The actions by the OBama administration including the expulsion of individuals directly involved in the hacks that were intended to influence the outcome of the US Elections are a good start and effectively "Name and shame" some of the primary culprits, including Putin directly.
In addition to the public sanctions the President has said that some covert actions will be taken as well. My suggestion is that among those sanctions we include a hack of emails of individuals involved in the doping scandal of Russian Olympic athletes. Particularly if we can make public evidence that the Russian Government was actively involved in the doping campaign and provide the evidence needed to make the case for a long-term suspension of all or most of the Russian Olympic team, other high level athletes and their coaches.
There are few things more important to the Russian psyche than their International athletic prowess. To have the extent of the government complicity and that of their nationally acclaimed athletic coaches and athletes revealed would give the International Olympic Committee the evidence needed to sanction Russia much more severely than the virtual slap on the wrist that they have gotten to date.
I'm not an expert on hacking but I am betting that this would be a relatively easy hack and the odds that the leadership within the secret cabal that orchestrated the doping of athletes would be arrogant enough to have openly communicated among themselves by email.
-wdk
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