2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/VOTING: “The Senate Intelligence Committee is drafting a report on vulnerabilities in the U.S. election system that is expected to be released in the coming weeks, according to lawmakers and aides, in what will be the first product of a yearlong investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said they hope to have it completed by March. The report still needs to be vetted and approved by multiple federal agencies to ensure the protection of classified information, lawmakers and aides said… The report isn’t expected to address any of the thorny questions about the extent to which Russia interfered in the 2016 election—including whether associates of President Donald Trump colluded with Moscow. Russia denies meddling in the election, and Mr. Trump has denied any collusion.
Lawmakers are hoping the election-infrastructure report will draw bipartisan support and be the first in a series of reports that the Senate committee will issue on the topic of Russian meddling, including reports on what occurred on social media and the politically fraught question about what, if any, help Moscow received during the 2016 campaign.
The House Intelligence Committee is conducting a similar investigation, but its probe has been nearly derailed multiple times by intense partisan infighting.”
-Byron Tau, “Senate Intelligence Committee Writing Report on Election Vulnerabilities Ahead of Midterms,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 8, 2018 03:25pm