Election meddling: When Russia returns, will the US be ready?

[Dulcinea]

MARCH 31, 2017 —Allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election have raised lots of questions, from why so many Trump team members met with the Russian ambassador prior to inauguration day, to whether Moscow hacked any key party groups besides the Democratic National Committee.

But there’s one crucial uncertainty that’s perhaps been lost in the partisan wrangling over Russia’s actions: What is the US going to do when they try it again?

Because Russia is almost certain to repeat its efforts to undermine American voters’ faith in their electoral system, according to US officials. Why shouldn’t it? The Vladimir Putin regime appears happy with the way covert and overt techniques have worked so far.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0331/Election-meddling-When-Russia-returns-will-the-US-be-ready

[IndianaDave]

1. What evidence do we have that they ever lleft?

They seem to be more interested in the long game - not simply influencing and interfering in elections - but in diminishing and destroying Western alliances, democracy and culture. I would argue that they are currently hard at work, continuing to plant fake news and bizarre conspiracy theories both here and in Europe.

And, in general, I believe that our people are naive about their current actions and their ultimate intentions. As long as that is the case, we remain vulnerable.