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On August 26, 2020 Deputy Attorney General [[Jeff Rosen]] delivered remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in

On August 26, 2020 Deputy Attorney General [[Jeff Rosen]] delivered remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in

Washington, D.C.:

Washington, D.C.:

{{quotebox-float|As President Trump put it in Executive Order 13848: “In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and [[internet]]-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity...”

{{quotebox-float|As President Trump put it in Executive Order 13848: “In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and [[internet]]-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity...” ...While the tools of malign influence have proliferated, foreign governments such as Russia and China have also become more sophisticated and more bold.  ...As to boldness, as the [[Christopher Wray|FBI Director]] has recently pointed out, the [[PRC]] has been “engaged in a highly sophisticated malign foreign influence campaign,” using bribery, blackmail, and other malign tactics to influence our year-round policymaking, which certainly has implications for our elections.  [[Beijing]]’s corrupt methods are not always as blatant as its [[Chinagate|illegal campaign financing was in 1996]]; PRC tactics are more subtly pernicious and complex.  Beijing, for example, works relentlessly to co-opt seemingly independent middlemen who can influence members of Congress on a host of policies....  

 

...While the tools of malign influence have proliferated, foreign governments such as Russia and China have also become more sophisticated and more bold.  Back in 1986, the FBI told Congress that Soviet active measures had relatively little success in the United States because they were “often transparent and sometimes clumsily implemented.”  Forged government documents, for instance, could be exposed.  But the arsenal of modern malign influence — like impersonating Americans on social media platforms, or manipulating digital content through “deep fakes” — can be more difficult to detect and counter. ...  

 

As to boldness, as the [[Christopher Wray|FBI Director]] has recently pointed out, the [[PRC]] has been “engaged in a highly sophisticated malign foreign influence campaign,” using bribery, blackmail, and other malign tactics to influence our year-round policymaking, which certainly has implications for our elections.  [[Beijing]]’s corrupt methods are not always as blatant as its [[Chinagate|illegal campaign financing was in 1996]]; PRC tactics are more subtly pernicious and complex.  Beijing, for example, works relentlessly to co-opt seemingly independent middlemen who can influence members of Congress on a host of policies....  

I want to touch briefly on the current threat landscape as we head toward Election Day. ...As the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ([[DNI|ODNI]]) recently made public on August 7 [2020], some foreign governments have preferences about our election — and have taken or planned malign activities in support of their preferences — including efforts by China and [[Iran]] to undermine President Trump and his Administration’s policies...<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/remarks-deputy-attorney-general-jeffrey-rosen-malign-foreign-influence-us-elections</ref>}}

I want to touch briefly on the current threat landscape as we head toward Election Day. ...As the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ([[DNI|ODNI]]) recently made public on August 7 [2020], some foreign governments have preferences about our election — and have taken or planned malign activities in support of their preferences — including efforts by China and [[Iran]] to undermine President Trump and his Administration’s policies...<ref>https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/remarks-deputy-attorney-general-jeffrey-rosen-malign-foreign-influence-us-elections</ref>}}