Russia Olympic Doping Scandal Potentially Played Role in US Election Hacking

As part of United States intelligence investigations into Russia's hacking during the U.S. presidential election, it's believed Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack at least in part due to the World Anti-Doping Agency exposing his country's Olympic doping scandal.

Per a recently released intelligence report from the United States National Intelligence Council, Putin believes the United States was behind the uncovering of Russian athlete doping that caused 111 of the country's 389 listed athletes to be banned from the 2016 Rio Olympics.

"Putin publicly pointed to the Panama Papers disclosure and the Olympic doping scandal as US-directed efforts to defame Russia, suggesting he…