Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Russian Disinformation Remains Active

It's entirely appropriate that, as Vladimir Bukovsky's Judgment in Moscow is finally published in English, I am again attacked in the Russian press for "Masterminding" a big war between the United States and Iran.

If you were around during the Cold War, when I worked with Bukovsky and other Soviet dissidents to bring the Soviet Empire to an end, you'd perhaps remember when a leading Russian publication called me "An enemy of the Soviet people." This new Russian attack is a replay of those old KGB libels in both Iran and Russia.

The Russians are still trying to present my calls for democratic revolution in Iran as part of a long-standing plot by American anticommunist intellectuals.

They actually passed a law that forbade him from becoming president of the post-USSR Russian Republic, no small matter.

Russian influence on American politics is much more important than most of our pundits and policy-makers appreciate.

My point is not to claim that Comey and Brennan are still under Communist influence or control, but rather that the deceptions that emanate from Russian intelligence organizations are more influential than most of us suspect.

As Attorney General Barr investigates the origins of Spygate, he should have a look at the mother lode of Russian meddling in American politics, declassify the KGB documents that detail what they did, and with whom, and let the important debate about the whole matter unfold.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273817/russian-disinformation-remains-active-michael-ledeen

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