Intelligence Reports on Russian Interference in the U.S. Presidential Election
Intelligence Reports on Russian Interference in the U.S. Presidential Election

Author(s): Marcin Andrzej Piotrowski
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: cybersecurity; presidential elections; Russia; USA; cyberspace; Security
Summary/Abstract: Reports published by American intelligence confirm Russian special services’ interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. Russia used cyberoperations, media and other material to discredit Hillary Clinton to decrease her chances of success in the election and improve Donald Trump’s prospects. Russia’s ambitious operation will have profound consequences for the new U.S. administration and its foreign policy, and for American intelligence agencies. Appointments in the Trump administration are coinciding with ongoing investigations into some of the new president’s advisors’ ties to Russia, and with two U.S. Senate panel inquiries on American intelligence failures and mistakes in cyberdefence.

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