All of this is a concerted, well planned, thought out, organized and coordinated campaign on the part of Russia and her Intelligence Services

M.N.: This recent article by John Schindler made me think, even more than his articles usually do. Counterintelligence is the immune system of the body: state, nation, culture. Its neglect and/or deficiencies are potentially deadly. There are a lot of aggressive enemies and opponents, big and small, attacking this body, just like the physical body is attacked by the enormous variety of potential threats.
The recent events: various hacks and informational manipulations, attempts to interfere into the US politics, invasive and aggressive foreign policies, the degree of anti-American propaganda - all of this, and more, indicate that it is a concerted, well planned, thought out, organized and coordinated campaign on the part of Russia and her Intelligence Services (which one is an educated guess, just as the degree of Putin's personal involvement), one big post-Soviet "special operation", or the "Special", as John Schindler termed it, or in other terms "Hybrid"or "Intelligence" War. These terms are interchangeable, it is the same concept. The point is to grasp this concept and to come up with the counter-concept, and the sooner the better.
This issue transcends the politics and the politics of the day, it has more of a long term feel in it. It probably has a broader scope than just NSA and involves attempts at infiltration, manipulation and influence on many and different levels, to get some degree of control over the levers of the governments, markets and societies, their structures, moods, thinking and decisions in a way that is favorable for Russia and her "strategic allies".
Michael Novakhov