No surprise you all aren't discussing this considering Sup Forums is ground zero for what's addressed in this Senate hearing.
Clint Watts, Former FBI agent details Russia's disinfo campaign called active measures.
>Active measures is a term used during the Cold War to describe political warfare carried out by the Russian security services to undermine a rival power.
Mr Watts, an advisor at the Foreign Policy Research Institute Programme, cited several examples of when Mr Trump had referenced false news stories about terror attacks that had in fact never taken place.
>He has made claims about voter fraud, that President Obama is not a citizen, that Congressman [Ted] Cruz is not a citizen,” he added.
>So part of the reason these active measures work, and it does today in terms of Trump Tower being wiretapped, is because they [the Trump team] parrot the same lines.
Video: youtube.com
US senators probing possible links between Russia and the Trump team have been told to “follow the trail of dead Russians” as they hunt for evidence of the Kremlin’s involvement in last year’s presidential election.
Video: youtube.com
Active measures regarding instances on Twitter:
These previously identified accounts, almost
simultaneously appearing from different geographic locations and communities,
amplified this fake news story in unison. The hashtags incrementally pushed by these
automated accounts were #Nuclear, #Media, #Trump and #Benghazi.
>The most common
words found in English speaking Twitter user profiles were: God, Military, Trump,
Family, Country, Conservative, Christian, America, and Constitution.
Entire Senate Hearing:
youtube.com
Transcript of Watts Testimony: intelligence.senate.gov
Watts later the same day on CNN:
>I'm not confident US gov would protect me.