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Justice Department Charges Russian Woman With Interference in Midterm Elections (washingtonpost.com)
The Justice Department on Friday charged a Russian woman for her role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2018 U.S. election, marking the first criminal case prosecutors have brought against a foreign national for interfering in the upcoming midterms. From a report: Elena Khusyaynova, 44, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. Prosecutors said she managed the finances of "Project Lakhta," a foreign influence operation they said was designed "to sow discord in the U.S. political system" by pushing arguments and misinformation online about a whole host of divisive political issues, including immigration, the Confederate flag, gun control, and the NFL national anthem protests. The charges against Khusyaynova came just as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned that it was concerned about "ongoing campaigns" by Russia, China and Iran to interfere with the upcoming Midterm elections and even the 2020 race -- an ominous warning that comes just weeks before voters head to the polls.
To me, it seems like adding argumentative content to the internet is about like pissing into the ocean.
There is no way I can possibly see how this content could be changing people's minds on iota, there is already plenty of REAL argumentation happening online 24/7. They are trying to sow discord in a field where the discord plants are already ten feet high if they are an inch - and it wasn't Russians that provided the copious fertilizer required.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
How's the weather is Moscow today, tovarisch?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
She was not in the USA, dope. Is the US going to go after every foreign national that posts online comments about the US or stuff happening in the US because such comments may influence somebody in the US?