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Russia's aim wasn't to get anyone to actually believe the crazy stories they were publishing...The point of their influence operation was to overwhelm facts, to sow doubt that facts were even knowable.

— James Clapper

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I went on to say that 'I hoped he would abide by the long-standing principle of the [intelligence community] always telling 'truth to power'.

The Founding Fathers, in their genius, created three co-equal branches of government, and a built-in system of checks and balances, and I feel as though that is under assault, and is eroding.

You have to remember Putin's background. He's a KGB officer. That's what they do. They recruit assets.

Of course, the Russian effort affected the outcome. Surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win. To conclude otherwise stretches logic, common sense, and credulity to the breaking point.

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