Credit: Anatomy of a Russian attack: The U.S. intelligence community has concluded an attempt to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. A WTOP investigation that began in November 2016 examined how the attack happened, when it started, who was involved, and what’s next. We conducted dozens of interviews with current and former U.S. intelligence officials, members of Congress, cyber security and intelligence experts, foreign government officials, Russian nationals and American victims. Here is what we learned. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Anatomy of a Russian attack: First signs of the Kremlin’s attempt to influence the 2016 election