CNN: “the Russian trace” will be engaged in top-secret division of the FBI
NEW YORK, March 11. /Offset. TASS Kirill Volkov/. The investigation into the alleged Russian interference in presidential elections in the US last year charged top-secret division of the FBI. This was reported by broadcaster CNN.
According to her sources, talking about the special secret counterintelligence division of the Ministry. Among its tasks, according to the channel, is to protect secrets of the U.S. intelligence community and the most advanced technologies of us companies private and public sectors, preventing weapons of mass destruction in the hands of the enemies of the United States, as well as countering the activities of foreign spies, including their activity in cyberspace.
At the same time, as told to CNN sources, the office of security describe the task of identifying the alleged interference of Russia in the American electoral processes as a “standard investigation as part of counterintelligence.” Checks so-called Russian trace, a Washington groundlessly accused Moscow raised from 15 to 20 people, the channel reports.
According to him, it’s for 5-10 people less than the number of FBI experts involved in the investigation against former Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who was caught using a personal email server to conduct official correspondence.
However, such a small state should not be interpreted as a lack of commitment of the US authorities to get to the bottom, the sources of the company. In the case of Clinton Agency staff in order to catch-up to the elections in November last year, was for a relatively short period of time to carefully study an impressive amount of electronic data.
“In the case of investigation against Russia, such a strict time frame is not” — said CNN, adding that the FBI at this time the “focus on interviews with live sources of information.” How many could take the investigation is unknown, but the TV channel notes that the cases that get to the counterintelligence division of the FBI, can take years.
U.S. authorities accused Russia of involvement in the cyber attacks on the political institutions of the United States during last year’s presidential campaign, although not lead evidence on this score. These charges were one of the main pretexts for the introduction in December of the last year of Washington’s sanctions, which touched on some Russian companies, the Federal security service and Main Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces. In addition, the U.S. government sent 35 Russian diplomats and announced the closure of two owned by Russian diplomatic villas in the States of new York and Maryland. In Moscow of involvement in the cyber attacks have been repeatedly rejected, calling the sanctions a manifestation of aggression.