Trump’s behavior over the past year, as allegations deepened of Russian covert action to help his campaign, has been comparable to his business life. But we should remember, when we read stories about Russian intelligence contacts with the Trump team (or anyone else), this is raw information — and often unreliable. Russian diplomats, intelligence operatives and business executives routinely boast about their contacts — inflating their access and information. They spy on us, as we spy on them. But they are very good at it, as our real-life espionage blockbuster has demonstrated over the past few months.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2017 00:22 UTC