Hillary Clinton Ties Loss to Russian Hacking and Comey Letter  —  Hillary Clinton on Thursday night attributed her defeat to a convergence of two “unprecedented” events: the release of a letter by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, shortly before the election, and what she called an …

Republican National Committee Security Foiled Russian Hackers  —  Investigation calls it a less aggressive and much less persistent effort than the hacks of the Democratic National Committee  —  Russian hackers tried to penetrate the computer networks of the Republican National Committee …

Useful Idiots Galore  —  On Wednesday an editorial in The Times described Donald Trump as a “useful idiot” serving Russian interests.  That may not be exactly right.  After all, useful idiots are supposed to be unaware of how they're being used, but Mr. Trump probably knows very well how much he owes to Vladimir Putin.

Obama On Russian Hacking: ‘We Need To Take Action.  And We Will’  —  President Obama says the United States will respond to Russian cyber-attacks that the intelligence community has concluded were part of an effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.