報道：奧巴馬政府官員保護有關俄羅斯影響美國大選的情報

The New York Times is reporting that some officials from President Barack Obama's administration made efforts to make information about possible links between Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials easier for future investigators to find.

The Times based its story on accounts from more than a half-dozen current and former officials, some of whom said they "were speaking to draw attention to the material and ensure proper investigation by Congress," the newspaper said.

The report says information came from multiple U.S. allies, including Britain and the Netherlands, describing meetings between Russian officials and Trump associates that took place in European cities. It also cites U.S. intelligence agency intercepts of Russian officials discussing contacts with Trump associates.

"The only new piece of information that has come to light is that political appointees in the Obama administration have sought to create a false narrative to make an excuse for their own defeat in the election," the Times quoted Spicer as saying.

The Times said the late days of the Obama administration featured officials working to process raw intelligence information into reports that were kept at a low level of classification to ensure more people could see them, and to pass along reports and sensitive information to members of Congress.

The newspaper said that according to former senior administration officials, Obama himself was not involved in the effort.紐約時報報道說，前奧巴馬政府的一些官員設法讓有關川普競選和俄羅斯官員之間可能存在的關聯的相關情報，讓未來的調查人員更容易找到。

紐約時報的報道援引來自至少6名現任和前任官員的說法，其中一些人表示，他們發聲是爲引起對此事的關注，“確保國會進行適當調查”。

報道說，情報信息來自包括英國和荷蘭在內的多個美國盟國，涉及俄羅斯官員和川普方面的人員在歐洲城市進行的會面，還包括了美國情報機構攔截的俄羅斯官員討論與川普方面人員的聯繫。

紐約時報援引白宮發言人斯派塞的話說，報道中唯一的新內容是“奧巴馬政府被政治任命的官員試圖製造虛假陳述，爲自己在選舉中的失敗辯解。”

報道說，奧巴馬政府最後的日子裏，有關官員設法將原始情報信息處理爲低級別的報告，以確保更多的人能夠看到，並將報告和敏感信息傳遞給國會議員。

該報說，前政府高級官員表示，奧巴馬本人沒有參與這一努力。