it. investigators examining the bot attacks are exploring whether the far right news operations to assist russia's operatives. the investigation of the bot engineered traffic appears to be in its early stages but it's being driven by the fbi's counterintelligence division. so if mcclatchy sources are correct, we now know that what appeared to be a mysterious tidal wave that turned social media into brainless anti-clinton mush during the campaign that was not only part of the russian attack, it's part of being the fbi counterintelligence division, including the possibility that there was a cooperation or coordination in that part of the attack from pro-trump forces inside the united states. we will have more on that ahead tonight including with one of the reporters that broke that story but before we bring that reporter in, i want to leave this on one last point that i think is worth keeping in mind and when i describe this point