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WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.
“This is a global phenomenon,” said the assessment. “Our information indicates that senior Russian government officials, including the Kremlin, see value in this type of influence operation and perceive it to be effective.”
A senior State Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that Russia was encouraged to intensify its election influence operations by its success in amplifying disinformation about the 2020 U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic.
As I suggested earlier, revisiting Snowden/Assange leaks would behoove us all.
Do you have a link or a suggestion? I’d like to look into that.
No, it was a long time ago. I expected it went to the memory hole but here’s one: https://popularresistance.org/ny-times-admits-it-sends-stories-to-us-government-for-approval-before-publication/You’d have to comb the dumps I mentioned for more, assuming you can find them. Maybe on the darkweb, but I’m obliged to give you a trigger warning for the darkweb itself and the dumps.