WHOAH!! So much for no smoking gun. The #RussiaReport is utterly damning about the failure of the intelligence services to protect our democratic processes.

& #39;In response for our written request for evidence, MI5 provided just 6 lines of text& #39;

Threat of foreign interference only recognised after DNC & #39;hack & leak& #39;.

& #39;Had the relevant parts of the Intelligence Community conducted a similar assessment prior to the referendum, it is inconceivable that they would not have reached the same conclusion as to Russian intent& #39;

EXTRAORDINARY. MI5 & 6 literally did nothing. Why??

& #39;We have not been provided with any post-referendum assessment of Russian interference. [REDACTED] in stark contrast to Russian interference in 2016 presidential election where an intel assessment was produced within 2 months& #39;

Four years. We& #39;ve had four years of news reports & academic research: & #39;open source evidence& #39;. And the spooks didn& #39;t even cross-match the social media accounts! They literally don& #39;t even appear to have read the newspapers...