Dan De Luce is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
U.S. intelligence agencies are closely tracking attempts by foreign adversaries to influence the 2024 election through “deepfakes” or other false information and are ready to alert the public if necessary, officials said Wednesday.
officials said. It would be based on an assessment of whether the disinformation was serious enough that it “could affect the election outcome,” an official said. Intelligence officials briefed reporters Thursday amid growing concern from lawmakers that federal agencies are not sufficiently prepared to respond to a rising tide of disinformation fueled by new technology and deep divisions in American society.
official said. Haines, the director of national intelligence, set up the Foreign Malign Influence Center in September 2022, more than two years after Congress ordered its creation following revelations of Russian election interference in the 2016 polls. Russia continues to pose the most serious risk for foreign interference in the U.S. election, as it hopes to undermine Western support for Ukraine and weaken American democracy, officials said.
official said: “We go where the intelligence takes us.” It takes about a week for a specific threat to be vetted as credible and reviewed by senior officials, the
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