The intelligence leader outlined various methods wielded by Moscow to interfere with U.S. institutions during Thursday morning testimony on cyberattacks before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Shorter video here (4mins): https://www.yahoo.com/news/dni-russias-election-interference-went-far-beyond-hacks-173246915.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw
Intelligence chief testimony
- While there has been a lot of focus on the hacking, this is actually part of a multifaceted campaign that the Russians mounted
- Russia would exploit any crack in the United States' integrity — such as the nation’s alleged hypocrisy about human rights — through social media, fake news, propaganda and so on.
- "From the military’s perspective, we’re concerned not only with Russia's cyberhacking but also with a range of aggressive actions by Russia across multiple regions of the globe. So we look to impose costs on Russia by a range of measures across multiple regions in partnership with our allies, through NATO, where we can to push back Russian actions and deter future actions."
- Time to throw rocks
- "Whether or not that constitutes an act of war I think is a very heavy policy call that I don’t believe the intelligence community should make,” Clapper replied, “but would carry in my view great gravity."
full testimony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLB2ws41cEI