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Renée DiResta, Rachel Kleinfeld
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In The Media
Corroboration of the Intel Dossier on Trump
War proceeds differently today than it used to. Russia partakes in ‘war by stealth’ through funding domestic violent groups, cyberattacks, and other such measures in order to keep other countries weak.
Published on Feb 12, 2017
Source: Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former member of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board, the advisory body to the U.S. Department of State, spoke with Background Briefing with Ian Masters about Republican efforts to slow walk any Senate Intelligence Committee Inquiry into a potential intelligence dossier held by the Russians that contains compromising information on Preside Trump and their efforts to shut down the Justice Department Inspector General’s investigation into the alleged Russian interference. Kleinfeld discussed how the changing nature of war in the modern era, explaining that Russia partakes in ‘war by stealth’ through funding domestic violent groups, cyberattacks, and other such measures in order to keep other countries weak.
Listen to the broadcast on Background Briefing with Ian Masters.
About the Author
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Rachel Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where she focuses on issues of rule of law, security, and governance in democracies experiencing polarization, violence, and other governance problems.
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