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"THE WASHINGTON POST" TODAY DROPPED THIS HUGE STORY.
IT'S MORE OF A SMALL BOOK REALLY, ABOUT THE RUSSIAN ATTACK
ON OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAST YEAR AND HOW THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION CAME TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.
WHAT THEY UNDERSTOOD ABOUT IT AND IMPORTANTLY HOW THEY REACTED
TO IT ONCE THEY REALIZED WHAT IT WAS.
IN JUST A MOMENT WE ARE GOING TO BE JOINED LIVE BY ONE OF THE
REPORTERS WHO BROKE THAT STORY, AND THERE'S A LOT TO TALK TO HER
ABOUT. THIS STORY TODAY AT "THE
WASHINGTON POST" IS LIKE TEN FRONT PAGE WORTHY SCOOPS ALL IN
ONE BIG STORY. AND AMONG THOSE, AMONG THE
SCOOPS "THE WASHINGTON POST" GOT FOR THIS REPORT IS THAT U.S.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SOMEHOW HAVE ACCESS OR HAD ACCESS TO A
SOURCE OF INTELLIGENCE THAT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN. AND THAT IS INTRIGUING JUST ON
THE SURFACE, RIGHT, JUST FOR THE PURE SPY NOVEL LURID THRILL OF
IT. WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY CLOSE TO
PUTIN OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO PUTIN.
"THE POST" TO ITS CREDIT MAKES CLEAR HOW EXTRAORDINARY THAT IS
BEYOND JUST THE WOW FACTOR. HOW UNEXPECTED IT IS TO LEARN
THAT. ULTIMATELY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO U.S. INTERESTS. THE POST TODAY NOTES THAT PUTIN
IS, QUOTE, A FORMER KGB OFFICER WHO TAKES EXTREME PRECAUTIONS TO
GUARD AGAINST SURVEILLANCE. HE RARELY COMMUNICATES BY PHONE
OR COMPUTER. HE ALWAYS RUNS SENSITIVE STATE
BUSINESS FROM DEEP WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE KREMLIN.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE U.S. SOMEHOW GOT ACCESS TO
INTELLIGENCE, GOT ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT APPARENTLY
COULD ONLY HAVE COME FROM VERY CLOSE TO HIM.
ACCORDING TO "THE POST" U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SOURCING
WHEN IT CAME TO ATTRIBUTING AN AUTHOR, WHEN IT CAME TO
ATTRIBUTING BLAME FOR THE RUSSIAN ATTACK, THEIR SOURCING
CAME FROM, QUOTE, DEEP INSIDE THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
DEEP ENOUGH INSIDE THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT THAT WHAT THEY HAD --
WHAT THEY HAD INTELLIGENCE ABOUT, WHAT THEY HAD A REPORT
ABOUT WAS THE DIRECT PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL INVOLVEMENT OF
VLADIMIR PUTIN IN DIRECTING THIS CAMPAIGN.
I MEAN PUTIN IS A GUY WHO'S SO SECRETIVE, RUSSIANS WERE NOT
EVEN ALLOWED TO KNOW THE NAMES OF HIS CHILDREN UNTIL RECENTLY,
OR IN FACT THAT HE DEFINITELY HAD THEM.
WHEN HE GOT DIVORCED IN 2013, HALF OF RUSSIA WAS LIKE, HE WAS
MARRIED? BUT SOMEHOW U.S. INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES HAVE SOURCING INSIDE THE KREMLIN ABOUT HIS PERSONAL
INVOLVEMENT IN KREMLIN COVERT ACTIVITIES.
THAT'S A BIG FREAKING DEAL. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT
INTELLIGENCE SOURCE IS, BUT THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
AND IT IS REMARKABLE, HONESTLY, THAT "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS
BEEN ABLE TO REPORT THAT. THE NATURE OF THE SOURCE OF THAT
INTELLIGENCE, THE DANGER THE SOURCE OF THAT INTELLIGENCE MUST
BE IN IF THAT SOURCE IS A HUMAN SOURCE, I MEAN THAT'S JUST
PALPABLE, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU THINK PUTIN REACTED
TO READING THIS IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" TODAY?
THE SENSITIVITY OF THE UNITED STATES HAVING AN INTELLIGENCE
SOURCE SO CLOSE TO PUTIN, THAT IS APPARENTLY WHAT DROVE A LOT
OF THE EXTREME SECRECY WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHAT
THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES KNEW CONCERNING THE RUSSIAN ATTACK.
