Get it straight– America is at war today. The Kremlin’s meddling in the election of 2016 is only the first page in a master plan to unbalance America or defeat it through military means if necessary. Russia wants an America that is weakened by political dysfunction, divided by social tension, struggling economically, and estranged from its allies. A distracted America will be far more unlikely to get in the way of Putin’s ambitions. To accomplish this goal, Russia will use its tools of influencing campaigns, economic pressure, cyber operations, and measurement of military force.
When we’d started investigating the $230 million, we had no idea where it would lead, or how much of a reaction it would garner from Russia. Now it all made sense. With more than a trillion dollars at stake, Putin was ready to do anything to protect it. So many people