Do you realize that not acting or ignoring intel on bounties on U.S. Servicemen, is the political impact equivant of being proven to be a child molester? Instant politcal suicide......
Are you really that naive?
Nah, I'm not naive.
I also realize that (since this is a Cold War sounding sort of thing, if true) the wet work is better taken care of off camera and unannounced.
Usually, however, that can best be done if the target doesn't know they are a target, which the NYT has unfailingly pulled the lid off of.
Had the Trump administration verified and acted upon such intelligence, what would be the Russian reaction to the targeted elimination of Russian operatives engaged in paying bounties to the Taliban for killing Americans?
If the story is a complete fabrication, it's inexcusable tabloid partisanship on their part.
If there's something to it, they have become a threat to national security and should be shut down...
...or maybe just have an unfortunate accident on the subway.