity exercise as a public threat to Russia.

Daniel additionally told the authors that when Rice caught wind of his planning, she called him and berated him.

More:

“One day in late August, national security adviser Susan Rice called Daniel into her office and demanded he cease and desist from working on the cyber options he was developing. ‘Don’t get ahead of us,’ she warned him. The White House was not prepared to endorse any of these ideas. Daniel and his team in the White House cyber response group were given strict orders: ‘Stand down.’ She told Daniel to “knock it off.”

There's no explanation for this failure. Not even a conspiracy theory would explain this-pure incompetence.
Obama's OWN cybersecurity czar testified that Obama's Nat'l Security Advisor Susan Rice ordered them to "stand down" from KNOWN Russian interference in 2016 election

— Ken Cuccinelli (@KenCuccinelli) June 21, 2018

explain this one Susan: https://t.co/Pbh2mNFkPN

— Steven T. (@sdt993) June 21, 2018

Russian collusion. Susan Rice under orders from Obama directed the cyber security to stand down when it was discovered Russian hacking.

— Dragon Hunt (@DragonHunt68) June 21, 2018

Where's the coverage of this story. You have been covering the Russian collusion for almost two years, but it appears it was no big deal to Obama.https://t.co/AAaJJYQnNF

— Gloria Houser (@Ghousertatt) June 21, 2018

Right? Isn’t this a HUGE breakthrough they should be obsessing over?

@LouDobbs "the cyber coordinator was ordered by Susan Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, to stop his efforts and “stand down.” This order was in part because Rice feared the options would leak and “box the president in.”https://t.co/FIgPLQInb7

— Battle Red Fan (@BattleRedFan) June 21, 2018

Don’t worry. They’ll figure out how to blame this on Trump. Give them time.

h/t Daily Caller