So I'm hearing all this stuff from the CIA about the Russians trying to hack the US election, and I'm thinking: of course they did. Don't we all? Either the Russians succeeded and the CIA failed, or the CIA succeeded and the Russians failed. If The Donald was a highly placed Russian mole [Wasn't there a film? Weren't there several?], surely he'd be somewhat less flamboyant? Imagine the secret Russian training camp, somewhere in Siberia, where the brainwashed young property developer is schooled in the spycraft of fitting into the US political system. Those trainers can't be that bad.
Or maybe that explains - no. Silly idea.
If the whole point of this is for the CIA to claim the moral high ground, or to mend fences with the Democratic establishment by blaming somebody else for the email thing [Why? Why now?], surely they should start by issuing one of those historic apologies for - let's see now - Castro's exploding cigars, toppling various dictators, wiretapping, more or less the whole of the unofficial history.
You're spies. There are Russian spies. Deal with it.
Or maybe that explains - no. Silly idea.
If the whole point of this is for the CIA to claim the moral high ground, or to mend fences with the Democratic establishment by blaming somebody else for the email thing [Why? Why now?], surely they should start by issuing one of those historic apologies for - let's see now - Castro's exploding cigars, toppling various dictators, wiretapping, more or less the whole of the unofficial history.
You're spies. There are Russian spies. Deal with it.