WaPo [CIA]: "Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in US"

Razer rayzer at riseup.net
Mon Sep 5 09:17:40 PDT 2016


Whose dinsinforming whom?
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> "U.S. intelligence officials described the covert influence campaign here as “ambitious”..." yet "The official cautioned that the intelligence community is not saying it has “definitive proof” of such tampering, or any Russian plans to do so."


Blurb:
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> Agencies are probing whether the Kremlin intends to sow public distrust in the November elections through a cyber- and disinformation campaign. The agencies see a broad covert Russian operation at play in the United States, which incorporates cyber-tools to hack systems, enhancing Russia’s ability to spread disinformation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/intelligence-community-investigating-covert-russian-influence-operations-in-the-united-states/2016/09/04/aec27fa0-7156-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html


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