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It'll be Trump's Job to Face Facts on Russia Hack

| December 12, 2016

The fact that Donald J. Trump will become president isn't why we should all care — deeply — about the news that intelligence agencies, but mainly the CIA, have concluded that Russia used cyberattacks and infiltrations aimed at harming Hillary Clinton's campaign. (Disclosure: I supported Hillary Clinton and advised her on homeland security efforts, so for the sake of argument I'll entertain the idea that Russian influence and hacking did not determine the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.)

But Russia's actions have put our democracy in peril. The investigation launched by President Obama on Friday to assess the extent and success of Russia's efforts is not just about looking back and seeing what happened in 2016; it is about protecting our elections in the future....

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For Academic Citation: Kayyem, Juliette.“It'll be Trump's Job to Face Facts on Russia Hack.” CNN, December 12, 2016.

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