Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking - The New York Times

WASHINGTON — In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government. Former American officials say they had two aims: to ensure that such meddling isn’t duplicated in future American or European elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html