"THE POST" HAS SOME INCREDIBLE DETAILS ON THAT TODAY, INCLUDING
THEM SHUTTING OFF ALL OF THE MONITORS, LIKE THE TV SCREENS.
SHUTTING OFF ALL OF THE MONITORS AROUND THE SITUATION ROOM IN THE
WHITE HOUSE WHEN SENIOR OFFICIALS WERE MEETING TO
DISCUSS THESE MATTERS. THEY HADN'T SHUT DOWN ALL THE
VIDEO MONITORS IN THE SITUATION ROOM FOR ANYTHING SINCE THE BIN
LADEN RAID, BUT THEY DID IT FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED IT
TO BE SO SENSITIVE AND SO SECRET.
THE SENSITIVITY OF THE SOURCE OF AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE ON THIS
SUBJECT, THE PROSPECT THAT THAT SOURCE MIGHT CONCEIVABLY BE A
HUMAN BEING WHO IS IN PERSONAL CONTACT WITH PUTIN, THAT -- I
THINK THAT DRIVES HOME FOR US AS AMERICANS JUST THE INCREDIBLE
SENSITIVITY AND HUMAN DANGEROUSNESS OF SOME OF WHAT
OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES KNOW, RIGHT?
IT SORT OF MAKES YOU GET VISCERALLY WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION SHOULDN'T EVER FALL INTO THE
HANDS OF ANYONE WHO IS, SAY, BEHOLDEN TO RUSSIA FOR SOME
REASON. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
"THE WASHINGTON POST" UNVEILED TODAY.
SUCH A SENSITIVE THING, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE WE
GET TO READ ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER.
THERE'S SOURCES FOR THIS REPORT, ACCORDING TO THEM, MORE THAN
THREE DOZEN CURRENT AND FORMER U.S. OFFICIALS IN GOVERNMENT.
SO THEY HAVE THIS NAILED DOWN, RIGHT?
MORE THAN THREE DOZEN SOURCES. IT'S A REMARKABLE THING THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPORT OUT BUT WITH THAT MANY SOURCES
PRESUMABLY THEY HAVE NAILED IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT INCREDIBLE
SCOOP ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THIS INTELLIGENCE BEING SO CLOSE TO
PUTIN, THERE'S ALSO A BUNCH OF REALLY OTHER SPECIFIC
INFORMATION THAT WE NEVER REALLY KNEW BEFORE THAT TELLS US A LOT
MORE AS CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO US LAST YEAR.
THEY DESCRIBE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FBI AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT
NOTICING AND GETTING ALARMED ABOUT AN UNUSUAL SPIKE IN
REQUESTS FROM RUSSIA FOR TEMPORARY VISAS FOR OFFICIALS
WITH TECHNICAL SKILLS SEEKING PERMISSION TO ENTER THE UNITED
STATES FOR SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENTS AT RUSSIAN
FACILITIES. I MEAN THAT'S ASTONISHING,
RIGHT? SO FBI AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT
ARE ALARMED, AN UNUSUAL SPIKE IN REQUESTS FOR RUSSIANS WITH
TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR SHORT-TERM PROJECTS HERE RIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION. HOW DID -- I WANT TO KNOW HOW
DID THEY NOTICE THAT? DO THEY HAVE ALGORITHMS THAT
TELL THEM WHEN SOMETHING SPOOKY AND SPY-LIKE POPS UP?
HEY, WEREN'T THERE THREE OTHER GUYS NAMED SERGEI APPLYING FOR
THIS SAME VISA? HOW DID THEY NOTICE THAT?
HOW DID THEY KNOW ABOUT THE TECH SKILLS OF ALL THESE RUSSIANS
TRYING TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY FOR SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENTS RIGHT
BEFORE THE ELECTION? SO THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE DETAIL.
"THE POST" ALSO REPORTS SOMEWHAT OMINOUSLY THAT THE RUSSIAN
ATTACK ON OUR ELECTION WAS NOT ENTIRELY REMOTE CONTROLLED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS RELATES TO THE PART ABOUT ALL THE
RUSSIANS WITH TECH SKILLS TRYING TO GET IN ON SHORT-TERM VISAS,
BUT "THE POST" REPORTS TODAY THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
BELIEVED THAT SOME OF THE RUSSIAN ATTACK LAST YEAR, AT
LEAST SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED SOME WAY IN THAT
ATTACK, WERE RUSSIANS WHO WERE NOT IN RUSSIA.
THEY WERE RUSSIANS WHO WERE PHYSICALLY LOCATED HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES WHEN THEY WERE HELPING IN THE ATTACK.
