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Chinese hacking into US telecoms draws federal scrutiny. ESET examines Evasive Panda's CloudScout toolset. A new ChatGPT jailbreak bypassed security safeguards. Nintendo warns users of a phishing scam. The Five Eyes launch the Secure Innovation initiative for startups. CISA releases “Product Security Bad Practices” guidelines. Apple's new bug bounty program offers a million bucks for critical vulnerabilities. The City of Columbus drops its suit of a cybersecurity researcher. On our Solution Spotlight today, N2K's Simone Petrella speaks with Chris Porter, CISO at Fannie Mae, on cultivating cybersecurity culture and talent. Spooky spam is back. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Solution Spotlight today, N2K's Simone Petrella speaks with Chris Porter, CISO at Fannie Mae, on cultivating cybersecurity culture and talent. You can hear Simone's and Chris' full conversation in this special edition podcast. Selected Reading Key Federal Cyber Panel to Probe Chinese Telecoms Hacking (Bank Info Security) CloudScout: Evasive Panda scouting cloud services (We Live Security) ChatGPT Jailbreak: Researchers Bypass AI Safeguards Using Hexadecimal Encoding and Emojis (SecurityWeek) Nintendo Warns of Phishing Attack Mimics Company Email Address (gbhackers) Five Eyes Agencies Launch Startup Security Initiative (Infosecurity magazine) CISA sees elimination of ‘bad practices' as next secure-by-design step (CyberScoop) Apple Launches 'Apple Intelligence' and Offers $1M Bug Bounty for Security (Hackread) Columbus drops lawsuit against data leak whistleblower Connor Goodwolf, but with a catch (NBC) Spooky Spam, Scary Scams: Halloween Threats Rise (Security Boulevard) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Security Soapbox, we are joined by Jim Coyle, US Public Sector Field CTO at Lookout. We're diving into the hot topic of election security; unpacking various threats, like disinformation campaigns, cyber espionage, and weaknesses in our election infrastructure — and who's behind them. We'll also chat about current protective measures and some innovative ideas, like using blockchain to fight misinformation. Watch the Billington Cybersecurity Summit session on Election Security here. Follow Hank on LinkedIn Follow Jim on LinkedIn

Russia's latest effort to meddle in American politics involved a scheme centered on conservative internet influencers in the U.S., the Justice Department revealed recently. It's yet another sign that the interplay between foreign and domestic disinformation campaigns is as tight as ever. On POLITICO Tech, Bret Schafer from the Alliance for Securing Democracy joins host Steven Overly to break down how that complicates tech companies' efforts to fight back.

With the arrival of artificial intelligence, elections are a significant area of concern. AI has the potential to supercharge the misinformation and disinformation space but as much as these fears are legitimate, the concerns appear to be overblown. Nonetheless, with the US elections less than two months away, the time is ripe for caution around the use of AI during the campaign, especially by foreign actors with malign intentions. In the first episode of the special series of Policy Voices on AI & Democracy, host Catarina Vila Nova sits down with Rachael Dean Wilson, Managing Director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund, and Joe Elborn, Executive Director of the Evens Foundation, to unveil the impact of AI in elections. Not everything is doom and gloom as Rachael and Joe share solutions to counteract the negative effects of AI at the end of the episode. If you want to comment on this episode you can send us an e-mail: press@friendsofeurope.org

From October 30, 2020: Laura Rosenberger is the director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She was foreign policy advisor for the Hillary Clinton campaign four years ago, where she had to respond to Russian information operations against the campaign in real time. She has been working on combating foreign interference in U.S. domestic politics ever since, and she is the author of two recent significant articles—one in Foreign Affairs and one on Lawfare—both on the subject of foreign influence operations and interference in U.S. politics. She joined Benjamin Wittes to discuss the strategic purpose of these operations, whether we have to fear more operations during or after the election, and if U.S. voters should have confidence in their system.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/c/trumptrials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Kirschenbaum is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy and formerly served as acting director of the Office of Special Measures at Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). He joins the podcast to discuss investment funds and the gaping loophole they create through which vast sums of money can move with no accountability. This episode was originally published on April 20, 2021.

Bret Schaefer, senior fellow, Media and Digital Disinformation, for the Alliance for Securing Democracy breaks down the threat, how disinformation is laundered, and the "democratization of disinformation" in an episode loaded with important and fascinating details about the threat today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bret Schaefer, senior fellow, Media and Digital Disinformation, for the Alliance for Securing Democracy breaks down the threat, how disinformation is laundered, and the "democratization of disinformation" in an episode loaded with important and fascinating details about the threat today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok effectively banned. It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would face blocks in the US. Supporters of the bill say the app's links with China make it a national security risk. Opponents argue that tens of millions of Americans rely on the platform and that the real problem isn't with TikTok, but with a lack of regulation of social media and technology giants in general. So, what should the United States do about TikTok? Celia Hatton is joined by a panel of expert guests.Jeremy Goldkorn - Editorial Fellow at the Asia Society's ChinaFile website, founding editor-in-chief of The China Project and cofounder of the Sinica Podcast. Lindsay P. Gorman - Head of Technology and Geopolitics Team at the transatlantic, non-partisan Alliance for Securing Democracy. Louise Matsakis - A freelance journalist covering technology and China. She writes ‘You May Also Like', a newsletter about e-commerce and Chinese tech giants. Image: TikTok app logo. Reuters/Dado Ruvic

