Analysis Heres what weve learned from the Senate hearing on Russia so far [View all]

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The Senate Intelligence Committee held a rare public hearing on Thursday, a first look at its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The hearing, broken up into several sessions, began Thursday morning with a panel of academics brought in to explain Russia's history of trying to influence politics in other countries. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the committee chairman, and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), the vice chairman, made it clear that they want to be thorough, starting with an understanding of how Russia interferes in other countries' affairs and why.

On Thursday afternoon, the committee brought in a panel of cybersecurity experts, including Gen. Keith Alexander, who was head of the National Security Agency from 2005 to 2014. They're expected to discuss the techniques Russia uses to influence other countries and their politics over the Internet.

Here's what we have learned from the hearing so far:

1. The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to avoid the partisanship we have seen from the House Intelligence Committee.

Burr and Warner both made it clear that they're working together and that they want to avoid letting politics creep in.

“We're all targets of a sophisticated and capable adversary,” Burr said in his opening statement, “and we must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures.”

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