U.S. Have Called For A 9/11-Style Special Commission To Investigate Russia's Role in The U.S. Election

A rainy, gray sky tops the U.S. Capitol dome on the first day of the new session of Congress in Washington, U.S. January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Reuters: Democrats want 9/11-style special commission to probe Russia

Democratic members of the U.S. Congress called on Monday for the creation of an independent commission to investigate Russia's attempts to intervene in the 2016 election, similar to the Sept. 11 panel that probed the 2001 attacks on the United States.

Their "Protecting our Democracy Act" would create a 12-member, bipartisan independent panel to interview witnesses, obtain documents, issue subpoenas and receive public testimony to examine attempts by Moscow and any other entities to influence the election.

The panel members would not be members of Congress.

The legislation is one of many calls by lawmakers to look into Russian involvement in the contest, in which Republican

Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the White House race, confounding opinion polls. Republicans also kept control of the Senate and House of Representatives by larger-than-expected margins.

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Update: Democrats call for 9/11-style commission to probe into Russia's role in US election hacking (IBTimes).

WNU Editor: Democrat calls for a 9/11 style commission to probe Russia's role in the U.S. election will be difficult to pull-off. The Republicans are not interested, and the Democrats themselves did not help their case when they denied FBI requests to access their servers for their investigation .... Comey: DNC denied FBI's requests for access to hacked servers (The Hill). Some are hoping that that when the Trump administration takes power in 10 days they will make the decision to release the classified version of this report .... We'll Know Soon Whether U.S. Spies Are Bluffing on Russia (Eli Lake, Bloomberg) .... but I am willing to bet that they .... like the Obama administration .... will keep this all locked up.