Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Hearing on “Foreign Influence Operations”

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The Post & Email 8/1/2018 by Sharon Rondeau

https://www.thepostemail.com/2018/08/01/senate-intelligence-committee-holds-hearing-on-foreign-influence-operations/

SOCIAL MEDIA SAID TO BE A TARGET

The Intelligence Committee of the U.S. Senate, which is not taking its customary August recess, began a hearing at 9:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday on “foreign influence operations,” as titled by Fox News producer Chad Pergram on Twitter.

The “operations” are associated with online election interference by foreign countries, particularly as they might pertain to the upcoming midterm elections.

The U.S. “intelligence community” has determined that a number of Russians attempted to sow discord online in advance of the 2016 election.

The Intel Committee did not assign a title to the hearing as did the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on immigration matters.

Live streaming is available here: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-foreign-influence-operations-and-their-use-social-media-platforms

Five witnesses will be testifying, with each providing an opening statement.  As of 9:59 a.m. EDT, “Russians” are said by at least two of the witnesses to be engaging in the propagation of “bots and trolls” to influence opinion on a variety of topics.

[darroll]

Dear Idiots,
The American pi$$ed off people voted for Trump and his lovely wife.
Close the book, and wipe your tears..

[Free Vulcan]

We're in the middle of a damn election, and the Senate GOP continues to chase this weak sauce. It's like all they care about is stabbing and stabbing Trump as much as possible.