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| US Russian Propaganda Experts Didn’t Speak Any Russian |
| 2018-03-06 |
| Via Fort Russ, a pro Russian news site. I blame the Russians The US State Department was not able to spend $ 120 million, allocated in late 2016 to fight Russian propaganda, writes The New York Times. To combat the information influence of terrorist organizations, the Center for Global Interaction was established under Barack Obama. Later it was reoriented to fight propaganda from Russia, China and North Korea – 23 analysts of the Center were assigned to follow Russia’s actions in cyberspace, but none of them knew the Russian language. As a result, not a single penny was spent from the allocated funds to counter the Russian cyber threat. The problem was aggravated by the arrival of the new administration, after which the hiring of new employees was frozen. Journalists considered this situation “another evidence of Trump’s passive reaction to Russia’s interference.” The US authorities suspect Russia of interfering in the presidential election of 2016. “Russian hackers” are attributed to the hacking of the servers of the US Democratic Party in June 2016. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 No problem. All our experts speak jive. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-03-06 17:04 |
| #4 Given that the propaganda was to influence English speaking American's, I don't understand the problem. Tie English messages to known Russian agents. After that, it is counterespionage and thus the FBI's job. |
| Posted by: Ebbeatch Wheasing1070 2018-03-06 12:24 |
| #3 Lip service and then an open door. See I did something...wink, wink, nudge, nudge |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-06 10:54 |
| #2 This is rich! Setup under Obumble's admin but it's DT's fault for being passive. Who stocked it with Russian ignorant experts? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-03-06 08:33 |
| #1 Well, I remember a certain PhD in Russian history who didn't read, let alone speak, Russian. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-06 00:43 |