The Breakdown is live w/ guest Clint WattsOn this week's episode of The Breakdown, hosts Tara Setmayer and Rick Wilson are joined by guest Clint Watts. Clint is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, in addition to being a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. Clint is also the author of “Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News”.Watch now, share on social media, and follow The Lincoln Project below. Join the fight at LincolnProject.us! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEClint Watts' book: “Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News” – https://amzn.to/3Hwo5rD FOLLOW Clint WattsTWITTER: @selectedwisdomFOLLOW LINCOLN PROJECTTWITTER: https://bit.ly/3zwZFva INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/31yyrHR FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/3zCBHhT PODCAST: https://apple.co/3G7zr4L

In this episode of "Disinformation," host Paul Brandus and analyst Meredith Wilson explore the overwhelming amount of information that bombards us each day. Dr. Daniel Levitin, a cognitive psychologist and author, explains that we are faced with five times more information than ever before, making it difficult to discern what is true and what is not. The rise of social media and tribalism further complicates this issue, as we tend to trust and align with like-minded individuals. [00:00:30] Information overload. [00:06:52] Cyber operations and information operations. [00:09:08] Monitoring social media tools. [00:14:47] Information integrity map. Got questions, comments or ideas or an example of disinformation you'd like us to check out? Send them to paulb@emergentriskinternational.com. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Special thanks to our guests Bret Schafer and Peter Benzoni of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, our sound designer and editor Noah Foutz, audio engineer Nathan Corson, and executive producers Michael DeAloia and Gerardo Orlando. Thanks so much for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, CSO at the Democratic National Committee, Steve Tran, joins Matt to talk about magic, AI, and cybersecurity. As the CSO for the DNC, Steve leads their IT, physical, and cybersecurity strategy. When not defending against dedicated adversaries, Steve can be found doing “off the cuffs” performances at the World-Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.Today, Steve talks about how he incorporates magic into cybersecurity, his transition from law enforcement to cybersecurity, and how to mitigate risk in a fast-moving environment. What are the potential risks of using generative AI? Hear about our susceptibility to mental malware, thinking strategically versus tactically to solve problems, and how Steve manages to stay sharp day-to-day. Timestamp Segments·       [01:21] Steve, the magician.·       [05:14] Parallels between magic and cybersecurity.·       [07:21] Transitioning from law enforcement to cybersecurity.·       [16:26] Using magic to manage mental health.·       [21:25] The DNC.·       [22:19] Decentralization and security.·       [24:59] Getting buy-in.·       [27:42] Thinking strategically.·       [29:09] Mitigating risk in a fast-moving environment.·       [36:00] AI and cyberattacks.·       [43:25] Potential issues with AI.·       [50:46] How Steve stays sharp. Notable Quotes·       “Mental health can really affect cybersecurity professionals.”·       “Business isn't meant to be just transactional.”·       “One of the biggest barriers to why people don't buy into it at first is because they don't understand it.”·       “Security issues don't care if you don't have a budget or don't have a team.”·       “Once you get people to feel a certain way, you can't undo that.”·       “There's no better way to learn than to have to teach material yourself.”Secure applications from code to cloud. Prisma Cloud, the most complete cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP).Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

As part of NSI's ongoing series, “A Spotlight on China's Global Repression,” we are excited to host a discussion examining how China uses digital tools, such as social media platforms like WeChat and TikTok and its social credit system, to further the Chinese Communist Party's repressive goals. Experts will outline the dangers these tactics pose inside and outside China and how the U.S. can counter these global threats.Participants:Geoffrey Cain, NSI Fellow, Senior Fellow, Lincoln NetworkLindsay Gorman, Senior Fellow, Emerging Technologies, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall FundYaqiu Wang, Senior China Researcher, Human Rights WatchSuzanne Wilson Heckenberg, NSI Advisory Board member, President of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (moderator) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

World leaders, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are gathered in London today to talk about rebuilding Ukraine. They have already pledged billions of dollars in aid to help rebuild the country.  Josh Rudolph from the Alliance for Securing Democracy explains why rebuilders should focus not just on hammering out new buildings, but on continuing Ukraine's anti-corruption efforts for the country's long-term success. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artificial intelligence raises increasingly grim concerns among experts. Are our digital spaces truly safe for democracy? On Deep Dish, the Alliance for Securing Democracy's Laura Rosenberger and Stanford University's Jacob Helberg discuss digital interference, misinformation, and data privacy within the lens of geopolitics. [This episode originally aired August 13, 2020]   Reading List: Silicon Valley Can't Be Neutral in the US China Cold War, Jacob Helberg, Foreign Policy, June 22, 2020  Making Cyberspace Safe for Democracy, Laura Rosenberger, Foreign Affairs, April 13, 2020 

