Senate Intel Cmte. report: Obama administration was caught off guard by Russia's interference in the 2016 election and did not have options at the ready to retaliate over the meddling, resulting in a constrained and flawed response.
The Republican chairman of the committee, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, said the Obama White House"struggled to determine the appropriate response."
Warner said he was concerned that the country's deeply polarized politics made it difficult for the Obama team to respond in 2016 and could hamstring future administrations. But senior officials were concerned the list of options had been distributed too widely inside the government, and that they only wanted to see"defensive" options on the table, the report said.
The administration ended up focusing mainly on"protecting election infrastructure and castigating the Russians prior to the election, saving punitive responses until after Moscow's ability to affect the 2016 election had passed," the report stated.
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