Foreign governments including Iran, China, and Russia are expanding their covert operations to influence the 2020 U.S. elections, according to multiple senior intelligence and Trump administration officials who disclosed Monday that these countries are using a series of networks to foment unrest in America.
In the lead-up to the 2020 elections, the United States is already laying the groundwork to boost its own counter-operations and detection methods in order to thwart a possible attack on the nationwide election systems, as well as social media efforts by rogue nations to influence any results, these officials said.
While Russia has been the primary focus since its well-documented efforts to sway the contentious 2016 presidential election and later the 2018 congressional midterms, intelligence officials disclosed that they have expanded their efforts to also monitor Iran, China, and North Korea.
U.S. officials see the 2020 elections as featuring a "Continuing risk environment" that has motivated these agencies "To double down," according to a senior administration official, who also discussed pressing security issues.
"We enter the 2020 election cycle attentive to the threat," another senior administration official said.
The FBI mounted an extensive effort to secure the 2018 midterm elections and will be "Focused on the job ahead" in the 2020 cycle, the official said.
"Foreign influence operations are continuous and not only conducted during election time," the official emphasized.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-russia-china-continuing-operations-to-disrupt-2020-elections/
In the lead-up to the 2020 elections, the United States is already laying the groundwork to boost its own counter-operations and detection methods in order to thwart a possible attack on the nationwide election systems, as well as social media efforts by rogue nations to influence any results, these officials said.
While Russia has been the primary focus since its well-documented efforts to sway the contentious 2016 presidential election and later the 2018 congressional midterms, intelligence officials disclosed that they have expanded their efforts to also monitor Iran, China, and North Korea.
U.S. officials see the 2020 elections as featuring a "Continuing risk environment" that has motivated these agencies "To double down," according to a senior administration official, who also discussed pressing security issues.
"We enter the 2020 election cycle attentive to the threat," another senior administration official said.
The FBI mounted an extensive effort to secure the 2018 midterm elections and will be "Focused on the job ahead" in the 2020 cycle, the official said.
"Foreign influence operations are continuous and not only conducted during election time," the official emphasized.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-russia-china-continuing-operations-to-disrupt-2020-elections/
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