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The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.

"This is a global phenomenon," said the assessment. "Our information indicates that senior Russian government officials, including the Kremlin, see value in this type of influence operation and perceive it to be effective."

A senior State Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that Russia was encouraged to intensify its election influence operations by its success in amplifying disinformation about the 2020 U.S. election and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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[-] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Hypothetically, if a German had leaked info about the concentration camps to the press in 1941,that would have been a good thing, right? So why are you presuppossing that it is wrong for an American to leak info about bad shit our country is doing? The reality of what they're doing doesn't need to be as bad as genocide for it to be wrong not to report it.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Concentration camps and espionage methodology are two extremely different things.

[-] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

What about the evidence of war crimes Chelsea manning leaked? What about the proof that America was illegally spying on its own citizens that Snowden leaked? Calling it "espionage methodology" is a joke. What Manning blew the whistle on was not that dissimilar to concentration camps. You're just using a double standard for the side that you agree with.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I wouldve been fine with Snowden whistleblowing in a different fashion. He opted not to.

[-] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

What fashion did you want him to use? He went over all of his documents with a NYT journalist before releasing anything. Are you saying that that was too much censure or something? Cause he certainly couldn't have censored it more

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