Following a federal indictment
of Russians accused of meddling in the U.S election, a former CIA director on
Friday said the U.S. “probably” meddles in other countries’ elections, as well.
The Russian embassy flagged his
comments.
When asked whether the U.S.
interferes in other countries’ elections, James Woolsey said, “Well, only
for a very good cause in the interests of democracy.”
“Oh, probably, but it was for
the good of the system in order to avoid communists taking over,” he told Laura
Ingraham on her Fox News show on Friday night.
Woolsey served as CIA director under former President Clinton.
His comments follow a federal
indictment released on Friday that accused 13 Russian individuals and three
Russian groups of attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election.
The Russian embassy to the
United Kingdom quoted Woolsey on Saturday, adding the comment: “Says
it all.”
Former CIA director James Woolsey: "US meddles in foreign elections - but only for a very good cause". Says it all
Russia has denied meddling in
the U.S. election. The U.S. intelligence community reached the conclusion that
they did. Special counsel Robert
Mueller‘s indictment this week charges that the Russian influence operation
began in 2014.
Multiple lawmakers have
expressed outrage that a foreign government would seek to influence a U.S.
election and called for the investigation into charges against Russia to
continue, in order to halt meddling in the future.
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