citizens when they released the information. the conspirators created fictitious online personas including d.c. leaks and gucifer 2.0. the defendants falsely claimed that d.c. leaks was a group of american hackers and that gucifer 2.0 was alone romanian hacker. in fact, both were created and controlled by the russia gru. legal experts say an indictment likes this can send a strong message but has no teeth. the russians are unlikely to extra diet their own nationals, especially intelligence officers for any kind of prosecution, neil. neil: thanks, catherine. alberto gonzalez joins us, the former attorney general, belmont university college of law dean. thanks for taking the time. does this change the complexion for this sit-down with vladimir putin and the president?