{"id":2245421,"date":"2024-05-15T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-intel-officials-warn-congress-that-election-interference-will-be-more-complex-than-ever\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T18:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T22:38:30","slug":"us-intel-officials-warn-congress-that-election-interference-will-be-more-complex-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-intel-officials-warn-congress-that-election-interference-will-be-more-complex-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"American intelligence officials caution Congress that election meddling will be &#8216;highly intricate&#8217; this time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-intel-officials-warn-congress-that-election-interference-will-be-more-complex-than-ever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-cia-pick-was-president-of-think-tank-that-took-millions-from-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities-report\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s CIA Pick Was President Of Think Tank That Took Millions From Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities: Report\">intelligence officials<\/a> in Washington, \u200cD.C., warned of heightened foreign election interference concerns anticipated in the upcoming November election, surpassing\u200c levels seen in\u2062 2016 \u200dor 2020.\u2064 Director of National Intelligence,\u200b Avril Haines, emphasized China, \u2062Russia, and Iran as major \u200dthreats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">election security<\/a> during the \u200bSenate Intelligence Committee briefing.\u200c The top U.S. intelligence officials in Washington, D.C., issued a warning\u2063 about increased foreign interference in the upcoming November election, surpassing previous levels in 2016 and 2020. Director\u200d of National Intelligence\u200b Avril Haines highlighted China, Russia, and Iran as significant threats\u200b to election\u2064 security during\u200d a Senate Intelligence Committee session.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Top U.S. intelligence officials warned lawmakers in Washington, D.C., that foreign attempts to manipulate the November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election<\/a> are expected to go far beyond what was seen in 2016 or 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Intelligence<\/a> Committee on Wednesday afternoon that China, Russia, and Iran pose\u00a0the greatest concern for election security six months out from the big day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-sidney-powell-releases-statement-to-we-the-people-on-her-trump-election-legal-efforts-it-will-be-epic\/\" title=\"New: Sidney Powell Releases Statement to \"We the People\" on Her Trump Election Legal Efforts (\"It Will Be Epic\")\">foreign actors<\/a> who engage in foreign influence activity directed at the United States in relation to our elections are Russia, the People\u2019s Republic of China or PRC, and Iran,\u201d Haines said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections,\u201d Haines said, adding that the Russian government\u2019s influence operations tend to include \u201ceroding trust in U.S. democratic institutions, exacerbating socio-political divisions in the United States, and degrading Western support to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said her agency was the most prepared for anticipated attacks as campaign season on both the federal and state level peaks in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElection infrastructure is more secure than ever,\u201d Easterly said, adding that the threats were \u201cmore complex than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials are particularly concerned about the use of artificial intelligence in content that can alter images, videos, and audio to use whatever voice or person\u2019s picture they wish to craft a message.<\/p>\n<p>AI will increasingly be used by foreign actors and nonstate entities in content, much of which is posted on social media, according to Haines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kind of audio and video manipulation that even as recently as four years ago and \u2026 eight years ago was still a challenge now can happen at a speed and scale, due to AI tools, that\u2019s unprecedented, and literally, there\u2019s not a week or month that goes by that those AI video and audio tools don\u2019t continue to improve,\u201d Haines testified.<\/p>\n<p>Haines declared protecting the democratic process of elections in the United States was an \u201cabsolute priority\u201d for the intelligence community and that it had \u201cnever been better prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) said part of the problem was that more people have grown distrustful of the government, potentially setting up any government warning to look like political sabotage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve witnessed increasingly large numbers of Americans, of all political stripes, who simply do not trust U.S. institutions, from federal agencies and local law enforcement to mainstream media institutions, coupled with an increased reliance on easily manipulated internet media platforms,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top U.S. intel officials in D.C. cautioned lawmakers on escalated foreign interference in upcoming elections surpassing previous levels. 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