My own two cents: I think the United States has perceived Russia as a defeated military power with economic and internal political weaknesses. Therefore, effort

My own two cents: I think the United States has perceived Russia as a defeated military power with economic and internal political weaknesses. Therefore, effort should be spent there over a military one. So one could look at where the CIA spends money to see if effort is put there over strictly military. Not that the Pentagon has been audited lately or anything...