ALERT! @SenBlumenthal nails it in @washingtonpost editorial. Something really bad is going on in the shadows. Election interference is far worse the we could imagine. And the public needs to know about it. Follow this thread for more.
”The publicly available facts are terrifying enough. A report released on Wednesday by the State Department outlined in detail attempts by Russian front groups.
... fake individual online identities and state-funded media to sow disinformation and dissension about U.S. allies around the world.
Russian intelligence operations have perfected the art of laundering distorted and fabricated narratives through media networks, covert hacking,
international proxies and others to undermine democracies, attack the United States’ global image and silence criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
Read the full piece here: washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-t…
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