Russia rift with US intelligence agencies


Trump has wide latitude to shift US foreign policy priorities and examine and change the certainties that have underpinned Washington's global posture for decades. But his approach to managing great power relations -- even before he takes the oath of office -- is a clear sign of the global turbulence that could lay ahead.
US intel reveals clues that Russia hacked groups to help Trump


Trump's position on Russia especially, has led him into a stunning showdown with American intelligence agencies, suggesting a fraught relationship between the White House and top spies once Trump is in the Oval Office.
The President-elect has repeatedly stoked a public feud with the Central Intelligence Agency, rejecting the conclusions of US spies that Moscow is behind a massive hacking operation targeting the presidential election.
His position has also put him at odds with some senior Republicans vowing to join a bipartisan effort to investigate the cyber incursion.
In a highly unusual scenario, his comments appear to place the President-elect closer to the position of Moscow on the alleged hacking operation than the entire American intelligence community.
Trump dismissed a conclusion by the CIA, reported by The Washington Post, that Russia intervened in the election to help him win as "ridiculous" in his Fox interview.

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