In addition to the presidential contest, Russia, China and Cuba are looking to meddle in congressional races, the officials said.
Foreign adversaries will try to shake Americans’ confidence in the legitimacy of election results in November by giving voice to false claims or spreading their own disinformation about ballot counting, U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday.
“As we approach Election Day, the intelligence community is also stressing that foreign efforts to undermine America’s democracy won’t end on Nov. 5,” a senior intelligence official told reporters in a virtual briefing.
In its latest assessment of foreign threats to the election, intelligence officials said the main foreign powers seeking to shape the outcome of the vote — Russia, China and Iran — also were focusing on meddling in congressional and state races.
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As will domestic adversaries.
So how do we combat that?
Prosecute them for the crimes that they have committed in broad daylight and publish the evidence widely. Further, prosecute a hybrid war against the adversary states that sponsor and incite domestic threats, with the goal of totally dismantling adversary governments by any and all means short of kinetic warfare.
It’s them or us. The choice is ours.