(July 10, 2017 at 8:22 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I'm starting to think if I was Putin, and I definitely had a preference for one US presidential candidate over the other (something I don't think is yet proven, BTW) and it could not be guaranteed that my support for that candidate would remain secret (and therefore worthwhile for me to do) I might assume that my support would in fact be revealed (and if it wasn't, I would see to it that it was) and I would therefore support the other candidate.
...or, on the other hand, I'd play my hand, and if discovered, would use that to draw the President I helped to elect closer into my orbit for his fear of my spilling the beans ...
Blackmail's a bitch.