Changes

From December 29 until Trump’s inauguration, the White House aggressively pumped into the media two streams of information: one about Russian hacking; the other alleging a [[Trump-Russia]] connection. The two streams were then merged into one in the hands of reporters sympathetic to Democrats.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/</ref>

From December 29 until Trump’s inauguration, the White House aggressively pumped into the media two streams of information: one about Russian hacking; the other alleging a [[Trump-Russia]] connection. The two streams were then merged into one in the hands of reporters sympathetic to Democrats.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/</ref>

===Oval Office meeting===

===Obama's Oval Office meeting===

On January 3, 2017 Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch signed off on the new rules to permit the dissemination of “raw signals intelligence information.”<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3283349-Raw-12333-surveillance-sharing-guidelines.html PROCEDURES FOR THE AVAILABILITY OR DISSEMINATION OF RAW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER SECTION 2.3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 (RAW SIGINT AVAILABILITY PROCEDURES). OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. UNCLASSIFIED]</ref> The ''New York Times'' reported  

On January 3, 2017 Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch signed off on the new rules to permit the dissemination of “raw signals intelligence information.”<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3283349-Raw-12333-surveillance-sharing-guidelines.html PROCEDURES FOR THE AVAILABILITY OR DISSEMINATION OF RAW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER SECTION 2.3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 (RAW SIGINT AVAILABILITY PROCEDURES). OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. UNCLASSIFIED]</ref> The ''New York Times'' reported