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In 2001 the outgoing Clinton administration tried [View all]
to get the incoming Bush administration to understand that Al Qaeda was going to be the most important threat they needed to pay attention to. Of course they didn't pay any attention at all. They even blew off a briefing that said Al Qaeda was determined to strike at the heart of America.
Some sixteen years later the outgoing Obama administration is trying to persuade the incoming Trump administration not to be so cozy with the Russians. Are they paying attention? I doubt it.
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