US Intel Officials Warn of Election Disinformation as Iran, Russia Obtain Voter Info

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/iran-and-russia-have-obtained-voter-info-us-intelligence-officials-warn_3548195.html">Iran and Russia have gained access and obtained U.S. voting registration information "to influence public opinion relation to our elections," the Trump administration's national intelligence director warned at a major election security briefing to the nation on Wednesday night.



John Ratcliffe, the Trump-appointed Director of National Intelligence, said during the rare press conference that the intelligence community was "prepared for the possibility of actions by those hostile to democracy" and that the reported foreign activity was caught "immediately" with the FBI and DHS acting "swiftly in response to this threat."



"Our duty also includes empowering the American people to understand information or perhaps more accurately disinformation that they are seeing, particularly on the internet, and make informed decisions for themselves," he said.



"With that in mind, we would like to alert the public that ... we have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran, and separately by Russia. This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos, and undermined your confidence in American democracy.



"We are standing before you now to give you the confidence that we are on top of this and providing you with the most powerful weapon we have to combat these efforts: the truth, information. We asked every American to do their part to defend against those who wish us harm. The way you do that is quite simple: Do not allow these efforts to have their intended effect. If you receive an intimidating or manipulative email in your inbox, do not be alarmed and do not spread it."



Ratcliffe explained that some Americans within the last 24 hours had been victims of these interference activities, receiving "spoofed emails" from Iran that are designed to intimidate and incite social unrest in the United States. He added that Iran was also spreading a video that included disinformation suggesting incorrectly that people could cast fraudulent ballots "even from overseas."



Ratcliffe strongly refuted the disinformation and said that actions taken to protect election security "over these last 4 years are working."



Ratcliffe said that President Donald Trump had instructed him to "keep the public informed as appropriate" of known attempts at spreading disinformation by foreign adversaries.



"You have my commitment that I will continue to do exactly that, with transparency and with candor. We will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections and we will continue to work with our many partners to disrupt and to impose costs in consequences and any adversary that attempts to interfere in our democratic processes," he said.

[Anonymous]

I saw this on Global News..



I still believe at some time, probably after the election. evidence of China's interference in the election will be found.

[Anonymous]

Iran wants Biden to win.

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Of course. They want another planeload of cash but more important > to be allowed to build the arsenal to intimidate Sunni countries into submission and rule islam



 Finally, a Shia Caliphate over all of islam



That has been Iran's objective for over a millennium & they know that just one more prog admin in US would finally make it possible

[Anonymous]

Joe is Tehran's candidate.

[Anonymous]

Of course. They want another planeload of cash but more important > to be allowed to build the arsenal to intimidate Sunni countries into submission and rule islam



 Finally, a Shia Caliphate over all of islam



That has been Iran's objective for over a millennium & they know that just one more prog admin in US would finally make it possible

Obama was the biggest financier of Iranian global terror and expansionism.

[kiebers]

Nothing new here. The US has had foreign interference/influence in elections for decades. Same shit, different election. Remember the cold war???

[Anonymous]

Nothing new here. The US has had foreign interference/influence in elections for decades. Same shit, different election. Remember the cold war???

The USA has also interfered in other country's elections.

[kiebers]

Nothing new here. The US has had foreign interference/influence in elections for decades. Same shit, different election. Remember the cold war???

The USA has also interfered in other country's elections.

Of course. Nothing new on that either...LOL

[Anonymous]

Nothing new here. The US has had foreign interference/influence in elections for decades. Same shit, different election. Remember the cold war???

The USA has also interfered in other country's elections.

Of course. Nothing new on that either...LOL

Its a bit rich.

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I know O sent his entire election team to Israel to unseat Netanyahu, but that's his style.



I know of no interference here in Canada from the US



What is happening from foreign elements in the US is absolutely massive .. now even direct emails to many people

[Frood]

I know O sent his entire election team to Israel to unseat Netanyahu, but that's his style.



I know of no interference here in Canada from the US



What is happening from foreign elements in the US is absolutely massive .. now even direct emails to many people

Nothing major...

[Anonymous]

Nothing new here. The US has had foreign interference/influence in elections for decades. Same shit, different election. Remember the cold war???

The USA has also interfered in other country's elections.

Of course. Nothing new on that either...LOL

Its a bit rich.

The chickens have come home to roost.