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy.  On this edition, Joe speaks with: Max Baucus, Former U.S. Ambassador to China/Former U.S. Senator from Montana/Former-Chair of the Senate Finance Committee on the bank hearings and on the debt ceiling Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on the debt ceiling, Biden's upcoming planned trips and bank hearings Joe, along with co-host Kailey Leinz also speaks with: Rachael Dean Wilson, managing director, Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund on the findings of the Durham special counsel report of the FBI's probe into whether or not Donald Trump conspired with Russia to interfere with the 2016 election Plus, excerpts from conversation Kailey had with lawmakers today on debt ceiling talks, bank hearings and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Event recorded live at IWP, DC, on March 2, 2023. This event is part of the China Lecture Series About the Lecture Throughout Russia's war in Ukraine, Chinese messengers have surprised many Western observers by framing the conflict on Putin's terms, promoting pro-Kremlin narratives, and embracing Russian disinformation campaigns, including falsely suggesting that the United States is funding biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. Though the Ukrainian war is the starkest example of China and Russia's interest alignment in the information space, China's drift towards Russian narratives—and its adoption of Russia's information manipulation tactics—has been evident since at least 2019, when the Hong Kong protests and the start of the global pandemic inspired a more confrontational Chinese approach to global messaging. Understanding the implications of this alignment, its global reach, and its limitations, is critical in formulating an effective, democratic response. About the Speaker Bret Schafer is a senior fellow and head of the Alliance for Securing Democracy's information manipulation team. Bret is the creator and manager of Hamilton 2.0, an online open-source dashboard tracking the outputs of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media outlets, diplomats, and government officials. As an expert in computational propaganda, state-backed information operations, and tech regulation, he has spoken at conferences around the globe and advised numerous governments and international organizations. His research has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, and he has been interviewed on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and the BBC. Prior to joining GMF, he spent more than ten years in the television and film industry, including stints at Cartoon Network and as a freelance writer for Warner Brothers. He also worked in Budapest as a radio host and in Berlin as a semi-professional baseball player in Germany's Bundesliga. He has a BS in communications with a major in radio/television/film from Northwestern University, and a master's in public diplomacy from the University of Southern California, where he was the editor-in-chief of Public Diplomacy Magazine. Learn more about IWP graduate programs: https://www.iwp.edu/academic-programs/ Make a gift to IWP: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E231090&id=18

Last month a company in San Francisco called OpenAi released an artificial intelligence system called GPT-4 - a successor to its hugely popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. The latest version can respond to images, write captions and descriptions - processing up to 25,000 words at a time. Researchers claim GPT-4 shows “sparks of artificial general intelligence” - in other words it can match or exceed human capabilities in tasks a person can do. But there are concerns this latest technology could be used to spread disinformation alongside worries over privacy, jobs and even society itself if more rules aren't quickly introduced. Key figures in the tech industry - including Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, and Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak - have signed an open letter asking for a pause on “giant AI experiments” so that policymakers can catch up. There are potentially wide-ranging benefits to these advances. In recently published guidance on the responsible use of AI, the UK government described it as one of the "technologies of tomorrow” contributing £3.7bn ($5.6bn) to the UK economy last year alone. So what might the social impact of these increasingly powerful AI systems be? If greater regulation is needed, who is responsible? And, if we don't control it, is there a chance that one day these machines will outsmart and replace us? Celia Hatton is joined by: Prof Yoshua Bengio - professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the Université de Montréal Boaz Barak - the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University Lindsay Gorman - a former advisor to the Biden administration on tech strategy. She's currently a Senior Fellow for Emerging Technologies at the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy in Washington DC Also featuring: Greg Clark – a Conservative MP and chair of the UK government's science and technology committee Stuart Russell - Professor of Computer Science at the University of California Photo: Ai-Da Robot poses for pictures with a self portrait in the Houses of Parliament in London before making history as the first robot to speak at the House of Lords / Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Ellen Otzen

Event recorded live at IWP, DC, on March 2, 2023. This event is part of the China Lecture Series About the Lecture Throughout Russia's war in Ukraine, Chinese messengers have surprised many Western observers by framing the conflict on Putin's terms, promoting pro-Kremlin narratives, and embracing Russian disinformation campaigns, including falsely suggesting that the United States is funding biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. Though the Ukrainian war is the starkest example of China and Russia's interest alignment in the information space, China's drift towards Russian narratives—and its adoption of Russia's information manipulation tactics—has been evident since at least 2019, when the Hong Kong protests and the start of the global pandemic inspired a more confrontational Chinese approach to global messaging. Understanding the implications of this alignment, its global reach, and its limitations, is critical in formulating an effective, democratic response. About the Speaker Bret Schafer is a senior fellow and head of the Alliance for Securing Democracy's information manipulation team. Bret is the creator and manager of Hamilton 2.0, an online open-source dashboard tracking the outputs of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media outlets, diplomats, and government officials. As an expert in computational propaganda, state-backed information operations, and tech regulation, he has spoken at conferences around the globe and advised numerous governments and international organizations. His research has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, and he has been interviewed on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and the BBC. Prior to joining GMF, he spent more than ten years in the television and film industry, including stints at Cartoon Network and as a freelance writer for Warner Brothers. He also worked in Budapest as a radio host and in Berlin as a semi-professional baseball player in Germany's Bundesliga. He has a BS in communications with a major in radio/television/film from Northwestern University, and a master's in public diplomacy from the University of Southern California, where he was the editor-in-chief of Public Diplomacy Magazine. Learn more about IWP graduate programs: https://www.iwp.edu/academic-programs/ Make a gift to IWP: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E231090&id=18

The Biden administration is giving TikTok an ultimatum. The Chinese owners of the app must sell their stake in the company, or we will ban the app in the United States. Former Biden administration adviser Lindsay Gorman with the Alliance for Securing Democracy says this is the right move if we want to protect our democracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I hit the Vegas tables with roulette mystic Glenn Greenwald to make some bets, spot cheaters, lay it on the line and try to decipher his highly successful system for beating the House. FULL EPISODE NOW UNLOCKED, in honor of our mutual birthday. For 40 other premium episodes and secret chapters, including twice as many each month, subscribe at patreon.com/filthyarmenian to support the show.   Glenn Greenwald is the co-founder of The Intercept, host of the Rumble show System Update, and author most recently of Securing Democracy and No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Follow him on Twitter @ggreenwald   Location: The Mirage Resort & Casino - Las Vegas, Nevada   Follow us on Twitter/Insta @filthyarmenian   If you like what you hear, please rate, review, and spread the word

