Report : Obama White House ` miscalculated ' Russia threat . 
Report : Obama White House ` miscalculated ' Russia threat . 
The Washington Post reports Russia threats went unchallenged , unnoticed under the Obama administration ; reaction and analysis Michael Caputo , former Trump campaign senior adviser , and Michael Starr Hopkins , Democratic strategist who served on President Obama and Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaigns . 
Why is it that no one in the Obama administration said , wait a second , they are trying to influence things ? 
Breaking tonight , a bombshell new report raising concerns that the Obama administration "miscalculated the Russia threat" , allowing Putin to launch years of attacks against the United States tampering with everything from our economy to our election . 
In the final months of the Obama administration , the final year , and yet nobody , nobody responded to these in a way that you should , if they 're trying to influence our elections . 
It describes Obama administration failing to take action until it was "too late" . 
CAPUTO : Well , the Obama administration had an ambassador in place in Russia named Michael McFall . 
But you know what , former President Barack Obama in his first interview since leaving the White House , very first one , tells Britain 's Prince Harry : people in power should be careful in their use of social media . 
BARACK OBAMA , 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : When you were asked what 's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America , you said Russia . 
I will say , however , the Obama administration put harsh sanctions on the Russian economy . 
OBAMA : The truth is that on the internet , everything is simplified . 
This Washington Post report is suggesting that during the administration of President Barack Obama , Russian aggression and provocations went unchecked for years . 
Who can forget early in the Obama years , new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton literally pushing the reset button , hoping for warmer relations with Russia ? 
And much later in the second term , National Security Adviser Susan Rice actually tried to justify why the Obama team was trying to walk a fine line with Vladimir Putin by not pushing back too hard . 
I would n't put it past President Obama for doing that , but it 's a curious comment coming from President Obama given the history of his divisive presidency -- the times when he went in -LRB- INAUDIBLE -RRB- , like Ferguson , and like Baltimore , and came out against police officers in those incidents that was when they ended up being innocent . 
REGAN : I think you 're right , because I think about what treasury did under President Obama . 
But to Kayleigh 's point that President Obama was so divisive , I mean , when you look at the polling , even on this issue , President Trump , 66 percent of Americans have said that he 's done more to divide us than unite us . 
Barack Obama only ever got to 55 percent , and George Bush only got to 55 percent . 
And most notably , the White House just approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine to help them deal with Russian-backed separatist -- something the Obama administration never did despite desperate pleas from the Ukrainians . 
I just want to say President Trump 's comments about rigging the election made it really hard for President Obama and Jeh Johnson to respond to some of the hacking of Russia , because they were worried about the politicization of , you know , bringing it into the media 's network and explaining to the American people what was going on . 
REGAN : Well , let me pause you there for a second , because , you know , one of the things that the president , former President Obama is criticizing is , in fact , the use of social media and Twitter . 
Unlike President Obama where most of the coverage was positive according to the Harvard study . 
They were weary then at the end of the Bush administration , weary at the beginning of the Obama administration . 
The Obama administration , and I said with the reset button , they tried to do that too . 
And you can see as you progress there from Clinton , to Bush , to Obama , to Trump . 
Plus , former President Obama grants a rare interview with Prince Harry , but unlike his predecessors , he decided to weigh in on the current White House . 
And he also -- no , what President Obama did -- . 
That makes sense when you look back at what President Obama said during a 2012 debate . 
What I think what President Obama is saying is that he personally attacks people . 
Here right now with more , Michael Caputo , former Trump campaign senior adviser ; and Michael Starr Hopkins , Democratic strategist who served on President Obama and Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaigns . 
But what troubles me is that during the Obama administration , while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state , decisions about Russia , including Uranium One and the passage of that deal , they were made despite , I think what were very real concerns about Putin 's territorial ambitions and the reality that Ukraine was going to be facing sooner or later . 
And somehow or another , the Obama administration took their eye off the ball . 
I think it 's quite true that Obama and his administration did n't follow through , perhaps , on a lot of this online activity , these online active measures of the Kremlin . 
He highlighted his reversal of an Obama administration rule against police departments using older military equipment , growing stock valuations , reduce regulations and the recently signed tax law .
Report : Obama White House ` miscalculated ' Russia threat . 
