i think this issue has gotten to senator mcconnell in a way that previous criticisms have not. this is from greg miller s book in which he describes a briefing that then cia director john brennan gave to mcconnell about russian interference before the 2016 election. as brennan moves through his talking points, the kentucky senator expressed no alarm about what russia might be doing in the u.s. election and instead accused the cia director of playing politics. you re trying to screw the republican candidate, mcconnell said. what could be a motive here of being the plauk blocker between us and a piece of legislation designed to help. well, people who have reported on this a little bit more have said that it could be a couple different things. one of the things is that he