We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that has so far been subject to much less public discussion, the extent to which the russian government uses corruption and Financial Leverage as instruments of influence abroad and now potentially in the United States. This is not an academic subject but one which has had real consequences for european neighbors and poses a threat to democratic governments wherever russian
Good afternoon. My name is liz kennedy and im senior director of democracy and government reform. Id like to welcome you to the center for democracy progress this afternoon. Senator whitehouse has been delayed doing the nations business at a Senate Hearing so well be doing todays program with our fantastic panel and well be joined by the senator later in the program. We are at a critical moment for our democracy, which faces grave threats. A lot of attention has rightly been focused on russias involvement in Election Hacking and in dysinformation campaigns in the United States and elsewhere. C. A. P. Has addressed these issues, the weapon nation of information. Just on mopz c. A. P. Had an event for the release of our report Election Security in all 50 states, which graded each of the 50 states and the District Of Columbia on their Election Security prepared ps. Todays conversation will focus on yet another element of the kremlins influence that we are deeply concerned about and that h
Abdul nafay sana who has written books on jihadism, one of the leaders on the field. Josh is that connor terrorism and senior position in the National Security division. Hes also actually written a book about al qaeda which is the fruit of his at Kings College in london and to his right and youre left, nadia weighed who set new america as is josh and is writing a book about kind of essentially the alternative voices to isis in the arab world, whether that secular, liberal, comedic or any other flavor. We are going to start with josh, reflecting a little bit aboutor. Continuity and change between the a between the obama and Trump Administration and the nokia will talk about what shehe seen in the arab world and talk and meld the domestic and international discussion. I may say a couple of things asa well. This is carried by cspan lines to when we come to the q a, please wait for the microphone so your question be heard not only in this room but also by the audience. Thank you for coming
Will talk with the killings of a psalm of bin laden and other operations taken place during the Obama Administration, also coming up, and coulter will make her case for supporting tunnel chart for president , and this weekend, wall street journal, was convinced russell argues the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech,. What you have are the bureaucracies and their preprogrammed just like money in politics, they kind of come with government always coming out of the same universities with the same viewpoints on things. So when they hear the dog whistle, when they they hear the president of the United States say these nonprofits are scary things, or when they are in wisconsin and they see a prosecutor working on a case for Campaign Finance violations supposedly by conservatives, their prime tact. Theyre already ready and inclined to do it, i think thats how you end up with some of these abuses. Theyre not always as out and out intentional, but you end up in