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| Rooshians Already Meddling in Midterm Elections |
| 2018-02-14 |
| [ABCNews] Three of the nation's top intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that they have seen evidence of Russian meddling in the upcoming midterm elections ‐ part of what they say is Moscow's escalating cyber assault on American and European democracies. Facilitated by the donks. "We have seen Russian activity and intentions to have an impact on the next election cycle," CIA Director Mike Pompeo told the Senate intelligence committee. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats and Adm. Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, agreed that Russia's interference is ongoing. "This is not going to change or stop," Rogers said. They didn't describe the activity, other than to say it was related to information warfare. "This is pervasive," Coats said. "The Russians have a strategy that goes well beyond what is happening in the United States. While they have historically tried to do these types of things, clearly in 2016 they upped their game. They took advantage, a sophisticated advantage of social media. They are doing that not only in the United States but doing it throughout Europe and perhaps elsewhere." |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2018-02-14 20:34 |
| #4 It's also different now that Republicans are in charge. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-02-14 15:55 |
| #3 It's different because Uncle Joe was a good communist. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-02-14 14:05 |
| #2 How is this any different than what they have done since at least Stalin’s time, almost the entire time without any public comment by the intelligence agencies, nor any notice at all taken by the press? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-14 13:39 |
| #1 I'd be upset with the Russians for doing this if the United States didn't go around the world perpetrating "regime change" on any government where the people look cross eyed at us. But the problem is that we do not have the moral high ground. OTOH, I believe there are counter measures that could be implemented that would put a stop to some of their hacking and trolling. Baraq had eight years to come up with a plan along those lines and he didn't do squat. I hope Trump doesn't waste his time the way Obama did. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-02-14 12:57 |