The Office of the Secretary of National Intelligence has released its report on Russian interference in the 2016 US elections. The full report can be found here. Or accessed below: ICA-2017-01 I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Here are the key findings (bold emphasis is in the actual report, not added by …
The Maskirovka Slips VIII: My Real Fear (Updated)
(Updated below) I wasn’t going to do my next Maskirovka post until Sunday night, dealing with the NY Times article about Russian cyber operatives placing evidence of child pornography on their targets computers as part of kompromat operations. But the news that broke earlier this evening, as well as the previous posts and comments, have …
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Strategic Miscommunication
There is a long term International Relations concept called the security dilemma, or as I like to think of it, the insecurity spiral. The security dilemma is a Realist concept that arises from the lack of an international sovereign. Basically because there is no overarching international controlling power, the actions of one or more states, …
The Maskirovka Slips VII: Dogs that Catch Cars Edition
Earlier BettyC asked who was going to keep attention on the reported Russian interference in US politics? We are! Among others. A couple of interesting things regarding Russia’s influence operations against America have flown close to or under the radar over the past several days for obvious reasons. The first is that Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister …
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We Hold the Line
As you all know, I try to stay out of domestic politics in my writing here, except where the foreign policy stuff that I focus on – such as the maskirovka series – crosses the boundaries. I also don’t think that despite my staying out of the domestic politics arena here there are too many …
The Maskirovka Slips VI: The Grey Zone Attacked
As we’ve chronicled the reporting on Russian attempts to impact the US election for their own ends one thing has become increasingly clear: the real target of Russia’s cyber operations, psychological operations, and information operations is the American Grey Zone. While Putin’s ultimate goal is to delegitimize America in the eyes of its allies, partners, …
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The Maskirovka Slips Part IV: Kompromat 2 and a Second Orange Revolution Too… Updated with a Bit of Watergate Too!
This morning Kurt Eichenwald reported out a story in Newsweek on Russian interference in the US election. Specifically how Russia has been feeding information into the US through selective leaks of both real and doctored information (kompromat) to influence the election, as well as damage the US, its standing in the world, NATO, and the …