This news follows several reports NATO plans to bring tens of thousands of troops to the border with Russia as soon as the beginning of next year.

Without unassailable evidence of any successful hacks by Russian actors, the United States has rushed to blame its Cold War foe for leaks of thousands of documents obtained and published by Wikileaks, which have nearly irreparably damaged the integrity of Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Indeed, though both the Clinton camp and President Obama's administration have continually blamed those leaks on Russian hackers hell bent on rigging the election — while simultaneously and unironically insisting the system isn't rigged — no solid evidence has yet surfaced backing that allegation.

Nonetheless, at this late hour, NATO — often viewed as a puppet of the U.S. government — rushes to prepare troops for a putative threat Putin poses to paranoid Eastern European nations.