The assessment concluded with high confidence that the Kremlin ordered an extensive, multi-pronged propaganda effort “to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.”

The NSA has now learned, however, that Russian government hackers, part of a team with a “cyber espionage mandate specifically directed at U.S. and foreign elections,” focused on parts of the system directly connected to the voter registration process, including a private sector manufacturer of devices that maintain and verify the voter rolls.

As described by the classified NSA report, the Russian plan was simple: pose as an e-voting vendor and trick local government employees into opening Microsoft Word documents invisibly tainted with potent malware that could give hackers full control over the infected computers.

I actually think he's awesome as fuck.

Why? Because he's doing the exact best for his own people under the current geo-political umbrella.

What more can you ask of your dictator?

You should hear some of the conversations I spark when I wear my Putin shirt. When I ask opposers why they hate Putin or Russia so much, I get the text book responses about communism and his previous career in the KGB. More often than not, they are Bernie supporters. You could kick the elephant in the room, and it would remain unnoticed.