The problem with the NSA database -- and I assume the Russian equivalent -- is that it can be used to hide interference in other nations (or domestically), usin

The problem with the NSA database -- and I assume the Russian equivalent -- is that it can be used to hide interference in other nations (or domestically), using social graph information and psychology profiles. I don't believe that the issues which won Trump the election are because of Russian influence -- they're generational scale strategic blunders on the part of the US -- but that several of them became "active" at a critical moment in US politics is precisely how covert warfare between large nations is enacted (or, at least, is the obvious extension of Cold War tactics). It's very likely that Russia executed an operation against the US during the most recent election cycle. The actual effectiveness of that, and the culpability we bear in leaving the nation is such a vulnerable state is a matter of considerable debate.