Russia, China and Iran will try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, with China seeking 'unpredictable' Trump's loss, a top US intelligence official says
Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center William Evanina speaks during the Reuters Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, US on October 31, 2017
In an unusual public statement, William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said on Friday that those countries were using online disinformation and other means to try to influence voters, stir up disorder and undermine American voters' confidence in the democratic process.
"It would be difficult for our adversaries to interfere with or manipulate voting results at scale," Evanina insisted.Multiple reviews by US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia acted to boost now-President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and undercut his rival Hillary Clinton's chances in that election.Evanina warned on Friday that Russia is already going after former Vice President Biden and what it regards as an anti-Russia US "establishment.
Evanina said "Kremlin-linked actors" also are trying to "boost President Trump's candidacy via social media and Russian television."He said his agency assessed that China would prefer that Trump not win re-election, because Beijing regards him as too unpredictable.
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