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Clint Watts
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#MuellerReport provides great detail on Russia 1) using hacking to power social media influence 2) physical provocations incite divisions & compromise targets. For overview system, here's "Trolling For Trump: How Russia is Trying to Destroy Our Democracy." warontherocks.com/2016/11/trolli…
.@WarOnTheRocks article came 2 days before 2016 election, #MuellerReport confirms Russia's troll farm shifted to US audiences in late 2014 (even had a field trip), nudged American audience divides 2015 (staged first rallies) & then went for 2016 election securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/so-what-did-we…
.@SecureDemocracy also offers a breakdown of how Russia operated a full spectrum disinformation system 2014 - 2016. System's focus has changed its focus a bit since 2016, will pursue difference objectives going into 2020 securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/russias-active…
For a deep dive of how Russia's influence system came together, how it works, and its effectiveness today, see #MessingWithTheEnemy chapters 4 & 6, 7 available here: amazon.com/Messing-Enemy-…
Big thanks to teammates @webradius & @intelwire for being way out in front on Russian influence operations 5 years ago, and now.....on to the next project!
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Clint Watts
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FBI: 1) knows Russia hacked 2) receives intel Aussies about Russia, emails, Trump campaign member 3) Manafort becomes campaign manager from nowhere 4) former target Russia intel shows up on Trump campaign & in Moscow - this is what the FBI should do nytimes.com/2019/05/02/us/…
More than sufficient predication for FBI to do defensive counterintelligence to determine if a Presidential campaign may be penetrated or influenced by a foreign power (Russia) who is also conducting cyber attacks on US officials & citizens. Trump narrative is ridiculous
Trump calls FBI actions spying, it is not, it’s defense of America, and it was only necessary to due to the gross negligence and incompetence of the Trump campaign
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Clint Watts
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Could someone ask AG Barr, “if no collusion & no reason for FBI to start an investigation with regards to Russia & Trump campaign, could you offer what indicators of foreign influence of a Presidential campaign would prompt a preliminary inquiry or full investigation by FBI?”
From Barr’s remarks, I cannot see how the FBI could defend America or do defensive counterintelligence to help a campaign if it’s been penetrated by agents of influence or a compromised campaign member.
The #MuellerReport was supposed to help America understand how to avoid future foreign interference. Barr’s remarks make this more confusing for me, in part because he doesn’t seem to know the case, only his verdict.
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Clint Watts
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"America Has A White Nationalist Terrorism Problem. What Should We Do?" a follow up to my discussion on @Morning_Joe this week. The challenges in preventing domestic terrorism & thoughts on a way forward fpri.org/article/2019/0…
Attaching Figure 1 from the discussion, assessment model comparing international & domestic terrorism threats to the U.S. homeland during different time periods.
Attaching Figure 2. Discussed similarities and differences in terrorist attacks between international jihadists & white nationalists - former is top-down, latter is bottom-up. See @WarOnTheRocks for framework warontherocks.com/2015/01/inspir…
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