McMaster points to Russian interference in Mexican election
Source: The Hill
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 01/07/18 05:35 PM EST
National security advisor H.R. McMaster says there are early signs of Russia interfering in Mexico’s presidential election.
Providing the keynote address for the Jamestown Foundation, McMaster pointed to Mexico as an example of where Russia is engaging in a disinformation campaign. “You’ve seen actually initial signs of it in the Mexican presidential campaign already,” McMaster said.
McMaster made the comments at a December terrorism conference for the research organization when asked about the “growing relationship” between Russia and China. He also referenced the Catalan independence referendum last year as an another case of Russian meddling. "For example with Russia we are concerned, increasingly concerned, with these sophisticated campaigns of subversion and disinformation and propaganda. The use of cyber tools to do that," McMaster said.
“As you see, that this is really a sophisticated effort to polarize democratic societies and pit communities within those societies against each other and create crises of confidence and to undermine the strength within Europe.”
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