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Joan Friedman (MA, from NY)'s avatar

It's about time more attention was paid to Manafort's transmission of polling data to his Kremlin-affiliated business partner!

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Jeff Silverman's avatar

Such a Great article! I think the benefits of overt are we don’t need to hide or cover up anything as we are being open and above board. While overtly wanting and supporting one outcome might not be as “sure” compared to a covert action, it gives our nation credibility in the foreign relations domain as compared to say, Russia, for example, where all nations know (or should know) Russia’s patterns of behavior always tricky deceptive corrupt. I think in an instance where the danger to our nation is significantly higher than the Italy post war example, it’s ok for us to do both. Overt and covert but not to change votes. That’s a bridge too far. But information campaigns designed to sway voters without it visibly by us. I remember as a teenager at the dinner table my father recounting the Soviet Union’s working in Italy, and Greece. He would have enjoyed your course. Regrettably he passed away at 98 yrs old.

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