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orangecrush

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Tue Dec 26, 2017, 07:30 PM Dec 2017

Russia ACTIVELY WORKING TO DISCREDIT MUELLER [View all]

Last edited Tue Dec 26, 2017, 08:34 PM - Edit history (1)

"Russian meddling in the 2016 election was apparently just the prequel.

Now America’s former Cold War rival is using social media to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, a former CIA official and a former Republican congressman said Monday night.


Michael Morell, who ran the CIA, and Michael Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post that Russia is still busy using its social media tools to create doubt across the U.S. about Mueller’s integrity.


“There is a perception among the media and general public that Russia ended its social media operations following last year’s election and that we need worry only about future elections,” the pair wrote. “But that perception is wrong. Russia’s information operations in the United States continued after the election, and they continue to this day.

During one week in early December, for example, roughly 20 percent of the activity from accounts tied to Russian intelligence for propaganda was focused on undermining faith in Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the successful campaign of Donald Trump, according to research by The Alliance for Securing Democracy."

http://www.newsweek.com/russia-wants-americans-doubt-mueller-experts-warn-759195


This is a nightmare.


EDIT - THEY ARE COVERING THIS ON MSNBC RIGHT NOW 19:30 EST


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Fuck Putin. roamer65 Dec 2017 #1
+1 orangecrush Dec 2017 #4
...and the orange shitgibbon he rode in on. dchill Dec 2017 #40
I can no longer tell the difference between Republicans and Russians Skittles Dec 2017 #2
Yup, because they are both fascist scum. roamer65 Dec 2017 #3
this would have been unheard off orangecrush Dec 2017 #6
Its due to the Russian flip from communism to fascism. roamer65 Dec 2017 #8
I am familiar orangecrush Dec 2017 #10
Yes. Explains a lot. EOM elfin Dec 2017 #30
Russians speak several languages, including semi-fluent English 0rganism Dec 2017 #19
republicans are led by limbaugh and putin may have been using talk radio for a decade certainot Dec 2017 #45
With the help of Americans - GOPs Iliyah Dec 2017 #5
it's confirmed now orangecrush Dec 2017 #7
and with Trump at the helm iluvtennis Dec 2017 #26
The Fox orangecrush Dec 2017 #27
Ive told this story before, but worth repeating: tavernier Dec 2017 #9
Extraordinary post orangecrush Dec 2017 #11
Added to it. tavernier Dec 2017 #16
Read it and agree completely orangecrush Dec 2017 #18
Thank you for re-telling this 2naSalit Dec 2017 #14
Who is surprised by this? 2naSalit Dec 2017 #12
trump adm hasn't lifted one finger to deter russia spanone Dec 2017 #13
The bot storms are obvious. They were trying to drown out specific news reports. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #15
Thanks! orangecrush Dec 2017 #17
This is a nightmare. XRubicon Dec 2017 #20
covering this story on MSNBC right now! orangecrush Dec 2017 #21
Facebook and Twitter are weapons of mass destruction and should be... LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #22
they need to do something orangecrush Dec 2017 #23
Hitler would approve of this idea, purging free speech. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #24
I don't view targeted PSYOP programs by foreign entities as "free speech". n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #33
Then say that instead your Hitleresque idea of purging democracy of my right to speak. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #38
Uh, how do I say this politely? LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #39
You said Fb and Tw should be shut down. That would silence me too. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #41
I implied that it should be shut down until... LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #42
Uh, how do I say this politely? L. Coyote Dec 2017 #43
Ok. Have a nice evening. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #44
Even though I'm an active Twitter user..I would support shutting it down until controlled procedures iluvtennis Dec 2017 #29
Yes, we must control the minds of the masses...... parkerMcDavis Dec 2017 #36
Welcome to DU LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #37
+1 Maven Dec 2017 #34
I don't think it will stick... paleotn Dec 2017 #25
Agree orangecrush Dec 2017 #49
Of course they are. Is this news to any of us here? Amaryllis Dec 2017 #28
Some people here get the memo while we are still asleep. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #35
We can counter this by disseminating his military record Orange Free State Dec 2017 #31
And matt819 Dec 2017 #32
Questioning trump duforsure Dec 2017 #46
I think a lot of what I thought was RepubliCON troll activity was really Putin troll activity Farmer-Rick Dec 2017 #47
I think if the real far left had an inkling orangecrush Dec 2017 #50
at this point I dont even blame putin anymore AlexSFCA Dec 2017 #48
We could have predicted that they would go after Mueller. I'm sure the FBI was expecting it. Nitram Dec 2017 #51
the attack from within orangecrush Dec 2017 #52
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