--- title: Russia Hacking: Intelligence Officials Testify - Watch Live description: U.S. intelligence officials will testify in Congress Thursday on cyber threats and allegations that Russia interfered in the U.S. election canonical: https://time.com/4623558/russia-hacking-senate-testimony/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T14:08:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T13:55:19.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Top Intelligence Officials Testify on Russia Hacking Allegations og:description: U.S. intelligence officials will testify in Congress Thursday on cyber threats and allegations that Russia interfered in the U.S. election og:url: https://time.com/4623558/russia-hacking-senate-testimony/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb00817aead01394d/6988b47ccf40a8d544c45faf/james-clapper-senate-intelligence.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: james clapper senate intelligence hearing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Top Intelligence Officials Testify on Russia Hacking Allegations twitter:description: U.S. intelligence officials will testify in Congress Thursday on cyber threats and allegations that Russia interfered in the U.S. election twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb00817aead01394d/6988b47ccf40a8d544c45faf/james-clapper-senate-intelligence.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Top Intelligence Officials Testify on Russia Hacking Allegations > Sponsored content. 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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies during a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee Nov. 17, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:55 PM UTCPublished: Jan 5, 2017 2:08 PM UTC Top U.S. intelligence officials will [testify](http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/17-01-05-foreign-cyber-threats-to-the-united-states) in Congress Thursday on cyber threats and allegations that Russia used hacking to sway the U.S. election, as tensions continue to escalate between the intelligence community and President-elect Donald Trump. The hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee will feature Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; Admiral Michael Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency; and Marcel Lettre, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence. U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Russia was [behind hacks](http://time.com/4600177/election-hack-russia-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/) of the Democratic National Committee that resulted in the release of thousands of emails that damaged the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Trump has [contested](http://time.com/4597693/donald-trump-russia-election-hacking/?iid=sr-link8) those findings. 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