State Dept. hasn't spent any of its $120M to counter foreign election interference: report

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State Dept. hasn't spent any of its $120M to counter foreign election interference: report
By Luis Sanchez - 03/04/18 06:50 PM EST


The State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million allocated to it in order to address foreign efforts to interfere in U.S. elections, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

Because of the lack of spending, the Global Engagement Center, which is responsible for addressing Russia’s disinformation efforts, does not have a single Russian-speaking analyst, according to the Times.

In the final days of the Obama administration, Congress told the Pentagon to give $60 million to the State Department so it could coordinate efforts to fight Russian and Chinese “anti-democratic propaganda,” the Times reported.

Tillerson took seven months to decide whether to spend the money but, because the fiscal year was just a few days from ending, the Pentagon said the State Department could no longer get it, the Times reported.

The State Department had another $60 million available for the next fiscal year but, after deliberating for five months, finally said last Monday that it would take $40 million.

The State Department expects to get the money around April, according to department officials.

The lack of action comes despite vocal concerns from U.S. officials that Russia will interfere in upcoming elections. Last month, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that Russia was already looking to interfere in the 2018 midterms.

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http://thehill.com/policy/international/376684-state-dept-hasnt-spent-any-of-its-120m-to-counter-foreign-election

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Sixty MILLION Americans actively engaged in treason.

[madamesilverspurs]

2. That kind of FAILURE

is not accidental. This is deliberate.


Sickening.


.

[Takket]

3. imagine if we had just not responded to pearl harbor..........

[poboy2]

4. TREASON everywhere.

[Snarkoleptic]

5. Tillerson is not really Secretary of State.

He's more like the Secretary of Sanction Dropping and Russian Oil Getting.