Highlights: “Hamilton 68 was very influential in helping to drive the Russian collusion conspiracy hoax throughout the time of Trump's presidency.” “Internal documents from Twitter show that, based on their own investigation, Twitter employees concluded that only about 36 of the 644 accounts targeted by Hamilton 68 were physically registered in Russia. Even some of the most hardened anti-Trumpers at Twitter, like Yoel Roth, came out and said that Hamilton 68 was basically a bunch of BS and that Twitter needed to call them out for it.” “Even to this day, ANYTHING that disparages Trump will be pushed as news by the legacy media, no matter how absurd! The irony in all of this is that it was all too little too late. Trump did it! He helped crush the liberal international order. It is widely now recognized that that world order is effectively dead!”   Timestamps:              [01:14] On the operation called ‘Hamilton 68' built by the Alliance for Securing Democracy [04:22] The latest Twitter files involving Hamilton 68 [07:07] Why was the legacy media prone to misinformation and why they and the deep state are the biggest losers in the end Resources:   Don't miss out on Dr. Steve's BIG NEWS coming to his email list at the end of the month by subscribing today at https://turleytalks.com/subscribe/ Ep. 1402 Jordan Peterson Leaves Joe Rogan SPEECHLESS on the World Economic Forum!!! Build a fortress to withstand any or all storms that might arise in 2023 with Food Supply at Http://GetReadyWithSteve.comand discover why PREPARATION is my New Years Resolution at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSrwEKP2nWI Go to https://www.hometitlelock.com/turleytalks -- and use promo code: TURLEYTALKS. Then enter your address for your no-obligation home title scan to see if you're already a victim. That's a $100 value -- FREE. Be sure to use my promo code TURLEYTALKS for your FREE TITLE scan at http://hometitlelock.com/TURLEYTALKSpromo code TURLEYTALKS. Want a BETTER way to study philosophy, gain wisdom, and defend yourself against the regime? Join Jay Dyer's Philosophy 101 Online Class at https://marketplace.autonomyagora.com/philosophy101 Get Over 66% OFF All of Mike Lindell's Products using code TURLEY: https://www.mypillow.com/turley Learn how to protect your life savings from inflation and an irresponsible government, with Gold and Silver. Go to http://www.turleytalkslikesgold.com/ Join my Insiders Club Community with a 14-Day Free Trial + A Welcome Gift at https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com/ Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks Get 25% off Patriotic Coffee and ALL ITEMS with Code TURLEY at https://mystore.com/turley Get Your Brand-New PATRIOT T-Shirts and Merch Here: https://store.turleytalks.com/   Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts.

[00:30] Djokovic Dominates Down Under (18 minutes) Tennis player Novak Djokovic was blocked from the 2022 Australian Open because he staunchly refused to get the COVID vaccination. His courageous stand for his beliefs was rewarded this weekend when he won the Australian Open for the 10th time. In this age of moral weakness and compromise, courage is our greatest need. [18:30] You Know Trump Is Coming Back When John Kasich Says It Won't Happen (9 minutes) Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail, but the media are determined to convince the public that he is a has-been. Commentator (and failed 2000 presidential candidate) John Kasich said on ABC that Trump is “never going to be president”—even though he is the consistent Republican front-runner in national polls. [27:00] Police Brutality in Memphis (8 minutes) The Memphis officers who killed Tyre Nichols—a black man—were also black men, but many in the media are blaming whites for the tragedy. [35:00] FBI Blocked Conservative Twitter Accounts for Being ‘Russian Bots' (9 minutes) Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi released a new batch of Twitter Files on January 27, exposing how former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Clint Watts and the Alliance for Securing Democracy falsely accused hundreds of conservative-leaning Twitter accounts of being Russian bots. [44:30] Rely on the Power of God (11 minutes) Jesus Christ said, “I can of mine own self do nothing” (John 5:30), yet He performed astonishing miracles during His ministry by the power of God's Holy Spirit. We can also expect miraculous help from God as long as we are obeying Him and relying on His power.

Today we dissect the most recent dump from The Twitter Files, focusing on how Twitter knew Democrats were lying about Russian bots and the RussiaGate hoax, but went along with it anyway. It's sad that it takes so long for the truth to avail itself to the masses. Many of us realized within a few months, the Russia collusion story was a hoax. Even after the Mueller investigation found nothing, people still kept running stories about it. Then Congressman Devin Nunes wrote a memo detailing all of the malfeasance and impropriety surrounding the story and was laughed at by the Legacy/mainstream media. Fast forward from January 2018, when Nunes wrote his memo to just last week when journalist Matt Taibbi released a thread of tweets illustrating the con-game that took place among the FBI, high-ranking members of the House and Senate and Big Tech. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Representative Adam Schiff “for Brains” (D-CA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-NY) all sent in memos filled with accusations of Russian bots and Russia-owned accounts spreading lies about the Russia investigation. But, no matter how much Twitter investigated, they could not find any evidence. That didn't stop those representative from leaking their concerns to the all-too-willing sycophantic media, who ran with the stories without once bother to fact-check. As it turns out, nearly two years later, in December of 2021, Inspector General Michael Horowitz scaled the FBI and vindicated every point Devin Nunes had made in his original memo. By that point, however, most people had assumed the Russian story as true and never bothered to learn the truth. Taibbi also points to a system many of these Democrats used as their sole source for their Russian allegations, a dashboard called Hamilton 68, which was designed by a former FBI counterintelligence agent on behalf of the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Even executives in Twitter mocked this sole source, knowing they did not have the same metrics available to them as Twitter had internally. While some may say the FBI was still acting in good faith and should be trusted because they are all honorable and above reproach, let me give you a headline from Law Enforcement Today, “In bombshell report, FBI admits using the CIA, (NSA) to essentially spy on American citizens without a warrant.” There is a reason the Bill of Rights was crafted to go along with the US Constitution and it was to prevent our government from becoming an Authoritarian dictatorship, circumventing the rules and using it's power to go after it's political opposition. That's not what it is to be an American and none of us should stand for it. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

