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Could they have last year? were they putting malware in there so they could do it in the future if they want to? that was on wednesday. now, today there's this from the washington post. this opus which among many other things lays out the concern by the obama administration that if the -- if they had retaliated for the russian attack, russia might do something to our election that's far worse than what they've done already. they were worried about that because apparently they believe that the russians could have blown up our election if they wanted to. joining us now is ellen, she's national s...

Nagashima. she's national security reporter for the post, one of them who wrote this blockbuster piece for the post. ellen, congratulations on this opus today. it's a real achievement. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> one key piece of your reporting, and this is a complex piece, is that the obama administration was very worried as to what the russians might do in response if there was a strong american mupushback, a strong american response to the attack before the election. is it clear that the obama administration had a clear understanding of the russians' capabilities about what t...

Not so much. >> maybe wishful thinking. certainly serving as a wakeup call today. you know, there has been a lot of fear premium built into the price of oil. sort of this what if situation as far as the happenings in libya and saudi arabia. and so some analysts today are staying after this announcement that we could see prices come down. in fact, i talked to tom, set chief oil and gas analyst over at opus today. he says if we do see that fear premium come out of the price of oil. he forecasts we could see oil fall as much as $85 a barrel. other bull loish say we could see the price come down s...