“Americans who became unwitting tools.”
Mueller’s indictments of the 2016 election cyberterrorism operations run by the Russian military and Kremlin proxies stand as a record of the attack on our nation, when Americans became unwitting tools.
UNWITTING TOOLS: “As the operation progressed.. defendants engaged in extensive online conversations with Americans who became unwitting tools of Russian efforts—pushing misinformation online about divisive political issues such as race relations, immigration & gun control”-#WaPo
CYBERWAR:“The unclassified evidence..provided to DOJ in 2017, demonstrates the Internet Research Agency conducted an influence operation aimed at driving political divisions,” said @alexstamos “I don’t understand why the prosecution would turn on a classification decision.”-#WaPo
@CheriJacobus the “tools” double entendre is apropos.
DOJ RETREAT: The Justice Department’s retreat comes after several controversies over Barr and top aides’ handling of Mueller-related cases. The top federal prosecutor’s office in Washington took over the Mueller cases after the special counsel’s office closed last March.”-#WaPo
“Before Trump’s longtime political confidant Roger Stone was sentenced for lying to the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation of Russian interference, four career prosecutors withdrew in apparent protest of Barr’s decision to water down Stone’s sentencing recommendation.”
“Critics said the department’s top political appointees appeared to be intervening in cases involving the president’s friends and aides. That perception was fed when the Justice Dept tasked outside prosecutors to review the criminal case against Michael Flynn.”-@washingtonpost
@washingtonpost quotes are from this article posted by Cheri in Tweet 1 of thread:
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Because Americans are unwitting tools.
This presidency* is not going well for truth, justice, and the American way.
Am I correct in understanding that we just signaled it’s okay to attack our country, influence the outcome of an election, mind-hack our people, steal our sh*t, and there are no consequences.
Help me out here @profcarroll @blakesmustache @CheriJacobus
Help me out here @profcarroll @blakesmustache @CheriJacobus
