The Hacking of America

Published: July 31, 2018, 11:34 a.m.

Given an administration this adept at manufacturing crises, it can be easy to stack scandals until you lose sight of the real problems that need solving. This is the risk of \u201cRussiagate.\u201d The Trump campaign\u2019s Russia connections are probably a scandal, and the attacks on the election are undoubtedly a crisis. But there\u2019s a caveat: Russia\u2019s conduct, formidably strategic though it seems to have been, wouldn\u2019t have worked without American susceptibility.