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Footnote 33 - Harm of Ongoing Matter See SM-2230634, Serial 205
Footnote 34 - See SM-2230634, Serial 204 Harm of Ongoing Matter
There isn't anything to discuss on this page. The SM articles in the footnotes are in the evidence that accompanies the report. If the evidence is not released to the public, there is no real way to assess the information.
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IRA (Internet Research Agency) employees also traveled to the United States on intelligence-gathering missions. In
June 2014, four IRA employees applied to the U.S. Department of State to enter the United States,
while lying about the purpose of their trip and claiming to be four friends who had met at a party.38
Ultimately, two IRA employees-Anna Bogacheva and Aleksandra Krylova-received visas and
entered the United States on June 4, 2014.
Some of the information in the report will also be found in the indictment I read yesterday. So this is not new to this reading of the report.
Prior to traveling, Krylova and Bogacheva compiled itineraries and instructions for the trip.
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Footnote 38 - See SM2230634, serials 150 & 172 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Same thing here. The SM numbers and serials are EVIDENCE FILE numbers.
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2. U.S. Operations Through IRA-Controlled Social Media Accounts
Dozens of IRA employees were responsible for operating accounts and personas on
different U.S. social media platforms. The IRA referred to employees assigned to operate the
social media accounts as "specialists."42 Starting as early as 2014, the IRA' s U.S. operations
included social media specialists focusing on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.43 The IRA later
added specialists who operated on Tumblr and Instagram accounts.44
Initially, the IRA created social media accounts that pretended to be the personal accounts
of U.S. persons.
45 By early 2015, the IRA began to create larger social media groups or public
social media pages that claimed (falsely) to be affiliated with U.S. political and grassroots
organizations. In certain cases, the IRA created accounts that mimicked real U.S. organizations.
For example, one IRA-controlled Twitter account, @TEN_ GOP, purported to be connected to the
Tennessee Republican Party.
46 More commonly, the IRA created accounts in the names of
fictitious U.S. organizations and grassroots groups and used these accounts to pose as antiimmigration groups, Tea Party activists, Black Lives Matter protestors, and other U.S. social and
political activists.
This is information already covered when the indictment was read on this blog.
The IRA closely monitored the activity of its social media accounts.
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I would like to point out that the knowledge in the indictment is only a part of the information in the report. How do we know this, because, it is easy to point to the indictment information, HOWEVER, there is more information in the redacted parts of the report. So, this reading is not seeing the additional information of the report in the redacted sections OR the evidence file.
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Footnote 44 See SM-2230634, serial 179 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Let me just add that the footnotes with "Harm of Ongoing Matter" next to them are probably other numbers in the evidence file. These redactions took place over actual words typed on the page of the report. So the length of the redaction reflects what might be out of sight. As I stated before, there is nothing wrong with trying to understand the text beyond what is readable.
Footnote 45 See, e.g., Facebook ID 100011390466802 (Alex Anderson); Facebook ID 100009626173204
(Andrea Hansen); Facebook ID 100009728618427 (Gary Williams); Facebook ID 100013640043337
(Lakisha Richardson).
In this footnote, the Special Counsel has linked the Facebook ID to the name using the ID and not just the number.
Footnote 46 The account claimed to be the "Unofficial Twitter of Tennessee Republicans" and made posts
that appeared to be endorsements of the state political party. See, e.g., @TEN_GOP, 4/3/16 Tweet
("Tennessee GOP backs @rea!DonaldTrump period #makeAmericagreatagain #tngop #tennessee #gop").
This footnote is important for obvious reasons. In this case, the Russians actually adopted a false name BUT ALSO THE AUTHORITY of a state GOP identity. That is huge. In the state of Tennessee, the Russians found it necessary to force an authority to impose a value system on the electorate. That is Russia's first step to larger aspirations. They want to control not just a statewide political organization, but, also the entire country. This is not ego, this is a strategy. A covert strategy to displace the USA's democracy, hence the freedom of citizens. That is huge. That shows the true intent of the Russian attack on the USA's sovereign elections of 2016. Realize the Russians had no apprehension or cause for a pause in taking such authority away from Americans. The Tennessee GOP are real Americans. Their political identity was robbed from them so Putin could obtain a goal of control over these Americans.
This report is not a benign piece of work. It clearly documents the evidence in files to back up all the facts stated here. Russia under the Putin leadership wants to overthrow the USA Constitution. It is obvious. This is not just ONE ELECTION SO WHO CARES. This is a strategy implemented by a sovereign Russia to overthrow the USA Constitution.
The Russians are not afraid of their power and they like making fools of Americans.
Their intent is not wholesome. They would like to place their own people in power no different than witnessed in Ukraine. Their plan would be completed in the children's classroom.
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By February 2016, internal IRA documents referred to support for the Trump Campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton. 49 HOM directions to IRA operators. Harm of Ongoing Matter "Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and rest (except Sanders and Trump - we support them.)" 50
Why would Russia support Bernie Sanders? Socialism? No. He was the opposition to Hillary. Putin knows Hillary. He knows Bill and Barak. Throw "W" in there, too, along with McCain. He knows what he wants to continue his intrusion into the USA and he does not want Hillary. He even threatened the USA electorate with nuclear war if Hillary was elected president. Putin wanted this bad. He has wanted this for most of this KGB career right into his presidency.
See from my point of view there was a reason Paul Manafort was at the Trump Campaign. He accomplished Putin's goals in Ukraine. Why would he not be able to do the same in the USA?
Putin was investing heavily in the 2016 elections, why risk the campaign of Trump from going badly wrong?
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The focus on the U.S. presidential campaign continued throughout 2016. In HOM 2016 internal HOM reviewing the IRA-controlled Facebook group "Secured Borders," the author criticized the "lower number of posts dedicated to criticizing Hillary Clinton" and reminded
the Facebook specialist " it is imperative to intensify criticizing Hillary Clinton."51
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Footnote 48 See, e.g., SM-2230634 serial 131 HOM
Footnote 49 The IRA posted content about the Clinton candidacy before Clinton officially announced her
presidential campaign. IRA-controlled social media accounts criticized Clinton's record as Secretary of State and promoted various critiques of her candidacy. The IRA also used other techniques. Harm to Ongoing Matter See SM-2230634, serial 70.
They started their campaign long before she did. They started in 2013. This is one of the reasons Trump and FOX need to stop using Hillary Clinton as their wiping boy. This is a tried and true strategy adopted by Putin and it is toxic to the democracy of the USA.
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IRA employees also acknowledged that their work focused on influencing the U.S. presidential election. Harm to Ongoing Matter
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I will return to reading later and I will start here on page 24.
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