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>> that's clinton watts testifying at the senate intelligence committee about some of the more ham-handed russian influence operations he's noticed in his counterintelligence work in the united states. noticing how even stupid stuff like that around a poorly spelled white house petition, even when it's did you do it gives you a place to start in terms of seeing what tools they have, in terms of seeing how they operate. so basically getting 39,000 signatures instantly on this mistranslated petition, it gave away a little bit how they worked because they operate in lots of ways, some of those si...

Not out of the norm but this petition was different. it regains gained more than 30,000 signatures. it revealed an odd pattern. it appeared to be the work of bottoms. a closer look of the bottoms tied in with other social media campaigns we had objected pushing propaganda months before. >> that's clinton watts testifying at the senate intelligence committee about some of the more ham-handed russian influence operations he's noticed in his counterintelligence work in the united states. noticing how even stupid stuff like that around a poorly spelled white house petition, even when it's did you ...

It this time? this is not new for the russians. it was much nowhere engaging this time in our election. why now? mr. watts? >> i think this answer is very simple is what is no one is really saying in this room, which is part of the reason active measures have worked in this u.s. election is because the commander in chief has used russian active measures at time against his opponents. on 134 august 2016, his campaign chairman after a debunked -- >> when you say h"his". >> paul manafort cited the story as a tryst attack on cnn and he university it as a tauksds point. on 11 october president trum...

Mr. watts? >> i think this answer is very simple is what is no one is really saying in this room, which is part of the reason active measures have worked in this u.s. election is because the commander in chief has used russian active measures at time against his opponents. on 134 august 2016, his campaign chairman after a debunked -- >> when you say "his". >> paul manafort cited the story as a terrorist attack on cnn and used it as a talking point. on 11 october president trump stood on a stage and kited what appears to be a fake story from sputnik news that disappeared from the internet. he c...

Petition was different. it gained more than 30,000 signatures. it revealed an odd pattern. it appeared to be the work of bottoms. a closer look of the bottoms tied in with other social media campaigns we had objected pushing propaganda months before. >> that's clinton watts testifying at the senate intelligence committee about some of the more ham-handed russian influence operations he's noticed in his counterintelligence work in the united states. noticing how even stupid stuff like that around a poorly spelled white house petition, even when it's did you do it gives you a place to start in t...