t they did not inform the president and officials receiving the blue-striped reports that they included Russian misinformation. What the CIA director John Deutch called “an inexcusable lapse” also reflected a form of institutional willful blindness in U.S. intel- ligence, borne out of a bureaucratic fear of ca

they did not inform the President and officials receiving the blue-striped reports, that they had included Russian misinformation. What CIA Director John Deutch called "an inexcusable lapse" also reflected a form of institutional willful blindness in US intelligence, borne out of bureaucratic fear of career e