both seemed to be lingering where underground fiber optic cables tend to the run. the whereabouts led waging a qu effort to map the u.s. telecommunications infrastructure, perhaps preparing for an opportunity to disrupt it. nobody knew what to make of that report at that time. this issue has been kind of dormant until this spring. that is when the u.s. officially accused russia of not only the things that we just mentioned but of targeting power plants and water and electrical grids during the campaign and ongoing during the trump presidency. now those russian diplomats wandering around the u.s. and showing up in a strange places, that remains a mystery. until this week. resurfacing. this is something during a little-noticed exchange on a senate hearing on russian interference. victoria new land, the top diplomat in the obama administration, testifying before the intelligence