washington cia identify russian officials feed material hack democratic national committee party leaders wikileaks direction russian president vladimir putin third party accord new u.s. intelligence report senior u.s. officials say thursday officials speak condition anonymity say central intelligence agency others conclude russian government escalate efforts discredit u.s. election process assist president-elect donald trump campaign intelligence assessment present president barack obama thursday brief trump friday trump reject broad intelligence community assessment russia stag cyber attack election campaign undermine democratic rival hillary clinton russia reject hack allegations reuters trump say u.s. fund spend border wall would repay mexico schumer emerge trump 's new punch bag behead attire sexy suicide vest satire isis wive stir anger praise october become clear russians try help trump campaign say one official familiar full report speak condition anonymity complete version top secret case one official say material follow call circuitous route gru russia military intelligence agency wikileaks apparent attempt make origins material hard trace common practice use intelligence agencies include u.s. ones handoffs officials say enable wikileaks founder julian assange say russian government state agencies source material publish website interview fox news week assange say receive email steal dnc clinton aide john podesta state party assange rule possibility get material third party detail report emerge top u.s. intelligence official jam clapper say thursday even resolute belief russia stag cyber attack democrats 2016 election campaign 17 intelligence agencies participate prepare assessment unclassified version report expect release friday morning two officials say report contain officials call minor footnote open question uncertainties part evidence support conclusion inferential one example officials say intercept message conversations among senior russian officials putin inner circle indicate aware hack campaign celebrate trump election victorious end campaign officials decline discuss nature communications include whether domestic international people know celebrate victory unite state say one official another example inferential evidence officials say time pass early leak attract media attention undermine eclipse clinton campaign russians increasingly focus hack almost exclusively democratic rather republican target also strong resemblance include use computer malware russians use target europe marriage traditional espionage tactics use soviet russian intelligence bribery blackmail internet vulnerabilities say putin devote increase resources attention exploit example one official say democratic databases email servers russians hack also contain personal information wikileaks publish information could use search financial medical browse history record use target individuals recruit efforts russian spy u.s. intel report identify russians give email wikileaks -officials