While it bans the current President of the United States forever, Twitter has kept open the English, Spanish, Farsi, Arabic, and Russian accounts of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. @khamenei_ir

If incitement to violence is Twitter's excuse for banning the American President, one would think that it would ban the chief of state of Iran, a State Department-designated state sponsor of terrorism. Iran has been on the list since 1984.
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@Jack

Twitter continues to push Kremlin propaganda by giving Vladimir Putin free and uncensored access. That's OK with @Jack and his prog allies. @KremlinRussia_E

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20 Dec 20

Chinese reputed billionaire Guo Wengui (aka Miles Kwok, Miles Guo, and other names) has been targeting anti-CCP figures in the US, the Washington Post reports. washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12…

WaPo on man targeted by Guo: “The resident inside, Teng Biao, is an odd person to accuse of such crimes: he is a widely respected Chinese dissident and scholar at Hunter College in New York who fled China after repeatedly clashing with the authorities over his human-rights work.”

“The circus has baffled this quiet corner of New Jersey, but Teng says he knows who organized it — Guo Wengui, a Chinese businessman in New York who has worked on various projects with former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon.”

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@JMichaelWaller

16 Dec 20

@neftimiades

1) Top US intelligence expert on China explains how CCP combines spying with political influence operations by targeting "soft targets" like politicians. @neftimiades theepochtimes.com/soft-targets-c…

@ericswalwell

2) The Chinese op against @ericswalwell "showed how the Chinese regime is willing to invest in the long game—targeting local officials who might become state or national representatives years down the line. It’s a strategy ... that 'can really be devastating to another country.'"

@neftimiades

3) "By targeting politicians, Fang was gaining access to those who might shape the United States’ policies toward China.

"'When you have access to that, why do you need classified information?' @neftimiades said."

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@JMichaelWaller

10 Dec 20

@joshrogin

1) Thoughtful WaPo pre-election piece by @joshrogin about China's interference in the US political process. With the @ericswalwell issue, it deserves another look. washingtonpost.com/opinions/globa…

2) Rogin: "There are multiple Chinese interference campaigns that include actors outside the government, who profess to be fighting against the Chinese Communist Party but may be doing its bidding at the same time."

@ODNIgov

3) Rogin: @ODNIgov addressed "Chinese official state organs. There is also a separate effort, aimed at supporting Trump & spreading disinformation about Joe Biden, that is run by a Chinese billionaire who claims to be a dissident but whose actions sometimes align with CCP goals."

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J Michael Waller

@JMichaelWaller

3 Dec 20

@KenDilanianNBC

1) I just discovered a 2016 story about Russian or other hacks on the US electoral system. @KenDilanianNBC and others reported at the time about foreign hacking of computerized US voting systems. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…

2) "The consensus among US intelligence analysts is that Russia is seeking to undermine confidence in the US system, using the hacks into the Democratic National Committee, state election systems and other targets that have yet to be made public, as part of a larger campaign."

3) "Whether Russia can directly manipulate voting machines or 'hack' into election systems, they say, is not clear and is mainly outside the jurisdiction of US intelligence." (So under whose jurisdiction was it?)

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