The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released a bipartisan report into Russia’s 2016 U.S. election interference. Failing to even once use the words “retaliation” or “retaliate,” the report misses the most important point.

Yes, it is welcome that Republicans have joined with Democrats to admit that Russia’s 2016 interference was systemic and designed to help President Trump. (I continue to believe that Trump would have won without this effort, for what it’s worth.) Yes, the report’s recommendations for greater cooperation among social media companies is useful. And yes, to the senators’ credit, the report does not call for restricting free speech.