The news this morning is that Mueller has indicted 12 Russian army officers for hacking the DNC. One supposes his intent is to force the President's hand in his upcoming talks with Russian President Putin. It's clear Mueller knows none of those Russians will ever stand trial, making it an empty gesture.
My reaction: if we don't have army officers (or the functional equivalent) doing the same thing to them, somebody should be courtmartialed. Outfits like NSA need to be both info-gatherers and disinformation promulgators, although the two functions must be separated operationally.
We should certainly employ people to mess with what Trump called "our competitors" in sub rosa ways like hacking, placing fake news on line, spreading rumors, stealing their technology, funding their rebels, etc. It's the modern deniable way of war, minus the mass deaths which is certainly an improvement.
