Senate Report Faults 'Paralysis' By Obama Team On 2016 Russian Election Scheme
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said former President Barack Obama's administration was caught off guard and wasted time when it should have been reacting to the attack on the election.
by Philip Ewing
Feb 06, 2020
3 minutes
Russia's attack on the 2016 presidential election caught then-President Barack Obama off guard, and he and advisers were partly paralyzed with indecision over how to respond, a new Senate report concludes.
The study by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence found that the government was "not well-postured" at the time Obama's administration began to detect and assess the wave of active measures launched by Russia against the presidential race.
Moreover, the highly partisan environment,
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