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Former NSA Analyst Debunks Three Myths About Russian Hacking. Only we—not Putin—can truly undermine our republic

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Former NSA Analyst Debunks Three Myths About Russian Hacking
Only we—not Putin—can truly undermine our republic
By John R. Schindler • 12/19/16 2:40pm   
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TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Japan-Russia business dialogue meeting at Keidanren Kaikan on December 16, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Putin is on a two-day official visit to Japan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ma Ping - Pool/Getty Images

For someone like me, who’s warned about foreign espionage—especially Russian—for years, usually to little avail, it’s a pleasant change to see the mainstream media talk about so much Kremlin spies these days. It’s gratifying to witness the Obama White House, which downplayed and simply ignored Russian clandestine spy-games for almost eight years, suddenly pledge to get serious about it. That this sea-change is coming as President Obama is packing his belongings and therefore will have minimal real-world impact doesn’t mean it’s not welcome.

All the same, the emerging debate about what exactly Vladimir Putin and his spies did in 2016 to influence our elections is already politically toxic, fundamentally dishonest, and flagrantly partisan. As is now the custom in Washington, both sides are more than willing to ignore inconvenient facts when they get in the way of their preferred narrative about this year

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