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Major takeaways:

(1) Putin directed major escalation in cyber campaign to undermine Clinton and boost Trump.

(2) Paid social media "trolls," financed by the Kremlin, sought to maximize propaganda value of leaked DNC emails.

(3) "Putin has had many positive experiences with Western political leaders whose business interests made them disposed to deal with Russia, such as former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder."

(4) Moscow intends to apply lessons learned from its US cyber campaign to further election-tampering efforts, likely including upcoming elections in France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

We send briefcases of money (Iran and Pakistan), money and trained soldiers (South America), weapons and training (Afghanistan, Syria), strategic leaks (Egypt) to effectively change regimes -- with some bloodshed typically ensuing.

Now we have fascists like Clapper wagging their fingers at Russia for internet memes, and allegedly liberal people cheering him on for it.

People are out of their damn minds.