“I feel like we sort of choked.” That is the killer quote in an extraordinary Washington Post investigation into how Barack Obama responded to intelligence last year that Russia was running a sophisticated influence operation against the 2016 elections.
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Eli Lake: Obama choked on Russia long before the 2016 election
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his US counterpart Barack Obama during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on Sept. 5, 2016.