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Repeated fbi counter intelligence warnings to the white house about mr. kushner as a target of chinese foreign influence operations. we also learn in the book that rex tillerson blames jared kushner for pushing him out as secretary of state apparently because rex thinks jared wants the secretary of state job himself, which would be a hard one with no security clearance. but, oh, wait, theres more. for just $15.99. you can enjoy the classics you love, along with new creations like savory crab-t...

The predict. people need to understand that. >> julie: stay away from the quizzes. when i see them and i cant stand when people repost them and share them and im like wait, theyre getting your personal information. you dont think this is a fun pop quiz being taken by facebook? obviously theyre going to do something with that information. dont get me started. you say its not just facebook that should be held accountable here. >> absolutely. >> julie: we should be, too. lets use our common sense. ...

From other countries and maybe other individuals. >> but are you worried about russia trying to meddle in the midterm elections? >> no, because well counteract whatever they do. well counteract it very strongly. >> several parts of that answer. number one, ill highlight the fact that he said that other countries meddled. number two, highlight the fact that he said its been proven that russians didnt change votes. i do not think anyone has come out with a conclusive statement on that. number thre...

Impact on our votes whatsoever. but certainly there was meddling and probably there was meddling from other countries and maybe other individuals. >> but are you worried about russia trying to meddle in the midterm elections? >> no, because well counteract whatever they do. well counteract it very strongly. >> several parts of that answer. number one, ill highlight the fact that he said that other countries meddled. number two, highlight the fact that he said its been proven that russians didnt ...

To promote stability and security and prosperity in the world. and one of the things you need to do that is have intelligence and the other thing you have to do also to promote that is to influence people we have influence operations, information operations that are out there. and sometimes we are spreading falsehoods because we want to discredit a government or discredit an individual who has influence. and we do that. >> martha: great points, general, thank you very much. great to see you toni...

If america cant meet it we will fail. >> and other countries are failing even though you do have the top the desire to do something about it. youve got the desire in britain, in france and the netherlands and theyre still meddling. >> theyre having an imkt pact. >> so heres what you write. heres how to stop russia from wrecking election 2018. over the past year i have testified four times to senate committees regarding russian influence operations. there are a variety of ways in which american c...

Thats resulted in this dramatic drop in attacks by isis. in britain there are 30,000 people being watched who are suspected of still having ties to the islamic state. here you have the ongoing investigations. i worry that we will shift our focus so dramatically to russia, to the growing chinese threat, that we will lose focus on the people who still every day want to either do us in or inspire others to do so. eric: what you wrote in your article, let me read a quote from that, you say that russ...

In 2014 to collect intelligence for their american influence operations. in order to hide the russian origins of their activities, the departments allegedly purchased space on computer servers located here in the united states in order to set up a virtual private network. the defendants allegedly used that infrastructure to establish hundreds of accounts on social media networks such as facebook, instagram and twitter, making it appear that those accounts were controlled by persons located in th...

Others targeting foreign audiences in multiple companies. it employed hundreds of people in its online operations, ranging from creators of fictitious personas to technical and administrative support personnel with an annual budget of millions of dollars. internet research agency was a structured organization handed fire management group and arranged in departments including graphics, search engine optimization, information technology and finance departments. in 2014 the company established a tr...

Audiences within the russian federation and others targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries. internet research agency allegedly operated through russian shell companies. it employed hundreds of people in its online operations. ranging from creators of fictitious personas to technical and administrative support personnel with an annual budget of millions of dollars. internet research agency was a structured organization headed by a management group and arranged into departments, includin...