Library:Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections
| Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections | |
|---|---|
| Author | Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
| First published | 2017 |
| ISBN | — |
| Role | Primary source |
| Domains | Politics & Elections Technology & Media |
| Tactics | Propaganda Technique |
Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections is a 2017 intelligence assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Source: Intelligence Community Assessment ICA 2017-01D, January 6, 2017.
Summary
This declassified assessment by the CIA, FBI and NSA, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, presented the US intelligence community's conclusions about Russian activity during the 2016 presidential election.
Conclusions
The agencies assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign aimed at the election, combining covert operations such as hacking with overt propaganda from state media including RT and Sputnik and the use of paid social media users, or trolls. They assessed that the campaign aimed to undermine public faith in the democratic process and to harm Hillary Clinton's candidacy. The public version did not include the underlying classified evidence.
Relevance to Bullshitopedia
The official starting point for later investigations of Russian election interference, useful for distinguishing what was established from later, broader claims.
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