SO THAT OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW MUCH OF A
HANDLE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND NOW PRESUMABLY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAD ON WHO THOSE RUSSIANS ARE OR WERE.
AGAIN, THERE'S A TON IN THIS STORY FROM "THE WASHINGTON
POST." I'LL VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD
TO TALKING ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST JUST A COLLECTION OF GRANULAR LITTLE SCOOPS LIKE
THESE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH.
THERE IS AN OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK TO WHAT "THE
WASHINGTON POST" HAS REPORTED TODAY.
AND BASICALLY THE BIG QUESTION AROUND WHICH THEY FRAME ALL THIS
NEW REPORTING, AND IT'S A VERY THAT I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO
ADMIT WILL LOOM LARGE IN HISTORY ABOUT THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY,
WHICH IS HOW DID RUSSIA GET AWAY WITH THIS?
NOT JUST WHAT DID RUSSIA TRY TO DO, BUT HOW DID THEY GET AWAY
WITH IT? ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE PARTS OF
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WERE ABLE TO CONCLUDE CONFIDENTLY NOT ONLY
THAT THE ATTACK WAS UNDER WAY WHILE IT WAS UNDER WAY, BUT THEY
KNEW WHO WAS DOING IT. HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH IT?
HOW HAVE THEY CONTINUED TO GET AWAY WITH IT?
I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT NBC NEWS HAS AN EXCLUSIVE STORY OUT JUST
TONIGHT ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THEY HAVE
DONE NOTHING, HOW THEY HAVE TAKEN LITTLE MEANINGFUL ACTION
SINCE TRUMP HAS BEEN IN OFFICE TO SHORE UP U.S. DEFENSES
AGAINST RUSSIAN HACKING, TO PROTECT OUR ELECTION'S
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARTICULAR, LET ALONE TO RETALIATE IN ANY
WAY AGAINST RUSSIA FOR HAVING DONE WHAT THEY DID IN OUR
ELECTION LAST YEAR. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THEIR OWN SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA
ON THIS ISSUE, THE NEWS THAT THEY'RE DOING NOTHING TO TRY TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE AND THEY'RE DOING
NOTHING TO RESPOND TO RUSSIA HAVING DONE IT LAST YEAR, THAT
MAY OR MAY NOT BE SURPRISING TO YOU.
BUT WHY DID THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOT DO MORE THAN
THEY DID ONCE THEY REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON?
THIS BIG REPORT FROM "THE POST" HINTS AT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
HAVING A LOT OF OPTIONS, IF THEY REALLY DID WANT TO GO AFTER
RUSSIA, IF THEY REALLY DID WANT TO RETALIATE AND HIT RUSSIA IN
RESPONSE TO WHAT THEY DID. SPECIFICALLY THERE'S SOME NEW
AND VERY PROVOCATIVE NEWS FROM THIS "WASHINGTON POST" PIECE
WHERE THEY DESCRIBE WHAT SOUNDS LIKE RATHER EPIC AMERICAN
CAPACITY FOR HITTING RUSSIA USING CYBER TACTICS.
AND I'M BEING A LITTLE VAGUE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE "THE POST" IS
A LITTLE VAGUE ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS NEW.
"THE POST" IS NEWLY REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA APPROVED A
COVERT MEASURE THAT AUTHORIZED PLANTING CYBER WEAPONS INSIDE
RUSSIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE. THE DIGITAL EQUIVALENT OF BOMBS
THAT COULD BE DETONATED IF THE UNITED STATES FOUND ITSELF IN AN
ESCALATING EXCHANGE WITH MOSCOW. THAT WORK WAS STARTED UNDER A
COVERT AUTHORIZATION SIGNED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA BEFORE HE LEFT
OFFICE. IN THE FIVE MONTHS SINCE HE LEFT
OFFICE, THOUGH, THAT WORK APPARENTLY HAS CONTINUED ON THE
BASIS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AUTHORIZATION.