Is the National Defense Strategy actually a strategy? Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate the Biden administration's recently released National Defense Strategy. Do integrated deterrence, campaign, and enduring advantage add up to more than the sum of their parts? Does the unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy make any hard choices to connect ends and means? Melanie commends those U.S. service members who evacuated thousands of people from Afghanistan. Chris complains about incessant political advertisements ahead of the midterm elections. And Zack thanks his teammates from the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Episode Reading:  https://warontherocks.com/2022/11/debating-the-national-defense-strategy

This episode is Dirty Moderate's official response to election deniers. We understand a certain group of Americans cannot accept truth, reality, science, etc…but here is some anyway. You know, for the hell of it. Call us dirty moderates. America's 2022 midterm elections are likely to bring a wave of election deniers into Congress and top state-level jobs overseeing elections in all corners of the country and that's a huge problem, folks. This episodes guest, David Levine, is the Elections Integrity Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, where he assesses vulnerabilities in electoral infrastructure, administration, and policies. David's research interests and recent publications focus on election access, trust and security, and the nexus between external threats from malign actors and the challenges many democracies face in conducting free and fair elections. David's work has been published and quoted in USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Bloomberg Technology, The Hill, Business Insider, MIT Technology Review, BBC, EU Observer, and others.And don't forget: Vote.org, Vote.org, Vote.org! Get registered to vote if you're not already and register everyone you know. You can even help them figure out where they're nearest voting location is and when they can vote! Don't be one of the 101 Million Americans who didn't perform their civic duty in 2020.Thanks for listening, Dirty Moderate Nation! Subscribe to Substack for first dibs at podcast episodes, behind the scenes video clips, and access to the heady and fabulous Dirty Moderate Nation newsletter with in-depth coverage of the political landscape, actionable ways to make a difference, random dad jokes, endless reminders to vote, and all things “fight like hell to save democracy” related. Thank you for helping us save democracy one episode at a time.

The midterm elections are just 4 days away, and over 34 million people have cast their vote. And yet, there are still many people who don't believe our elections are safe and secure, who haven't cast a vote yet. David Levine from the Alliance for Securing Democracy joins the conversation to talk about the role voters play in securing election integrity now and into the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the third episode of our special Freedoms At Stake 2022 Election Series, host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with President and Founder of iVote Ellen Kurz. They discuss the critical role secretaries of state play in our democracy and why iVote's work to elect pro-voting secretaries of state is so important. Ellen also talks about how disinformation is affecting these races across the nation and the potential consequences if an election denier is appointed to oversee future elections. These down-ballot races have never been more important, and Ellen highlights the battleground states iVote is prioritizing this election cycle. Listen for more on how pro-voting measures like automatic voter registration and same day voting can increase participation in our democratic process.

I hit the Vegas tables with Glenn Greenwald to make some bets, spot cheaters, lay it on the line and try to decipher his highly successful system for beating the House. For the full episode and other secret chapters from the twisted adventure, subscribe at patreon.com/filthyarmenian   Location: The Mirage Resort & Casino - Las Vegas, Nevada   Glenn Greenwald is the author most recently of Securing Democracy and No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Follow him on Twitter @ggreenwald and subscribe to his substack at greenwald.substack.com     Follow us on Twitter/Insta @filthyarmenian   If you like what you hear, please rate, review, and spread the word

How does the crisis provoked by Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan illustrate the broader state of U.S.-China relations?Jude Blanchette and Zack Cooper join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the likely trajectory of the crisis and its broader implications for the transatlantic community. Jude Blanchette holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Previously, he was engagement director at The Conference Board's China Center for Economics and Business in Beijing, where he researched China's political environment with a focus on the workings of the Communist Party of China and its impact on foreign companies and investors. Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies U.S. strategy in Asia, including alliance dynamics and U.S.-China competition. He also teaches at Princeton University, co-directs the Alliance for Securing Democracy, and cohosts the “Net Assessment” podcast.

It's been nearly a year since the Department of Justice the U.S. Department of Justice established an Election Threats Task Force to address the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with the electoral process. As the world saw during the Jan 6 hearings, poll workers like Shaye Moss faced dire threats and bogus claims of wrongdoing for simply believing in democracy. Recently the Alliance for Securing Democracy released a report headlined “Deterring Threats to Election Workers: Recommendations for the Department of Justice's Election Threats Task Force” that outlines some  suggestions for the task to use to better fight threats. David Levine is the Elections Integrity Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and one of the authors of the report. He joined the podcast me to discuss the efforts to subvert the administration of U.S. elections. *** Follow GovExec on Twitter! https://twitter.com/govexec

