Undermining the intelligence agencies which brought these cyber attacks to our attention is the last thing that should be done
It wouldn't be the first time CIA is spreading fake stories (did they find WMD in Iraq?).
So I wouldn't be shocked if this russian thing is not real, especially on the hacker side.
https://steemit.com/news/@dwinblood/catching-a-hacker-how-much-does-media-play-upon-public-ignorance
They didn't find WMD's in Iraq obviously, but they were driven to investigate due to evidence. Not saying the Iraq War is justifiable on these grounds, but they had gathered evidence that led them to believe there were WMD's. Big difference between turning out to be wrong, and completely fabricating a story and arrests of Russian officials in the department of cybersecurity just to get Trump out of office. Russian interference is a very big threat, and not the first time they've tried to interfere with electoral processes, such as in France with Marine Le Pen.
Yeah I remember Colin Powell at UN and the "evidence". It was a war based on false or insufficient evidence, it's not a simple innocent mistake like "oops, we were wrong".
Hundreds of thousands of american and iraqi lives... and a completely destroyed country.
And that's just an example, CIA made a ton of filthy deeds (Nicaragua?).
So I don't trust USA institutions. You don't trust the USA President, I don't trust nor president nor CIA... And that's not to defend Putin who is also capable of anything.
Truth is the first thing to disappear when this kind of pigs are involved.