On 9/5/16 9:17 AM, Razer wrote:

Whose dinsinforming whom?

"U.S. intelligence officials described the covert influence campaign here as “am
bitious”..." yet "The official cautioned that the intelligence community is not
saying it has “definitive proof” of such tampering, or any Russian plans to do s
o."


Blurb:

Agencies are probing whether the Kremlin intends to sow public distrust in the N
ovember elections through a cyber- and disinformation campaign. The agencies see
 a broad covert Russian operation at play in the United States, which incorporat
es cyber-tools to hack systems, enhancing Russia’s ability to spread disinformat
ion.

[1]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

   Their comments came just before President Obama and Russian President
   Vladimir Putin talked privately about cyberspying and other matters on
   the sidelines of the G-20 talks in China. After their meeting Monday,
   Obama acknowledged tensions over digital espionage and said the United
   States had strong capability in this area. “Our goal is not to
   suddenly, in the cyber arena, duplicate the cycle of escalation we saw
   when it comes to other arms races in the past,” Obama said.
   sdw

References

   1. 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