Commentary: Indignation about possible Russian meddling in the U.S. election rings a bit hollow.

For more than a year now, the U.S. public has been subjected to often speculative yet highly publicized claims about “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential campaign. In a recent Salt Lake Tribune commentary, Scott Bell goes so far as to say, “There is no doubt Russia manipulated our 2016 elections, and influenced the outcome.”Whether such claims are true or not remains to be seen. But even if the worst of these scenarios turns out to be true, why is it being treated