On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, renowned elections expert David Levine joins Kevin Kinnally and Michael Sanderson to discuss election integrity and efficiency. Topics include strategies to deter and defend against misinformation, emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and protecting election officials and voters from malign actors.David Levine is the Elections Integrity Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, where he assesses vulnerabilities in electoral infrastructure, administration, and policies. David is also an advisory committee member for the Global Cyber Alliance's Cybersecurity Toolkit for Elections, an advisory council member for the Election Reformers Network, a member of the Election Verification Network, and a contributor to the Fulcrum. Previously, he worked as the Ada County, Idaho Elections Director, managing the administration of all federal, state, county, and local district elections.Mr. Levine received his JD from the Case Western School of Law, where he discovered his passion for election integrity. Since then, he has administered elections, worked with advocacy groups to improve the election process, and observed elections overseas in several countries for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.The Conduit Street Podcast is available on major platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and more. Episodes are also available on MACo's Conduit Street blog.Listen to previous episodes of the Conduit Street Podcast on our website.Follow David Levine on Twitter.Related Conduit Street CoveragePodcast: Election Anxiety, and the Gas Tax Debate ReturnsEarly Voting Underway: Here's Everything You Need to KnowHogan Veto Jeopardizes Timely Election ResultsSenator Kagan Calls for State of Emergency to Address Election VetoesNew Group Aims to Bolster Safety for Election Officials, Voters

In the age of social media and disinformation, journalists, civil society groups, researchers, and media watchdogs in democracies are figuring out how to band together to create a line of defense against those who seek to sow division and doubt in advance of elections.  This week, a French coalition calling itself the Online Election Integrity Watch Group published a https://www.reset.tech/documents/elections-report-en-2022.pdf (summary report) on its activities ahead of this spring's national election there. The group includes entities such as the Alliance for Securing Democracy, Check First, GEODE, the Institute of Complex Systems, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Tracking Exposed, and Reset Tech, an initiative run by the Luminate foundation. To learn more about what the Watch Group learned in this election cycle, Tech Policy Press spoke to the report's lead authors, Théophile Lenoir and Iris Boyer.

Michael Steele is joined by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Joyce Vance, Professor at University of Alabama School of Law, Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Clint Watts, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute & Alliance for Securing Democracy, Michael Cohen, Trump's Fmr. Personal Attorney, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional Investigations Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. David Cicilline, (D) Rhode Island, Michael McFaul, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Lizz Winstead, Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Abortion Access Front, and W. Kamau Bell, Comedian.

While the US and social media companies have banned Russian state media and propaganda in light of the war in Ukraine, China is quietly spreading its own disinformation through search engines. And they've been surprisingly effective at it. Elen Aghekyan with the Alliance for Securing Democracy has a new report outlining what is going on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last year, people around the world were souring on the idea of democracy. But new polling shows surging support for this institution of government. Laura Thornton from the Alliance for Securing Democracy discusses the reasons behind the change in perception and how to strengthen democracy here and abroad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What will Russia's strategy be now that Sweden and Finland have applied to join NATO? With news that Russia is cutting off natural gas supplies, David Salvo from the Alliance for Securing Democracy joins Boyd to talk about the threats both real and unlikely the two countries could face.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lot of people are disconnected from politics these days because they don't feel their voices are being heard. But is there a better way to bring more people into the decision-making process? The Alliance for Securing Democracy's Laura Thornton has a new piece outlining the benefits of proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and other electoral reforms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russia's decision to cut off gas to Poland and Bulgaria won't just impact those countries' citizens or the millions of Ukrainian refugees. Why? Kristine Berzina with the Alliance for Securing Democracy shows how the situation could be one of the European Union's biggest tests to date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stefan talks with Bret Schafer of the Alliance for Securing Democracy about Russian disinformation campaigns, their role in shaping narratives about the war in Ukraine, and the challenges that citizens and governments face in sorting fact from fiction amid the conflict.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more 26 MINS  Glenn Kirschner is a former federal prosecutor with 30 years of trial experience.  He served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia for 24 years, rising to the position of Chief of the Homicide Section.  In that capacity, Glenn supervised 30 homicide prosecutors and oversaw all homicide grand jury investigations and prosecutions in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the DC U.S. Attorney's Office, Glenn served more than six years on active duty as an Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) prosecutor, trying court-martial cases and handling criminal appeals, including espionage and death penalty cases. Glenn tried hundreds of cases in his 30 years as a prosecutor, including more than 50 murder trials, multiple lengthy RICO trials and precedent-setting cases.  Glenn's YouTube Channel Glenn's Podcast 48 mins Clint Watts is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Non-Resident Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy. He is also a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. He recently examined the rise of social media influence by publishing his first book entitled Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News. His research and writing focuses on terrorism, counterterrorism, social media influence and Russian disinformation. Clint's tracking of terrorist foreign fighters allowed him to predict the rise of the Islamic State over al Qaeda in 2014. From 2014 – 2016, Clint worked with a team to track and model the rise of Russian influence operations via social media leading up to the U.S. Presidential election of 2016. This research led Clint to testify before four different Senate committees in 2017 and 2018 regarding Russia's information warfare campaign against the U.S. and the West. Clint's writing has appeared in a range of publications to include the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, Politico, Lawfare, War On The Rocks and the Huffington Post. Before becoming a consultant, Clint served as a U.S. Army infantry officer, a FBI Special Agent, as the Executive Officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (CTC), as a consultant to the FBI's Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) and National Security Branch (NSB), and as an analyst supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community and U.S. Special Operations Command. 1:09 Bill Boyle is a well sourced and connected businessman who lives in Washington DC with his wife and son. Bill is a trusted friend and source for me who I met after he listened and became a regular and highly respected caller of my siriusxm radio show. Bill is a voracious reader and listeners love to hear his take. I think his analysis is as sharp as anyone you will hear on radio or TV and he has well placed friends across the federal government who are always talking to him. As far as I can tell he is not in the CIA. Follow him on twitter and park at his garages.   Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe   Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page   Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe   Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Ali Velshi is joined by Clint Watts, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute & Alliance for Securing Democracy, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Founder and Host of the ‘Black Diplomats' Podcast, Olena Sotnyk, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, David Miliband, President & CEO at International Rescue Committee, Angela Stent, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Isobel Yeung, VICE News Correspondent, Kira Rudik, Ukrainian Member of Parliament, Rep. Tom Malinowski, (D) New Jersey, and José Andrés, Founder of World Center Kitchen.

