obama administration finally take action russia interfere presidential election white house announce 35 intelligence operatives eject country addition sanction place russia two lead intelligence service include four top officer military intelligence unit.on thursday obama sign executive order grant president authority impose travel ban asset freeze tamper alter cause misappropriation information purpose effect interfere undermine election process institutions new york time report mr. obama use order immediately impose sanction four russian intelligence officials igor valentinovich korobov current chief military intelligence agency g.r.u three deputies sergey aleksandrovich gizunov deputy chief g.r.u igor olegovich kostyukov first deputy chief vladimir stepanovich alekseyev also first deputy chief g.r.u administration also put sanction three company organizations say support hack operations special technologies center signal intelligence operation st. petersburg firm call zor security also know esage lab autonomous non-commercial organization professional association designers data process systems whose lengthy name american officials say cover group provide special train hacking.it unclear moment much impact measure actually move may end largely symbolic time point action would amount strong american response ever take state-sponsored cyberattack aim unite state u.s. intelligence agencies include cia fbi department homeland security agree russia behind dnc hack subsequent slow release damage information obtain hack presidential campaign also conclude russia interfere election one reason help donald trump defeat hillary clinton.trump blow find u.s. intelligence community ridiculous punishments obama impose today executive order trump option nix sanction take office next month choose likely members congress include republicans furious call official investigation matter.the white house also plan release joint analytic report fbi department homeland security give insight information gather national security agency report expect publish obama leave office three weeks.featured image via chip somodevilla/getty image obama finally take action kick 35 russian diplomats u.s. election tamper