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Trump administration doing a show of force. here is how they talked about russia. >> we do not wish to make the efforts of our adversaries any easier. >> free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries and new insights into potential adversaries and campaigns -- >> our adversaries influence operations have encompassed a wide range of activities. >> foreign adversaries who are attempting to sew discord and division. ...

Defense is we will not tolerate foreign meddling. that doesnt answer the question, what are you going to do about it? i mean, for example, the internet research agency, st. petersburg-based troll farm putting fake accounts on facebook, the nsa and/or u.s. cyber command could shut that down tomorrow. that was proposed during the obama administration. obama didnt want to do it. they could release embarrassing information about putin. they could do something on a classified russia network we would ...

Malign influence campaign. so the government is under a bit of pressure, i dont know if bill shine, the former fox news executive was involved in helping put this thing together, to sort of explain what are you guys doing about this? and there were some blatant spin that -- and falgs hoosehoods perpetrated by john bolton who asserted from the moment donald trump took office he had a coherent strategy to counter foreign election interference. it is threw there are patriots in the room, intelligen...

Local officials to prevent foreign interference in our elections. this is a vital mission for us and the nation. it draws on our deep experience and expertise in continuing work in this area. our support has been ongoing and will continue through the midterm elections. were also providing intelligence and information leads to the federal bureau of investigation on foreign adversaries who are attempting to sow discord and division within the american public. this information is shared with approp...

Foreign interference in the elections. this draws on our deep experience and the expertise and continuing work in this area. our support has been ongoing. and will continue through midterm elections. we are providing intelligence and information leads to the federal bureau of investigation on foreign adversaries attempting to sow discord and division in the american public. this information is shared with appropriate entities alert them of malicious cyber actors. u.s. cyber command are tracking ...

Elections. this is a vital mission for us and the nation. it draws on our deep experience and expertise in continuing work in this area. our support has been ongoing and will continue through the midterm elections. we are also providing intelligence and information leads to the federal bureau of investigation on foreign adversaries who are attempting to sew discord and division within the american public. this information is shared with appropriate entities to alert them of malicious cyber actor...

Say it again, putin is a thug and a bully. robert johnston joins me now. hes a veteran of the u.s. cyber command and the first to uncover the extent of russias hacks into the dnc during the 2016 election. robert, im so glad you could be here, your perspective is so critical at a moment like this. lets just start right there with the fact that we already know that russia is targeting u.s. lawmakers, senator claire mccaskill. does the fact that they have already gotten through this election cycle,...

Positioning malware so they could pull the trigger when they wanted to but theyre also sending the united states a message. we are in position to cause harm if we wanted to do it. and so, you the u.s. should be a little more careful. >> reporter: a spokesperson cautions while companies were targeted, the access was limited and would not have had impact on the larger grid if taken offline. the russians targeted other crucial sectors of nuclear power, waefrt, aviation and manufacturing. experts se...

Directly contradicted what the director of national intelligence, dan coats, said. >> it was in the months prior to september 2001 when according to then cia director george tenet, the system was blinking red. here we are nearly two decades later and im here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. >> well, our countrys intelligence community is taking that warning very seriously. "the washington post" ...

They loosen the rules so the u.s. cyber command can go into foreign networks each and every day to go find the stuff. well, thats fine. it gets the source. but it also risks that you start up an earlier cyber conflict before you think about it. >> isnt that the answer to be more proactive than reactive? >> the model is counterterrorism. we came to the conclusion for a while you cant sit around and try to find the bomb maker in iraq. thats very much the model theyre going to. the problem with it ...