Charges of stealing elections have been all too common in the US over the past decade and really went into hyper drive in 2020. But David Levine with the Alliance for Securing Democracy believes there is something simple that could restore trust: using more nonpartisan election observers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Alina Polyakova and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Laura Rosenberger, the director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a senior fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States. When it comes to information operations, most Americans probably think of Russia as the primary culprit. After all, the memory of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election is still fresh. But over the past year, Chinese information operations have gained prominence with the Chinese Communist Party involved in aggressive online campaigns regarding unrest in Hong Kong and the ongoing pandemic. They talked about how the Chinese government wields information online, how Chinese tactics are different from Russian tactics in the information space and how democracies should respond. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The recently published Pandora Papers has exposed how politicians and public officials use offshore tax havens to hide their wealth and evade taxes. It's not just a moral dilemma. It's a security threat largely of the West's own making that allows autocratic leaders like Vladimir Putin to establish vectors of malign influence. On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I speak with Paul Massaro of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Josh Rudolph of the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy, and journalist Casey Michel, author of American Kleptocracy, about the steps being taken in the United States to oppose strategic corruption.

Hello folks, welcome to the relaunch of the Inside The Newsroom podcast! It’s been a while since I got the microphone out, but I’m back and will be podcasting with a top journalist at least monthly from now on. What better way to get back on the horse than have Glenn Greenwald on the airwaves, who the New Statesman recently described as among the greatest journalists of all time. We talked about what it’s like being Glenn, the mental toll of having the U.S. and Brazilian governments after you, the corporatization of journalism, where to start when writing a New York Times bestseller, and Glenn’s best advice for today’s journalists.Say what you like about Glenn, but it’s hard to match his achievements. He believes what he believes, and will quite literally risk his life to defend his position.“You go into journalism in order to do stories like this. If you want to be universally beloved and applauded by people in power, journalism is not the profession to choose.”Earlier this month we celebrated the one-year anniversary of our subscription model. Read all about everything we’ve done so far, and everything we plan to build over the next 12 months. And be sure to check out my Q&A with Walt Hickey, senior data editor at Insider and founder of the Numlock News newsletter. Walt was incredibly candid about what it takes to build an audience and run a profitable business.And lastly, we relaunched Data Corner and Election Dissection last week! Read about how the top newsrooms covered the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan from a data viz angle, as well as the latest on the consequential recent elections in Morocco and Norway.Okay, let’s do this thing! Podcast is up top, and my post-game analysis and Job Corner are down below… Enjoy!Job Corner ✍️We have more than 2,500 jobs and more than 300 internships listed in 1,000+ cities across the U.S., UK and Canada. Below is a preview of the openings you’ll have access to when you subscribe. If you’re a paying member, your jobs sheet link remains the same each week. Interested in a free week’s trial? Reply to this email and we’ll hook you up!Who Is Glenn Greenwald?Glenn is a journalist, former constitutional lawyer, author of four New York Times bestsellers, and co-founder of the Hope dog rescue shelter. In 1996, Glenn co-founded his own law firm in New York City, concentrating on First Amendment and civil rights. In 2005, he became bored of being a litigator and travelled to Brazil to “figure out what I wanted to do with my life”. He immediately fell in love the country and met his now-husband: Brazilian congressman for the Socialism and Liberty party David Miranda. They currently reside in Rio de Janeiro.Around the same time, Glenn started his own blog and began writing about mass surveillance and the changes around civil liberties in the aftermath of 9/11. In 2007, he was hired as a columnist by Salon, and then joined The Guardian in 2012. It was there that he, along with fellow friend of the podcast Ewen MacAskill, broke arguably the most impactful scandal of this generation: The Edward Snowden CIA leaks.From there Glenn co-founded The Intercept in 2014, but resigned in October 2020 over editorial freedom. You can read all about why Glenn did so here, as well as a rebuttal from The Intercept’s editor-in-chief, Betsy Reed. Today Glenn writes about a myriad of topics on Substack, and is always an engaging follow on Twitter. Oh, he and David currently have 26 rescue dogs too.Securing Democracy and Car Wash ScandalGlenn’s latest book, Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil, was published earlier this year. It details the events that led to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicting Glenn for his involvement in the Operation Car Wash scandal, arguably the biggest corruption scandal in history. The scandal saw former Brazilian president and clear favorite in the 2018 presidential election Lula da Silva imprisoned, which allowed Bolsonaro to sweep to victory.In 2019, Glenn was contacted by Manuela d’Ávila, a centre-left candidate for vice-president in the election. D’Ávila had been approached by a source who had hacked a trove of phone calls between some of Brazil’s most powerful judges and prosecutors. One of those judges oversaw the Operation Car Wash anti-corruption probe that dominated Brazilian politics for the five years prior. The impact of Glenn’s reporting was explosive.Video: Glenn Greenwald on the Leaked Brazil Archive Exposing Operation Car WashA judge ultimately dismissed the indictment against Glenn, but made clear that he would have accepted it, had it not been for an earlier Brazilian Supreme Court ruling. The ruling stated that any attempt to retaliate against Glenn for his reporting would be barred by the Brazilian constitution and the press freedom guarantee it provides.In our podcast, Glenn talked about how in 2013, Brazil’s parliament was favorable towards him after he exposed the U.S. government’s spying efforts on Brazil amid the fallout from the Snowden CIA leaks. But as Glenn’s husband poignantly pointed out, the Car Wash scandal was completely different and presented more dangers. Aside from now having a truly authoritarian president after him, this time around the folks coming after Glenn were on his doorstep. Having not one but two national governments after you is pretty terrifying, and one can only wonder about the mental toll that will have. The book is a timely reminder of the fragility of democracy.Corporatization of JournalismGlenn’s been a writer for the better part of three decades. As anyone who’s followed his work will know, he argues vehemently against the corporatization of newsrooms — the move toward an increasingly corporate ethos and structure. That’s why he co-founded The Intercept — to become an adversarial newsroom and not a subservient one — and is why he’s now completely independent on Substack. But you haven’t had to be in the game as long as Glenn to witness what he’s talking about.Large corporations have taken advantage of overall falling revenue in journalism, and have applied their ideology of cutting costs to boost profit. The Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that the total number of newspaper owners has declined by 32 percent since 2004, or at an average of 100 newspaper companies per year. More than 2,000 newspaper titles are now owned by the largest 25 companies.I have a whole newsletter worth of thoughts on this, so I’ll spin them into a separate edition in the future. As you know, I experienced this corporatization first hand through my time at the Wall Street Journal. After slaving away for years building myself a voice and trying to help the journalism community, WSJ gave me a choice: shut down Inside The Newsroom or leave.As Glenn put it, journalism isn’t a profession as much as it is a tool for anyone to fight injustice. There shouldn’t be a credential system whereby only those from the richest and most established media organizations have the privilege to cover the most important stories. And inside newsrooms, journalists’ voices shouldn’t be silenced because of hierarchy. Journalism is, and should continue to be, accessible to everyone.Glenn’s Advice For JournalistsWe’ll finish with some advice from Glenn for today’s journalists. I asked what his top piece of advice is to navigate today’s industry, and have paraphrased his answer below.There are a lot of easier ways to earn a living other than being a journalist, especially with the industry’s economic struggles. So make sure you’re entering journalism because of passion. Whether that’s politics, culture, sports, social movements or whatever your thing might be. But passion alone won’t necessarily bring you the success you’re looking for, and along the way you’ll inevitably have to sacrifice something. For many, that means working for an institution. That’s okay and is just something you have to do while you build your audience and pay the bills. But no matter what you do, make sure you always remember and preserve that passion that animated your choice to enter journalism. And even in those dark times of sacrifice, safeguard that passion with everything you have to keep that flame alive and to keep feeding it. Your time will come, so be passionate and prepared for when that time does come.Thanks for making it to the bottom. If you enjoyed today’s newsletter and podcast, please consider supporting what we’re building at Inside The Newsroom. 🙏 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit insidethenewsroom.substack.com/subscribe