NOW, "THE POST" DOES NOT SAY EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE THIS
NEW CAPACITY THE U.S. IS DEVELOPING, WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE
IT COULD INFLICT ON RUSSIA OR EVEN WHAT TYPES OF RUSSIAN
INFRASTRUCTURE THESE THINGS MIGHT BE TARGETING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE THIS PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED COVERT
PROGRAM TO DEVELOP NEW WAYS TO HIT RUSSIA, EVEN BEFORE THIS,
THE U.S. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CLEAR THAT WHATEVER THE RUSSIANS
CAN DO TO US IN TERMS OF CYBER ATTACKS, OR WHATEVER THE NORTH
KOREANS CAN DO TO US OR THE CHINESE OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO
DEVOTES MASSIVE STATE RESOURCES TO DEVELOPING THIS CAPACITY, THE
U.S. HAS BEEN CLEAR IN THE PAST THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT OUR NSA,
OUR CYBER COMMAND HAS MORE FIREPOWER IN THAT REGARD THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH. WHATEVER ANY OTHER COUNTRY CAN
DO TO US, WE CAN DO TO THEM AND MUCH WORSE.
THERE'S NO LACK OF CONFIDENCE WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT THAT
THE UNITED STATES HAS THE POWER TO INFLICT DEVASTATING
CONSEQUENCES ON RUSSIA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY IF WE CHOSE TO DO
SO BY CYBER MEANS. WHY DIDN'T THEY CHOOSE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZED
WHAT RUSSIA WAS DOING WITH OUR ELECTION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY
REALIZED IT WASN'T SOME FREE LANCE OPERATION, IT WASN'T SOME
CRIMINAL OPERATION, IT WAS BEING DEPLOYED DIRECTLY BY THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT ON THE ORDERS OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH THE REPORTER FROM "THE POST" IN
JUST A MOMENT. "THE POST" GIVES BASICALLY TWO
TYPES OF ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION.
ONE OF THEM IS DOMESTIC TO THE U.S. AND IT IS SORT OF
EXASPERATING TO THINK ABOUT A NATIONAL SECURITY MATTER LIKE
THIS HAVING DOMESTIC POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS.
BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY ABOUT DONALD TRUMP MAKING IT A
TOUCHSTONE IN HIS CAMPAIGN THAT THE ELECTIONS WERE SOMEHOW
RIGGED FOR HILLARY CLINTON. WHEN HE WAS SAYING THAT THE
ELECTIONS ARE RIGGED, THE WHOLE THING IS RIGGED, HE WASN'T
SAYING THE RUSSIANS WERE RIGGING OUR ELECTION.
WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, OR MAYBE EVEN THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN, THE
DEMOCRATS WERE SOMEHOW RIGGING THE ELECTION TO FAVOR HILLARY
CLINTON. AN BECAUSE HE WAS CAMPAIGNING ON
THAT, THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCE OF THAT IN TERMS OF THIS
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE IS THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
APPARENTLY FELT CONSTRAINED IN TERMS OF HOW DRAMATICALLY THEY
COULD RESPOND TO THIS ATTACK AND HOW MUCH THEY COULD EVEN TALK
ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY KNEW THE RUSSIANS WERE DOING.
BECAUSE WITH THAT STAGE HAVING BEEN SET BY TRUMP, THIS IS ALL
RIGGED, THEY WANT TO INTERFERE IN THIS ELECTION TO HELP
CLINTON, WITH THAT STAGE HAVING BEEN SET IN TERMS OF OUR
DOMESTIC POLITICIAN, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT
WHATEVER THEY SAID AN WHATEVER THEY DID ABOUT THE RUSSIAN
ATTACK ON OUR ELECTION WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED, YOU KNOW,
PROOF, PROOF OF WHAT TRUMP HAS BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG.
THEY HAVE MADE UP THIS STORY. THIS IS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RIG
THE ELECTION AND STEAL THE ELECTION FOR CLINTON AND THEY'RE
GOING TO BLAME IT ALL ON THIS RUSSIA THING.
SO THAT WAS THE CONSTRAINT DRIVEN BY DOMESTIC POLITICS.
AN I THINK IT'S NOT PURELY CRAVEN, RIGHT.
THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SERVING THE GOOD OF THE UNITED STATES,
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE COUNTRY THINKS THEY HAVE GOT GREAT REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE AN ELECTION, RIGHT?
THAT IT WAS ALL RIGGED. THAT IT WAS STOLEN AND THEY
SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TURN TO SOME OTHER MEANS TO INSTALL THEIR
LEADER, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH
THAT. SO THEY TRIED NOT TO.
