American Vet

Over the last nine months, headlines have reverberated with questions regarding the Russian role in “hacking” the American e*******l process. On January 5, 2017, James Clapper, then Director of National Intelligence, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that, “The Russians have a long history of interfering in e******ns. Theirs and other peoples…This goes back to the 60s, from the heyday of the Cold War.” He went on to call Russian interference in the 2016 e******n “unprecedented.” In some respects — the scale and impact of the accusations — they are. In other ways, however, they are a throwback to an 80-year-old saga.

The role of Russia’s intelligence services in the 2016 e******n represents the revival of Soviet efforts that predate even the Cold War. “F**e news” and financial assistance to opposition candidates, two measures that define Russian influence operations targeting the West, both date to the Stalinist period and the rise of the Soviet foreign intelligence apparatus. In the 1930s, when these methods were first unleashed, the United States had almost no counterintelligence capabilities. Until the early Cold War, the Soviets proved reasonably adept at influencing American politics towards Russia and acquiring information. Only with the expansion of the FBI and the reorganization of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) did Soviet efforts at directly influencing American e******ns dwindle.

https://warontherocks.com/2017/06/moscows-assaults-on-american-democracy-began-80-years-ago/

Liberty Tree

Nations have been interfering in each other's e******ns forever.

American Vet

Today it is only newsworthy if it can be directed at President Trump.

nonalien1 Loc: Mojave Desert

How many foreign countries e******ns has America meddled in?

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Um...us too. That should make it easier for lefties to figure out but it doesn't seem to.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

A few.

jim_shipley

The russians spent about $10,000 the Jews spent about $100,000,000 that they admit to. Who bought the most.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Well if they paid top dollar for Schumer, Nadler, Sanders, Feinstein, Blumenthal, Schiff, and Cohen they were robbed.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Sigh...an opportunity I missed. Thanks Peewee!

promilitary

right, at least as long as I can remember and I'm old.
and they are going to keep doing it.