Russia took 4 clear paths to meddle in the US election

[CousinIT]

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Now, as FBI special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional intelligence committees continue to investigate Russia's election interference, evidence is emerging that the hacking and disinformation campaign waged at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin took at least four separate but related paths.

The first involved establishing personal contact with Americans perceived as sympathetic to Moscow — such as former Defense Intelligence Agency chief Michael Flynn, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and early Trump foreign-policy adviser Carter Page — and using them as a means to further Russia's foreign-policy goals.

The second involved hacking the Democratic National Committee email servers and then giving the material to WikiLeaks, which leaked the emails in batches throughout the second half of 2016.

The third was to amplify the propaganda value of the leaked emails with a disinformation campaign waged predominantly on Facebook and Twitter, in an effort to use automated bots to spread fake news and pro-Trump agitprop.

And the fourth was to breach US voting systems in as many as 39 states leading up to the election, in an effort to steal registration data that officials say could be used to target and manipulate voters in future elections. . . .

http://www.businessinsider.com/evidence-russia-meddled-in-us-election-2017-6

[dalton99a]

1. It was a multi-pronged attack on America

made possible by willing and eager collaborators

[Botany]

2. The russian were looking @ the hardware and software of the operating systems for .....

.... our voting machines.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections

If you don't think that votes were changed* then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to see you.

* removing a voter from being able to vote or have his/her vote counted =s vote changing.

Russia was into our vote @ the county level too.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/24/russians-suspected-hacking-wisconsin-dems/97023222/

[Dale Neiburg]

3. I'd add a probable fifth:

Hacking RNC servers for blackmail material to keep Repubs in line.

[MiddleClass]

4. What I'm thinking is that Russian money went into secret super PACs

Which the Cybertek from the campaign targeted specific areas in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania

This was a highly coordinated attack, getting Obama voters to swing to don the con

getting 1 third of Bernie voters to stay home, one third to go to Stein.

Getting 1 third of minority voters to stay home, one third follow Cornell West, Nina Turner to Stein

getting a lot of Hillary voters deregistered.

Just enough of the combination to take the 3 states.

Can people from those states inform us if there was a lot of Hillary bashing, Donald Trump, praising, advertising in those areas. Private PACs don't have to report spending, but the campaign cannot coordinate with them, which I think they did through Russian connections in those states

[Voltaire2]

6. 1/3 of Bernie voters stayed home and 1/3 voted for Stein?

I don't think that is a remotely accurate claim.

[MiddleClass]

7. Okay, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania 1/4

10 percent planned on voting for Don the con

that leaves a quarter stayed home a quarter went to Stein, 10 percent to trump 40 not 33, went to Hillary.

[link:http://www.thedailybeast.com/despite-donald-trump-many-bernie-sanders-supporters-wont-forgive-hillary-clinton|

I wonder what Edelstein thinks now

[Voltaire2]

8. Your link does not back your claim that 2/3

of Sanders supporters did not vote for Clinton. It does however discuss why her support was not 100%. It was an interesting read even if it didn't prove your point.

[MiddleClass]

9. That's why I changed it to 1 quarter + 1 quarter + 10 percent

And instead of 33 percent support from Bernie people, the link said she was at 40 – 50 and dropping because of the mass of anti-Clinton social media being directed at Bernie people.

The link shows that a vast percentage of Bernie people swallowed the hook, line, and sinker.

And now are mounted on the wall in Moscow as the trophy.

[Gothmog]

5. Russia helped elect trump