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Oct 3 10 tweets 9 min read
NEW: W/less than 2 months til #Election2022, US "not aware of any adversary #cyber campaigns specifically targeting US elections" per sr @FBI official

BUT adversaries "could seek to spread or amplify false or exaggerated claims of compromise to election infrastructure"
NEW: @FBI warns #Russia #China #Iran "will take advantage of election integrity narratives that come up in the US election ecosystem" per 2nd senior official

"We've seen that already specifically form Russia"

#Election2022
NEW: Ahead of #Election2022 #Russia|n gvt "expanding the ecosystem that they are using to try to identify & recruit both witting & unwitting proxy organizations" per 2nd senior @FBI official

"I think we can infer that they [Russia] think this has been relatively successful..."
NEW: #China-#Election2022

"The most significant shift that we are starting to identify observables on is on the China side where they may be looking to pull a broader page out of the #Russia|n playbook...identify narratives that will exacerbate divisions" per the @FBI official
More: #China's gvt targeting individual election races "in very narrow circumstances" per 2nd sr @FBI official - noting indictment by @TheJusticeDept back in March 2022
"There are a subset of [US] candidates that hit both the the threshold that really frustrates #China regarding dissident perspectives & #Beijing policy perspective" per 2nd sr @FBI official
NEW: @FBI identifies persistent concern about election worker safety ahead of #Election2022

Bureau's received +1,000 reported threats since June 2021.

Of those, 11% merited further investigation

So far, 4 arrests
Of the threats to US election workers, 58% came from 7 states having election audits/having public discourse about #Election2020:

- #Arizona
- #Colorado
- #Georgia
- #Michigan
- #Pennsylvania
- #Nevada
- #Wisconsin

per senior @FBI officials
Primary sources for threats to US election workers:

1. email
2. phone
3. social media

@FBI says most of the emails/phone numbers were ones posted on official state/local government websites
Context/Background: In June, @DHSgov, reissued its s National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin, pointing to #Election2002, among other factors, contributing to a "heightened threat environment"
voanews.com/a/heightened-u…

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More from @jseldin

Oct 4
Mounting concerns about the safety of US election workers ahead of #Election2022

@TheJusticeDept Asst AG Kenneth Polite, Jr. met Tuesday w/300 officials, workers to discuss "available grant funding for physical security enhancements"

#Arizona #Colorado #Delaware #Wisconsin Image
More: the election officials, workers also "received an update on the work of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, including a briefing from the @FBI on communication & coordination... in the lead up to the November election" per @TheJusticeDept
On Monday, senior @FBI officials said since June 2021 there have been more than 1,000 reported threats to election workers -58% from just 7 US states
Read 4 tweets
Oct 4
Happening now: New US $625 million pkg for #Kyiv is "tailored to meet #Ukraine's immediate needs" per @DeptofDefense Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Cooper
Just announced US aid will help #Ukraine "to maintain momentum in the east and in the south" per @DeptofDefense’s Cooper

She says Ukrainian forces continue to retake ground, consolidate gains, with "significant advances" in #Kherson over the past 24 hours
"These are capabilities that the #Ukrainians have received previously & requested addt'l capabilities"
per @DeptofDefense’s Cooper

"We're looking very closely at their consumption rates" for ammo, she adds, noting allied/partners also helping with ammo for #Kyiv
Read 15 tweets
Sep 30
NEW: @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg slams #Russia's annexation of additional regions of #Ukraine "in total violation of int'l law"

"This land grab is illegal & illegitimate" he says "These lands are Ukraine...just like #Crimea is Ukraine" Image
#Russia's annexation "does not change the nature of the conflict ... it does not change our commitment to support Ukraine" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

But he adds, "NATO is not party to conflict"
"This is a pivotal moment...the most serious escalation since the start of the war" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg on #Russia's latest annexation of #Ukraine territory

"None of this shows strength" he adds "It shows weakness"
Read 11 tweets
Sep 29
#China's growing nuclear arsenal - "We going to be plunged into a tri-polar world" @usairforce Sec Frank Kendall tells #CAPEvents

"...there's a lot of risk in that"
#Russia's struggle to overcome #Ukraine's air defense: "A well trained opponent would be able to overwhelm what they [the Ukrainians] did...the Russians were obviously not well-trained" per @usairforce's Kendall

"We expected them [Russia] to be better than they are" he adds
#China "not a match for the #UnitedStates" in the skies, @usairforce's Kendall tells #CAPEvents "...the J-20 is not as good as the F-35"

But Kendall warns #Beijing's been smart about pursuing asymmetric advantages, like missile capabilities to destroy US planes on the ground
Read 6 tweets
Sep 29
NEW: #Russia|n oligarch, 3 associates charged w/sanctions evasion & obstruction of justice

Per @TheJusticeDept, indictment vs oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Natalia Bardakova, Olga Shriki & Ekaterina Lobanova was unsealed today

Shriki -a naturalized US citizen- was arrested this AM ImageImageImageImage
Per @TheJusticeDept, Shriki deleted electronic records after getting a grand jury subpoena

Lobanova, 33, is charged w/making false statements to @DHSgov agents when she tried to enter the US "for the purpose of giving birth to Deripaska’s child"
"The Justice Department will not stop working to identify, find, and bring to justice those who evade US sanctions in order to enable the #Russia|n regime" per US Atty Gen Merrick Garland, in statement
Read 10 tweets
Sep 29
Survey of key Western countries finds US "still perceived as the most influential actor in the world" BUT 'respondents predict its influence will decline sharply over the next 5 years"

per @gmfus' #TransatlanticTrends2022
More: "Younger people generally have a less positive view than their elders of US influence in the world" per @gmfus' #TransatlanticTrends2022
More: @gmfus' #TransatlanticTrends2022 finds "A clear majority of respondents in #Europe approve of
[@POTUS @JoeBiden's] handling of international affairs, w/approval highest in #Poland & lowest in #Türkiye"
Read 10 tweets

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