The Washington Post's national security reporters unveil the deep divisions inside the Obama White House over how to respond to Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Reading it, one can’t avoid the conclusion that if it had happened during a Republican administration, things would have gone very differently. In June, it first became public that the Russians had infiltrated the systems of the Democratic National Committee. The same thing happened from Republicans in Congress: The administration sought a bipartisan response, and Republicans shut it down. There’s no way to know whether the election might have turned out differently if the Obama administration had reacted more aggressively to the Russian assault.

Source: Washington Post June 23, 2017 18:19 UTC