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FBI director affirms Russia’s aim to ‘denigrate’ Biden ahead of election

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before a House hearing Thursday.
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before a House hearing Thursday. (Chip Somodevilla/AFP/Getty Images)

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress on Thursday that Russia is still working to influence the U.S. presidential election and hoping to “denigrate” Biden because they see the Democratic nominee as part of an American policy establishment antagonistic to Moscow’s interests.

Election year politics were front and center at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to the country, as lawmakers pressed Wray to weigh in on a variety of issues where politics, extremism and violence overlap.

“The intelligence community consensus is that Russia continues to try to influence our elections,” Wray said. Unlike in 2016, when the most serious interference efforts involved hacking Democrats’ emails and state election systems, Wray said Russian activity so far this year seems more limited to misinformation campaigns.

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myself, i honestly don't think Russia is what many of you think. they are not the bogeyman of the 50's and 60's anymore. and yes, i believe they would not want to see a Biden presidency because that would mean more wars on their doorstep. 

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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:
 

 

 

CNN's Devan Cole, Alex Marquardt, Sarah Mucha, Jeremy Herb, Mike Warren and Kylie Atwood contributed to this report.

 

 

Imagine that, 6 weeks to election day and (another) "bombshell" from anonymous sources  "citing two sources who reviewed the document."

 

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THE FOREIGN CYBERCRIMINALS ARE COMING: The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Tuesday that foreign malicious hackers will likely attempt to spread disinformation around election results later this year. 

The agencies put out a public service announcement warning that delays in final tallies caused by a larger number of mail-in ballots and other factors could fuel the disinformation efforts online. 

“State and local officials typically require several days to weeks to certify elections’ final results in order to ensure every legally cast vote is accurately counted,” the agencies wrote. “The increased use of mail-in ballots due to COVID-19 protocols could leave officials with incomplete results on election night.”

The agencies warned that “foreign actors and cybercriminals could exploit the time required to certify and announce elections’ results by disseminating disinformation that includes reports of voter suppression, cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure, voter or ballot fraud, and other problems intended to convince the public of the elections’ illegitimacy.”

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/overnights/517689-hillicon-valley-fbi-dhs-warn-that-foreign-hackers-will-likely

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13 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

THE FOREIGN CYBERCRIMINALS ARE COMING: The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Tuesday that foreign malicious hackers will likely attempt to spread disinformation around election results later this year. 

The agencies put out a public service announcement warning that delays in final tallies caused by a larger number of mail-in ballots and other factors could fuel the disinformation efforts online. 

“State and local officials typically require several days to weeks to certify elections’ final results in order to ensure every legally cast vote is accurately counted,” the agencies wrote. “The increased use of mail-in ballots due to COVID-19 protocols could leave officials with incomplete results on election night.”

The agencies warned that “foreign actors and cybercriminals could exploit the time required to certify and announce elections’ results by disseminating disinformation that includes reports of voter suppression, cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure, voter or ballot fraud, and other problems intended to convince the public of the elections’ illegitimacy.”

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/overnights/517689-hillicon-valley-fbi-dhs-warn-that-foreign-hackers-will-likely

  Do you have an underpass to live under once your (paid) trolling concludes after the election?

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On 9/17/2020 at 11:30 AM, Tiberius said:

FBI director affirms Russia’s aim to ‘denigrate’ Biden ahead of election

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before a House hearing Thursday.
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before a House hearing Thursday. (Chip Somodevilla/AFP/Getty Images)

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress on Thursday that Russia is still working to influence the U.S. presidential election and hoping to “denigrate” Biden because they see the Democratic nominee as part of an American policy establishment antagonistic to Moscow’s interests.

Election year politics were front and center at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to the country, as lawmakers pressed Wray to weigh in on a variety of issues where politics, extremism and violence overlap.

“The intelligence community consensus is that Russia continues to try to influence our elections,” Wray said. Unlike in 2016, when the most serious interference efforts involved hacking Democrats’ emails and state election systems, Wray said Russian activity so far this year seems more limited to misinformation campaigns.

If Biden was around to see this, he would be heartbroken. 

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2 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

426 pages and four years of projection. 

 

wasn't he supposed to be a crackhead? not that he wouldn't of snorted here and there...

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On 9/22/2020 at 4:34 PM, Tiberius said:


"Probably directing"?  I can't believe anyone still falls for this intelligence nonsense.  All these reports conveniently leave out one important item.  Facts.  Of course they can't release anything because revealing facts will disclose methods and procedures and put people's lives at risk.  These intelligence agencies have two purposes.  One to provide intelligence and information on enemy states and potential threats and another to produce disinformation to the public and unfriendly nations.  Fact is they make up a lot of stuff and nobody is going to fact check them or produce anything to dispute what they say. Decide for yourself regarding the Russian interference narrative.  Perhaps a little of both?  

 

The way the unipolar world order works is Washington issues directives and orders and obedient nation states comply.  If they don't comply then pressure is exerted.  Economic, political and if all else fails military force.  Russia is not complying.  And as they've insolated themselves from the consequences of U.S. policy initiatives, by decoupling their economy and eliminating the use of the US dollar in trade settlement and reserves, they cannot be forced to comply.  And military action is impossible given their nuclear strike capabilities and other advanced weapons systems.   

 

As for Trump being some sort of Russian agent that seems dubious.  Trump enemies, which he has many in the deep state, use the Russia narrative to kill two birds with one stone.  To discredit Trump and to attack Russia.  The Mueller investigation produced no evidence of any connection or relationship.  Yet the narrative persists.  The useful idiots here are the people that perpetuate and believe that some "special" relationship exists between Trump and Putin while never asking for or demanding any evidence or facts to prove the existence of such a relationship.  Fact is Russia and the US are on shaky footing with each other and there is contentious relationship but there are no facts supporting any relationship between Trump and Putin.     

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