It is difficult to see were there is still serious journalism left in Mr Spector's pieces which have just gotten progressively worse during the DM "no-comment" and "Trump presidency" era. One would at least think that Mr Spector would point out:

(1) President elect Obama's hot-mic re-assurance to the Russians
(2) President elect Obama's "back-channel" set up with the Iranians 
(3) And for good measure that for all the Russia talk - nothing, absolutely nothing - apart from unconfirmed anonymous leaks (speculating) have been proven of a Trump-Russia conspiracy. This despite a daily barrage of reporting suggesting everything Russia and remotely Trump is another big story. 

Instead, we know Obama dismissed Russia as a serious enemy; together with Ms Clinton' State attempted a reset and through the Clinton Foundation had received more money from the Russians and facilitated business deals like selling 20% of US uranium.