More than two years later, with the benefit of hindsight, the sequence of missed signals and misjudgments that allowed Russia to interfere in an American election seems incomprehensible and unforgivable—and yet completely predictable for a nation that did not fully comprehend the many varieties of cyber conflict. Many of the initial mistakes were born of bureaucratic inertia and lack of imagination: The FBI fumbled the investigation, and the DNC’s staff was asleep at the wheel. That deadly combination allowed the Russian hackers complete freedom to rummage through the DNC’s files before the
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