This episode features two interviews. The first focuses on extremism, law enforcement and social media monitoring, and the second on what news that an AI voice clone was used to generate segments of a new Anthony Bourdain documentary tells us about the future of synthetic media.  The January 6 insurrection was preceded by weeks of online promotion and planning- including from former President Donald Trump, who told his supporters the event would be wild. What should the FBI have known in advance, and how does social media monitoring play out in the FBI in practice?  First, to get an expert opinion on these issues and what they mean for the effort to curb domestic extremism, I spoke to Clint Watts, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Non-Resident Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy. He is also a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC, and author of the book Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News. Previously, Clint served as a U.S. Army infantry officer, a FBI Special Agent, as the Executive Officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point , as a consultant to the FBI's Counter Terrorism Division and National Security Branch, and as an analyst supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community and U.S. Special Operations Command. Second, to contemplate the future of synthetic media and the safeguards that need to be in place in a world of voice clones and deep fakes we speak with Sam Gregory, Program Director of WITNESS, a nonprofit that helps people use video and technology to protect human rights. Sam is an expert on synthetic media and ethics, and recently wrote a piece in Wired arguing the world needs more such experts to address the looming problems posed by these new technologies, which offer enormous creative potential along with frightening epistemic implications.

It was always going to be a difficult needle to thread. The Biden administration clearly views Russia's Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipeline as a geopolitical project that threatens European energy security and that of Ukraine and eastern flank NATO allies like Poland and the Baltic states. But in Germany, the main destination of the pipeline, the project has powerful supporters, investors, and stakeholders. Which makes imposing sanctions, to say the least, difficult. So now, the United States is trying to thread that needle - punishing an adversary without also hitting a close ally. On this week's Power Vertical Podcast, host Brian Whitmore discusses the geopolitics of Nord Stream 2 with Josh Rudolph and Kristine Berzina of the German Marshal Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy and Paul Massaro, a policy advisor at the U.S. Helsinki Commission. Enjoy…

In this edition of The Power Vertical Podcast, Paul Massaro, policy advisor to the Helsinki Commission, and Josh Rudolph, fellow for Malign Finance at Alliance for Securing Democracy, join host Brian Whitmore to discuss how the United States and its allies can forge a grand strategy to combat the malign influence of Russian kleptocracy.

Authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China have spent more than $300 million interfering in democratic processes over the past decade. In this episode Josh Rudolph, Fellow for Malign Finance at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, takes us behind the scenes of these covert financial attacks and sheds light on the Kremlin's influence all over the world.