Tag Archives: election influencing

Both reports look at the usage data and the content themes the IRA run pages provided. Both claim that the intent of the IRA was to influence the election and to sow discord within the U.S. population. But there is no, none, nada, zero evidence in the data that the IRA had such an intent. Nor is their any testimony or statement on it. In contrast the Muller investigation, which looked into the case, found evidence that the IRA had a commercial intent. Unfortunately this is mentioned...

SRW come up with a conclusion similar to Aristotle's. Democracy can only work if it has stochastic basis that can't be gamed.InterfluidityContinuous electionsSteve Randy Waldman

Following the Israeli model? Giraldi points out the obvious and ask why no one of consequence is talking about it. Btw, previous posts similar to this got Giraldi on the official outs list as being off the reservation by "going there." The Unz ReviewThe Yellow Peril Comes to WashingtonPhilip Giraldi, former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer, now Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and founding member of the Veteran Intelligence...

“If you ask an intelligence officer, did the Russians break the rules or do something bizarre, the answer is no, not at all,” Steven L. Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations, who retired in 2015 following 30 years of service, told the newspaper and noted that Washington “absolutely” has meddled in foreign elections historically. The former intelligence official expressed hope that the United States will continue its interfering practice, the newspaper reported late on Saturday. “We...

Further, by criminalizing “information warfare” (as the Russians admitted they were engaged in, and as we do too, under the same name) we risk our own information warriors being indicted in other countries. First time I've seen this mentioned. Now the US will have no grounds to stand on for its intrusive operations — other than it is OK when we do it. Another matter is the law that was broken. It was not political interference in US elections but rather disclosure as required by law....

Got that? When we do it, it's OK. Because freedom and democracy.The DuranFormer CIA head [James Woolsey] says US meddles in election of other countries, but ‘for their own good’ Alex ChristoforouRelatedThe InterceptHow UK Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With ItRyan Gallagher