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In his upcoming book, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., calls for retaliatory cyber incursions on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Sen. John McCain<\/a> wrote in his new book that America should seriously consider a cyberattack to retaliate for Russia\u2019s meddling in U.S. elections, to send a strong message to the superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m of the opinion that unless [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is made to regret his decision he will return to the scene of the crime again and again,\u201d wrote McCain, the well-known Arizona Republican who is battling brain cancer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book, titled \u201cThe Restless Wave<\/a>\u201d and scheduled for a May 22 release, also touches on accusations that Russia could have compromising material related to U.S. President Donald Trump and confirms that McCain has reviewed a copy of the the Steele dossier \u2014 opposition research authored by an ex-British spy that includes salacious allegations about Trump and his alleged ties to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though sanctions and trade restrictions against Putin and his friends are deterrents, \u201cto make Putin deeply regret his assault on the foundation of our democracy \u2014 free and fair elections \u2014 we should seriously consider retaliating with the kinds of weapons he used,\u201d McCain wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have cyber capabilities too. They should be used to expose the epic scale of his regime\u2019s corruption or to embarrass [Putin] in other ways,\u201d McCain wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s time for America to go on the offensive in the information war with Russia, McCain added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCain, the feisty<\/a> Senate Armed Services Committee chairman and arguably the most prominent defense voice of his party today, announced in book excerpts earlier this month that he will not run for re-election when his current term expires. He has been fiercely critical of Trump since the president took office early last year, particularly for not dealing harshly enough with what he perceives as a growing Russian threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the book, McCain argues for a muscular foreign policy that embraces alliances and champions Western values as morally superior. He also refutes Trump\u2019s America First approach as \u201cthoughtless,\u201d compounding what he sees as President Barack Obama\u2019s foreign policy mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI worry we are at a turning point, a hinge of history, and the decisions made tomorrow might be closing the door on the era of the American-led world order,\u201d McCain said. \u201cI hope not, and it certainly isn\u2019t too late. But my time in that fight has concluded.\u201d
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Referring to Trump, McCain wrote: \u201cHe has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones. The appearance of toughness, or a reality show facsimile of toughness, seems to matter more than any of our values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the book, McCain is dismissive of Trump\u2019s view of Russia as a potential ally. \u201c[Putin] never was, he is not now and never will be our partner,\u201d McCain wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCain laments that Putin achieved the ends of his election meddling efforts by damaging Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign and encouraging U.S. government dysfunction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe sees evidence of his success every day in our polarization and gridlock,\u201d McCain said of Putin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as the Steele dossier, McCain confirmed that he obtained it from former British diplomat Andrew Wood through former U.S. State Department official and former McCain Institute Senior Director for human rights and democracy David Kramer. McCain admits in the book to reviewing its contents and handing it over to then-FBI Director James Comey. He said he was given the dossier as a persistent critic of Putin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what is true, partially true, or not true in the dossier,\u201d McCain wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCain, who had chalked Trump\u2019s embrace of Putin to \u201cnaivete and a general lack of seriousness about Putin\u2019s antagonism to U.S. interests and values,\u201d called the allegations \u201cdisturbing, but I had no idea which of any were true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I was skeptical that Trump or his aides had actively cooperated with Russia\u2019s interference,\u201d McCain wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I certainly did not want to believe that the Kremlin could have acquired kompromat on an American President,\u201d he added, using a term common in Russian political and intelligence circles for \u201ccompromising material.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCain also uses the book to refute labeling of him as a \u201cRussia hater\u201d by Russia Today, a media outlet he called a propaganda arm of the Russian government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t hate Russia. I want for it the same freedom, justice and prosperity that Americans have. I hate Putin, though,\u201d McCain wrote, calling him \u201can evil man.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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