Former high-level officials submit 'unusual' Russia brief in lawsuit against Trump and Roger Stone
Source: Business Insider
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The brief was submitted in support of neither party, and the former officials emphasized in the document that they could not disclose classified information. But their message was clear: The Kremlin uses local actors to help amplify the scope and impact of its influence operations, such as the one it carried out on the US election in 2016.
The cut-outs can range from "the unwitting accomplice who is manipulated to act in what he believes is his best interest, to the ideological or economic ally who broadly shares Russian interests, to the knowing agent of influence who is recruited or coerced to directly advance Russian operations and objectives," the former officials wrote.
Cut-outs can be anyone, they explained, from journalists and academics to "prominent pro-Russian businessmen."
These local actors help the Kremlin further its foreign influence operations and "active measures" campaigns, they wrote. Those operations often involve the spread of disinformation and conspiracy theories and cyberattacks all in an attempt to "undermine confidence in democratic leaders and institutions" and "discredit candidates for office perceived as hostile to the Kremlin."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/unusual-russia-brief-lawsuit-trump-roger-stone-2017-12
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)There will be a lot of things that the people need to understand about the 2016 election. Complicated things. These men and women, too (at some points) will have their work cut out for them.
What a mess.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)They know the intel..... and might be signaling Trump as to the consequences of firing Mueller.
Farmer-Rick
(10,183 posts)Use to be called traitors.
Nitram
(22,813 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,124 posts)calimary
(81,304 posts)forced to pay for the dirty things hes done through all these years. Decades!
Roger the Ratfucker.