August 30, 2016
By Dustin Volz and Jim Finkle
Washington: The US Senate minority leader, (click here) Harry Reid of Nevada, asked the FBI on Monday to investigate evidence suggesting that Russia may try to manipulate voting results in November.
In a letter to the FBI director, James B. Comey jnr, Reid wrote that the threat of Russian interference "is more extensive than is widely known and may include the intent to falsify official election results." Recent classified briefings from senior intelligence officials, Reid said in an interview, have left him fearful that President Vladimir Putin's "goal is tampering with this election."
News organisations reported on Monday that the FBI warned state election officials several weeks ago that foreign hackers - the bureau did not say what country they were from - had exported voter registration data from computer systems in at least one state, and had pierced the systems of a second one....
