Report Exposes Super-Secret CIA Memo on Putin

The Washington Post takes an in-depth look at how the US investigation into Russian hacking of the 2016 election unfolded, with a particular focus on the Obama administration's response. It includes a damning quote from an anonymous former Obama official: "It is the hardest thing about my entire time in government to defend. I feel like we sort of choked."

 The story begins with a key moment in early August: the arrival of a super-secret CIA memo at the White House asserting that Vladimir Putin had given his tech minions "specific instructions" to damage Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump. (Only Obama and three senior aides were authorized to see the memo.) Thus began months of debate on how to respond, with Obama eventually settling on the expulsion of 35 diplomats and what the newspaper calls "largely symbolic" economic sanctions.

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