Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

Senator @RonWyden, who's on the Intel Committee, just issued a stark warning: The 2020 election is dangerously vulnerable.

"The election interference of 2020 by hostile foreign powers will make 2016 look like small potatoes," he tells me.

Our interview:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

@RonWyden In our interview, Senator @RonWyden says the intelligence indicates specific threats to the 2020 elections.

Among them:

"Messing with voter registration databases and election reporting websites. Hacking and dumping emails."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

@RonWyden "Mitch McConnell has opposed every election reform almost since the earth cooled."

@RonWyden points out that McConnell is blocking efforts to secure the elections.

He says we have a 4-month window to act.

And he explains one easy way to sow chaos:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

@RonWyden Also from @RonWyden:

* We need to treat a "deepfake" video dirty trick in October 2020 as a real possibility

* Russian interference matters, because it's all part of a larger global showdown between liberal democracy and illiberal authoritarianism:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…