Some in Congress cite the existence of dissent for not doing anything. Leave aside the role of dissent in intel, this is beside the point. We know Russia has conducted covert ops over and over again in an effort to destabilize the west. The bounty story is one more data point.1/3

The pattern in abundantly clear. So the question is not: How should the US respond directly to the bounty story? The question is: How much are we willing to let Russia destabilize us? 2/3

Unfortunately, the answer from both the White House and Congress has been clear for a long time: A lot. 3/3

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