Russia, Iran have some US voter registration data, aim to interfere in election: FBI

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Less than two weeks out from the November 4 poll, US officials have revealed that the two countries had tried to target voters with a disinformation campaign designed to undermine the integrity of the election. FarrahTomazin reports from the US. ...

Iran and Russia have sought to influence the US election by obtaining voter registration data in a bid to spread false information.

He said the part of the aim was to "damage President Trump," however if some of the emails were sent to intimidate Democrats they could have also had the effect of hurting the campaign of Democratic nominee Joe Biden.“Additionally, Iran is distributing other content including a video that implies that individuals have cast fraudulent ballots, even from overseas,” Ratcliffe said.“These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries.

Ratcliffe said that Russia had not engaged in the same actions as Iran, but “we are aware that they have obtained some voter information, just as they did in 2016.”However, he added that the intelligence community, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, acted swiftly to address the issue and that Americans could have confidence that “we are prepared for the possibility of actions by those hostile to democracy.

However, the unprecedented turnout has also resulted in widespread claims of voter suppression and intimidation tactics. FBI director Chris Wray urged Americans to be "discerning consumers" of information that was spread online.

 

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FarrahTomazin Vlad is worried his man wont get up.

FarrahTomazin Threat profiles: Obammy sending pallets of cash to Iran . Hunter Biden et al also an influence threat. Then there are those who performed Sedition.

FarrahTomazin The Age: 'MORE TO COME*' *no, not the part where months later it is shown, like most of these 'interference' stories, to be a pile of deep state garbage but never mind, the story did its job of geeing up the public for more warmongering. The Age/others will never report that.

FarrahTomazin Wag The Dog. Threaten a little war. Distract. And nail the back story for why he loses.

FarrahTomazin Smells like more Trumpian chaos. Made to look as if it is trying to hurt Trump and confusing the public. Recall that the FBI played a major role in Hillary Clinton's defeat. Trump wanted to kiss Comey. Also, released just after the Obama speech to relegate it into the background

FarrahTomazin Iran pulling for Democrats I assume. Russia for Republicans.

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