THANK YOU President Obama For Trying To WARN US About This.....

[GusBob]

14. Yes "the political ramifications"

Every time this story comes up someone mentions that. It makes me sick, as you cannot play politics with "the crime of the century" which went largely unpunished ( per the link in the OP).

They also mention how everyone thought Hillary was going to win so their actions were tempered based on that assumption. To me, that indicates they were unaware of the depth, breath, and scope of the Russian meddling. And the consequences thereof.

Hindsight is 20/20 indeed. But serious mistakes were made. As the one aide is quoted in the OP

"I feel like we sorta choked" that defines my opinion

That having been said, this whole thing has been an obsession of mine since 12/17 ( when PBO first informed the general public). The article in the OP is the most in-depth I have read on the subject. The latter parts indicate some things that the Obama administration did to blunt the Russians going forward. That needsvto be brought to the attention of cynical people like me