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>fficials warn Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent October?, 2016 Popular in the Community Photo-illustration: Yahoo News: photos: AP A group of former top national security officiais and outside experts is warning that Russian inteiiigence agents may "doctor” emaiis hacked from the Democratic National Committee and other political groups as part of a sophisticated "disinformation” campaign aimed at influencing the 2016 election. The group, including former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Controversial "Fixer Upper" Barndominium Rental In Hot Water Again former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke, is urging the i409messagcs •‘•r; news media to be “cautious” about publishing such material lest they be playing into the Russians’ hands.
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3/21/2017 Russia could 'doctor’ hacked emails, U.S. officials warn Sign in | A i News Home US World Politics Tech Science Odd News ABC News Follow Us tf Photos of the day - March 21, 2017 2 messages 0% Homeowners Born Before 1985 Get a Huge Surprise Fetcharate Mortgage Sponsored “The Russians aren’t coming. They're already here,” said Tara Sonenshine, a former undersecretary for public diplomacy under Clinton and one of the organizers of the joint statement.
The fear that more embarrassing emails may be coming is especially acute among Democratic operatives and loyalists who have become convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin favors Republican nominee Donald Trump and is attempting to help his campaign. And perhaps not surprisingly, most, if not all, of the 16 former officials and national security experts who signed the statement— including Chertoff, who served during the Bush administration — Joaquin Castro wishes Rex Tillerson would attend NATO meeting 4 messages .
^22- 17 have endorsed Clinton, (Other signers include several Obama administration alumni, such as former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Derek Chollet and former State Department counterterrorism coordinator Daniel Benjamin; former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, who served as chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee: and Robert Kagan and Max Boot, two influential Republican national security commentators who are backing Clinton.) Sonenshine insisted that the purpose of the letter was not to pressure the news 'launches' surprise attack on aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson media to refuse to publish leaked emails. She said it was to alert editors to the ,505,messages s', f >:
Russians' history of fabrications and the need to proceed cautiously. “You can’t put out a red stop sign to journalism," she said. “But you can put up a yellow flag.” Sonenshine and another organizer of the letter, Ken Gude of the Center for American Progress, said there is evidence that the Russian intelligence service has fabricated or altered documents to further its political aims in Ukraine and elsewhere. And the joint statement warns such actions appear to fit into a larger White House won’t say whether Trump will Strategy of using “cybertools against Western democracies. Similar concerns present proof of wiretapping about Russian "information warfare" were raised in a recent U.S. intelligence 1793 messages report, disclosed last week by Yahoo News, that cited the activities of Russian Internet trolls and the broadcasts of RT and Sputnik, two state-sponsored media outlets.
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October 6, 2016 We are concerned that an ongoing Russian influence operation is targeting the 2016 U.S. election. This is a serious national security issue that transcends partisan politics.
For this reason, we urge our colleagues in the press and our fellow citizens to be cautious in the use of allegedly "leaked" information. The free flow of information and ideas is what makes America's political discourse so vibrant, but we now know that our enemies are using this part of our system against us.
Private cybersecurity firms, independent experts, and senior U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials, all link Guccifer 2.0 to Russia and identify Russian cyber intelligence agents as the likely perpetrator of the hack of political institutions like the DNC and the DCCC. In this election, private documents and emails stolen by Guccifer 2.0 have already made their way into the public discourse. The hackers themselves have told us more are coming.
While we cannot rule out the possibility of isolated cyber attacks on US voting systems on Election Day, it is imperative that we focus on the broad disinformation campaign that is already underway.
What is taking place in the United States follows a well-known Russian playbook: First leak compelling and truthful information to gain credibility. The next step: release fake documents that look the same. This leaves a discredited actor in the position of denying the authenticity in the merciless court of public opinion, just weeks before an election. When this tactic is successful, opinions change and the foreign actor proves its ability to manipulate perceptions and likely votes. Disinformation and influence operations like these are a formal part of Russian military doctrine and intelligence operations. These operations most often target Russia’s near neighbors, like Estonia, Georgia, and Ukraine. But the Russians have also used cyber tools to influence elections in the Netherlands and spread false stories through the media in Germany and here in the United States. Thus far. Democratic candidates and staff, as well as former Republican Secretaries of State, have been targeted with information obtained in the hack on the DNC. In the instances when they have been given the opportunity, those attacked have validated that the documents are genuine. The process has begun and stage has been set for the introduction of false information.
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As national security professionals, we hope to empower our fellow citizens to understand the risks and dangers of disinformation. Altering stolen documents and introducing them to the public is not the stuff of spy movies. It is a proven tactic of Russian intelligence, and we expect it will happen here.
We urge our fellow citizens and members of the media to stay engaged and to think critically about the facts they consume and disseminate. Only through collective vigilance can we demonstrate that American opinions will not be manipulated by malign foreign powers.
If it becomes apparent that foreign governments can covertly influence public opinion—and possibly even the outcome of elections—in the United States through these types of actions, all future U.S. elections could become targets of foreign intelligence operations. Our debates on critical national security issues will be targeted in an effort to sway public opinion away from our national interests. There is no amount of short-term partisan gain or perceived media scoop that could justify that outcome. The only recourse is our vigilance and our vote.
Jeremy Bash, former Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense Dan Benjamin, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Max Boot, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security Derek Chollet, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Richard Clarke, former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Mieke Eoyang, Vice President of the National Security Program at Third Way Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Homeland Security Carl Levin, former United States Senator from Michigan Jim Miller, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Ken Sofer, Senior Policy Adviser at the Center for American Progress Tara Sonenshine, former Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Moira Whelan, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Digital Strategy
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