Sen. Lankford on Election and Cyber Security Ahead of Midterms

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🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In this week's episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Senator James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, who serves on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Morell and Lankford discuss the state of the nation's election security, the gamut of ongoing foreign misinformation efforts, and whether social media platforms need regulating. Lankford discusses the need for auditable ballots and his work to move a recently-stalled bipartisan election security bill through the Senate. He also provides an update on the committee's ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 elections.

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0:36.0	So, how worried are you about the cyber threat, particularly to our critical infrastructure?
0:43.4	I think we all should be worried.
0:45.4	There is no system if you're connected to the internet that's totally foolproof.
0:48.4	There's not one.
0:51.6	There's not a single country in NATO that hasn't been attacked by Russia in some way on
0:55.3	the cyber level, and the Russians focus really is raising chaos more than anything else.
0:59.5	If you're mirroring the playground in elementary school, there were those two kids in the
1:02.6	playground that had the fight.
1:04.2	There was always the third kid on the edge of the playground screaming, fight, fight, fight,
1:07.5	fight, fight, trying to get everybody to come watch it.
1:09.6	That's what the Russians are.
1:10.6	So, are you been absolutely clear that election security is not a partisan issue?
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