The Washington Post reports Russia threats went unchallenged , unnoticed under the [TGT] administration ; reaction and analysis Michael Caputo , former Trump campaign senior adviser , and Michael Starr Hopkins , Democratic strategist who served on President Obama and Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaigns . 
Why is it that no one in the [TGT] administration said , wait a second , they are trying to influence things ? 
Breaking tonight , a bombshell new report raising concerns that the [TGT] administration "miscalculated the Russia threat" , allowing Putin to launch years of attacks against the United States tampering with everything from our economy to our election . 
In the final months of the [TGT] administration , the final year , and yet nobody , nobody responded to these in a way that you should , if they 're trying to influence our elections . 
It describes [TGT] administration failing to take action until it was "too late" . 
CAPUTO : Well , the [TGT] administration had an ambassador in place in Russia named Michael McFall . 
But you know what , former President Barack Obama in his first interview since leaving the White House , very first one , tells Britain 's Prince Harry : people in power should be careful in their use of social media . 
BARACK OBAMA , 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : When you were asked what 's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America , you said Russia . 
I will say , however , the [TGT] administration put harsh sanctions on the Russian economy . 
OBAMA : The truth is that on the internet , everything is simplified . 
This Washington Post report is suggesting that during the administration of President Barack Obama , Russian aggression and provocations went unchecked for years . 
Who can forget early in the Obama years , new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton literally pushing the reset button , hoping for warmer relations with Russia ? 
And much later in the second term , National Security Adviser Susan Rice actually tried to justify why the [TGT] team was trying to walk a fine line with Vladimir Putin by not pushing back too hard . 
I would n't put it past [TGT] for doing that , but it 's a curious comment coming from [TGT] given the history of [TGT] divisive presidency -- the times when [TGT] went in -LRB- INAUDIBLE -RRB- , like Ferguson , and like Baltimore , and came out against police officers in those incidents that was when they ended up being innocent . 
REGAN : I think you 're right , because I think about what treasury did under [TGT] . 
But to Kayleigh 's point that [TGT] was so divisive , I mean , when you look at the polling , even on this issue , President Trump , 66 percent of Americans have said that [TGT] 's done more to divide us than unite us . 
[TGT] only ever got to 55 percent , and George Bush only got to 55 percent . 
And most notably , the White House just approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine to help them deal with Russian-backed separatist -- something the [TGT] administration never did despite desperate pleas from the Ukrainians . 
I just want to say President Trump 's comments about rigging the election made it really hard for President Obama and Jeh Johnson to respond to some of the hacking of Russia , because they were worried about the politicization of , you know , bringing it into the media 's network and explaining to the American people what was going on . 
REGAN : Well , let me pause you there for a second , because , you know , one of the things that the president , former President Obama is criticizing is , in fact , the use of social media and Twitter . 
Unlike President Obama where most of the coverage was positive according to the Harvard study . 
They were weary then at the end of the Bush administration , weary at the beginning of the [TGT] administration . 
The [TGT] administration , and I said with the reset button , they tried to do that too . 
And you can see as you progress there from Clinton , to Bush , to [TGT] , to Trump . 
Plus , [TGT] grants a rare interview with Prince Harry , but unlike [TGT] predecessors , [TGT] decided to weigh in on the current White House . 
And [TGT] also -- no , what [TGT] did -- . 
That makes sense when you look back at what [TGT] said during a 2012 debate . 
What I think what [TGT] is saying is that [TGT] personally attacks people . 
Here right now with more , Michael Caputo , former Trump campaign senior adviser ; and Michael Starr Hopkins , Democratic strategist who served on President Obama and Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaigns . 
But what troubles me is that during the [TGT] administration , while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state , decisions about Russia , including Uranium One and the passage of that deal , they were made despite , I think what were very real concerns about Putin 's territorial ambitions and the reality that Ukraine was going to be facing sooner or later . 
And somehow or another , the [TGT] administration took their eye off the ball . 
I think it 's quite true that [TGT] and [TGT] administration did n't follow through , perhaps , on a lot of this online activity , these online active measures of the Kremlin . 
[TGT] highlighted [TGT] reversal of an [TGT] administration rule against police departments using older military equipment , growing stock valuations , reduce regulations and the recently signed tax law .