The Secrets about Russia's Influence Operation that Tulsi Gabbard Is Still Keeping from Us - emptywheel
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Tulsi Gabbard's influence operation regarding a Deep State plot against Donald Trump has led to the declassification of a 2017 ICA. This version, less classified than the one seen by high-level officials, allows for comparison with the public release, highlighting details about Russia's 2016 interference. The classified version discusses confidence levels in assessments of SVR and GRU hacking political targets and provides more information regarding RNC hacks, emphasizing the presence of redacted sections that may hold further insights into cyber interference.
The classified version includes more discussion of the confidence levels. 'We have high confidence in this assessment [that both SVR and GRU hacked political targets]...' This indicates a strong basis for the assessment, differing from public release nuances.
The classified ICA provided more details on the RNC hacks, showing that the GRU hacked GOP targets in July 2016…and one of the only entirely redacted paragraphs follows this detail.
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