AND THEY FELT CONSTRAINED IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THE RUSSIA
ATTACK BECAUSE OF THAT WORRY. THAT WAS THE DOMESTIC
CONSTRAINT. THE OTHER CONSTRAINT THEY
APPARENTLY FELT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE LESS SORT OF
EXASPERATING ABOUT OUR POLITICS AND SORT OF JUST MORE STRAIGHT
AHEAD SCARY. ACCORDING TO "THE POST'S"
REPORT, ONE OF THE REASONS, THE OTHER MAIN REASON THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, QUOTE, RULED OUT ANY PREELECTION RETALIATION
AGAINST MOSCOW IS BECAUSE THEY FEARED WHAT PUTIN MIGHT DO IN
RESPONSE ABOUT THE ELECTION. THEY FEARED THAT PUTIN, QUOTE,
WAS PREPARED TO GO BEYOND FAKE NEWS AND E-MAIL DUMPS.
QUOTE, THE FBI HAD DETECTED SUSPECTED RUSSIAN ATTEMPTS TO
PENETRATE ELECTION SYSTEMS IN 21 STATES.
AT LEAST ONE SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL ASSUMED THAT MOSCOW
WOULD TRY ALL 50. MICHAEL DANIEL, WHO WAS CYBER
SECURITY COORDINATOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE, TELLS "THE
WASHINGTON POST," THAT, QUOTE, WE TURNED TO OTHER SCENARIOS
THAT THE RUSSIANS MIGHT ATTEMPT. QUOTING FROM "THE POST," AS
BRAZEN AS THE RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON THE ELECTION SEEMED, OBAMA AND
HIS TOP ADVISERS FEARED THAT THINGS COULD GET FAR WORSE.
MOSCOW'S MEDDLING TO THAT POINT WAS SEEN AS DEEPLY CONCERNING
BUT UNLIKELY TO MATERIALLY AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE
ELECTION. FAR MORE WORRISOME TO THE OBAMA
TEAM WAS THE PROSPECT OF A CYBER ASSAULT ON VOTING SYSTEMS BEFORE
AND ON ELECTION DAY. WORRISOME TO THE OBAMA TEAM WAS
THAT PROSPECT. SO PART OF THE REASON THEY
DIDN'T THROW EVERYTHING THEY HAD AT THE RUSSIANS, WHICH APPEARS
TO BE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STUFF THEY COULD HAVE THROWN,
PART OF THE REASON THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO RUSSIA ABOUT THIS
BEFORE THE ELECTION WAS BECAUSE OF HOW IT WOULD PLAY POLITICALLY
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS QUESTION, AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION ON WHETHER AMERICANS WOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR
ELECTION WAS NOT BEING RIGGED BY THE OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION IN
ORDER TO INSTALL SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN SECRETARY OF STATE IN THAT
ADMINISTRATION AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
THERE WAS THAT DOMESTIC CONCERN. BUT THE OTHER PART OF THEIR
RETICENCE TO DO ANYTHING WAS DRIVEN BY THE FACT THAT THEY
BELIEVED THAT RUSSIA COULD BLOW UP THE ELECTION IF THEY WANTED
TO. THAT BEYOND THE BOTS AND THE
PROPAGANDA AND THE STEALING THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND RELEASING THEM IN A WAY DESIGNED TO CAUSE DAMAGE,
DESPITE -- BEYOND ALL OF THAT STUFF, WHICH WE ALL KNOW ABOUT
NOW, APPARENTLY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BELIEVED THAT
WHATEVER RUSSIA DID WITH THE VOTER ROLLS AND ALL THOSE PROBES
OF ELECTION SYSTEMS AND ALL THE OTHER POKING AROUND THAT WE WERE
TOLD THAT THEY DID IN COUNTIES IN DOZENS OF STATES BEFORE THE
ELECTION, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION APPARENTLY
BELIEVED THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE CAPABLE OF MELTING THE WHOLE
THING DOWN ON ELECTION DAY. SO THE VOTES COULDN'T BE COUNTED
OR COULD BE CHANGED IN SOME KIND OF CATASTROPHIC WAY.
LEARNING THAT THAT FEAR IS WHAT CONSTRAINED THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S REACTION, HONESTLY THAT'S THE WAY WE
LEARNED AS A COUNTRY TODAY THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
APPARENTLY BELIEVED THAT RUSSIA COULD DO THAT, THAT RUSSIA HAD
THAT CAPACITY. THEY COULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BLOWN
UP OUR ELECTION IF THEY HAD WANTED TO.
AND IF THEY HAD THAT CAPACITY LAST YEAR, PRESUMABLY THAT MEAN
THEY STILL HAVE IT FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO USE IT.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS JUST BROKEN
HERE. IT'S LIKE I SAID, THEY TOOK TEN
ONE-PAGE SCOOPS AND PUT THEM ALL IN ONE BIG STORY WITH THAT
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