NEW: A new press release from CIA Director John Ratcliffe tries to sow doubt in the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment that Russia interfered in the election.

“The rushed timeline to publish both classified and unclassified versions before the presidential transition raised questions about a potential political motive behind the White House tasking and timeline.”

It also says that “uneven access to highly compartmented information further complicated coordination and review” and that agency leaders involvement was “highly unusual in both scope and intensity.” One of the lessons learned? “Exploring and presenting alternative scenarios or conflicting information.” More here: cia.gov/static/Tradecra…