election. and starting at noon tomorrow, the obama administration is physically barring any of those russians from accessing the compounds. the state department saying they were used by, quote, russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes. so maybe something more than diplomacy. now, cyber espionage is by definition a virtual activity. it's hard to pinpoint. it can feel kind of ephemeral. but president obama's actions today are not. they're physical steps, brick and mortar, if you want, starting with the compounds, but not ending there. president obama also ordered the immediate expulsion of 35 suspected russian spies. he imposed sanctions on two leading russian intelligence agencies including four top officers in a russian military intelligence unit. he levied sanction against two suspected hackers who are on that fbi wanted list. the last time the u.s. government took these kind of significant actions against russia was three months into the george w. bush administration.