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    Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump

    A day after the secretary of state became the highest-ranking administration official to blame Russia for a vast hack of multiple U.S. agencies, the president suggested someone else may be to blame.
    by Colin Dwyer Dec 19, 2020 3 minutes
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, seen here during a conference earlier this month in Atlanta, told the <em>Mark Levin Show</em> that Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a massive hack that breached multiple government agencies.

    Updated at 12:10 p.m. ET

    Since news of the SolarWinds hack surfaced nearly a week ago, high-ranking Trump administration officials had remained largely silent about the cyberattack that involved at least half a dozen federal agencies. On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke that silence, becoming the most prominent administration official to blame Russia for the attack.

    "This was a very significant effort," Pompeo , "and I think it's the case that now

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