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U.S. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats ( Photo courtesy of espeak )
"U.S. National Intelligence: Putin to use more aggressive cyber attacks to control 2018 Midterms
(By Leslie Salzillo)
During a meeting co-hosted by the Atlantic Council in Normandy, France on June 8, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats issued a warning stating that the Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin intends to more aggressively interfere with the upcoming United States midterm elections.
Coats’ warning (came) comes within days of Trump’s efforts to get Russia into the G-7...The relationship between Trump, Putin and our national elections are dangerously clear.
In a video, Coats states:
“The United States is under attack—under attack by entities using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the United States.
(Emphasis is mine.)
From U.S. businesses to the federal government, local governments—the United States is threatened by cyber attacks every day. While Russia, China, Iran and North Korea pose the greatest cyber threats, other terrorist organizations, transnational criminal organizations and ever more technically capable groups and individuals use cyber operations to achieve strategic and malign objectives.
Some of these actors, including Russia, are likely to pursue even more aggressive cyber attacks with the intent of degrading our democratic values and weakening our alliances. Persistent and disruptive cyber operatives will continue against the United States and our European allies—using our elections to undermine democracy and sow discord and division.”
(Emphasis is mine.)
Coats reminded the council that although Putin says he wants a united and prosperous Europe, “invading Ukraine, seizing Crimea, attacking individuals in the U.K. with nerve agents, conducting cyber-attacks against multiple EU countries... do not strike me as unifying actions.”
Director Coats has been issuing similar warnings all year.
In this short video from February, he states other tools Putin has and will use.
(Emphasis is mine.)
“Putin will resort to more authoritarian tactics to remain in control...
We expect Russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false flag personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence and try to build on its own wide range of operations and exacerbate political figures in the United States.
There should be no doubt that Russia is perceived as successful, and views the 2018 U.S. Midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations.”
In response to Dan Coats’ warnings, the Republican House and Senate leaders and the majority of GOP members in Congress have done virtually nothing to stop Putin, only proving their compliance.
They don’t care if our elections are compromised as long as they can remain in office.
... Instead of this country having “checks and balances” between three branches of government, we are a nation of donor checks that increase the bank balances of a mostly treasonous Republican Party.
When giving up is not an option, educate, organize—register to vote.
Call your state and local election boards and push for paper ballots/auditing systems. (Never has there been a more critical time to implement paper ballots.)
You will most likely get more help from Democratic lawmakers/officials given what we’ve seen. Most Trump-supporting GOP members know they have more to gain by letting things slide or keeping the status quo.
Join reputable resistance groups like MoveOn, Indivisible, Daily Kos … You will find that sense of unity and support knowing that, together, you’re working for the good of your family, their future and future of others.
Talk with Democratic candidates and engage with the public. As you learn what you can do, help others find out what they can do.
And prepare/continue to peacefully and lawfully gather in the streets.
This is our country. We pay the taxes. We elect the candidates. We buy the products, and we built this country and we will win this."
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