The director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, says the U.S. intelligence community has observed actors tied to Irans government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters.
Haines made the disclosure in a July 9, 2024 press release. She said it was for the purpose of informing the public of foreign efforts to influence our democratic processes.
In recent weeks, Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza, Haines said. Americans who are being targeted by this Iranian campaign may not be aware that they are interacting with or receiving support from a foreign government.
The U.S. intelligence community typically functions separately from law enforcement, but in the past, some federal prosecutors have brought cases about attempted Iranian influence on American public opinion. President Biden pardoned one such figure in 2023 as part of a deal to obtain the release of American hostages held by Iran.
Haines, a Biden appointee who was deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration, took care not to portray all anti- Israel protesters as Iranian dupes. I want to be clear that I know Americans who participate in protests are, in good faith, expressing their views on the conflict in Gaza this intelligence does not indicate otherwise. Moreover, the freedom to express diverse views, when done peacefully, is essential to our democracy, she wrote, but it is also important to warn of foreign actors who seek to exploit our debate for their own purposes.
Haines said shed be offering more updates on foreign influence efforts as the 2024 campaign season progresses.
Absent from the statement was any explanation about what the U.S. government is doing to try to stop the Iranian meddling. Has it tried to shut down the bank accounts or social media accounts that the Iranians are using? Has it conveyed a diplomatic message through the Embassy of Switzerland or through other channels to Iran to cut it out?
A foreign policy official who served in the Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump administrations, Elliott Abrams, has a post up on his Council on Foreign Relations blog calling out the ineptitude of the Biden administration in Middle East diplomacy, writing, As I have watched U.S. diplomacy since October 7, the phrase that has kept on coming back to me is Casey Stengels after his 1962 Mets racked up a modern record of 120 losses: Cant anybody here play this game?
Isnt it obvious that as between Iran and the worlds greatest superpower, Iran and not the United States should be afraid of escalation? Abrams writes. The record is clear that the Iranian leadership shies away from confrontation with the United States, so why are our diplomats expressing the greater fear of escalation?
Russias meddling in the 2016 election spawned endless investigations and news articles and accusations. Itd be strange if the disclosure of Iranian activity in the U.S. in the midst of the 2024 campaign fails to arouse similar levels of concern.
#1: The_Rock To: All (#0)
Looks like Israel is doing our bidding.
Go Israel.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-09 16:47:18 Reply Private Reply
#2: Pinguinite To: The_Rock (#0)
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Pinguinite posted on 2024-07-09 17:09:37 Reply Private Reply
#3: The_Rock To: Pinguinite (#2)
I haven't read your link though.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-09 17:11:37 Reply Private Reply
#4: The_Rock To: Pinguinite (#2)
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-09 17:14:03 Reply Private Reply
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Pinguinite posted on 2024-07-09 17:35:15 Reply Private Reply
#6: BTP Holdings To: The_Rock (#0)
Iran has been a hotbed of intrigue since the ouster of the lawfully elected Prime Minister in 1953 and the installation of Shah Reza Pahlavi. He was a CIA shill.
The Savak was the Shah's secret police, and they terrorized the population and kept everyone in line.
That didn't end until the student uprising in 1979 and the seizure of the U.S. Embassy for 444 days until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2024-07-09 19:21:41 Reply Private Reply
#7: The_Rock To: BTP Holdings (#6)
The Shah > everyone that followed him.
The Shah didn't kill women for not wearing a bag over their head.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-09 20:17:46 Reply Private Reply
#8: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#7)
Nah, he just put bags over their heads and had them tortured to death.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-07-09 20:43:32 Reply Private Reply
#9: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#7)
You love that sort of stuff don't you Stone.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-07-09 20:49:06 Reply Private Reply
#10: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#9)
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-09 21:00:16 Reply Private Reply
#11: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#10)
FormerLurker posted on 2024-07-09 21:03:47 Reply Private Reply
#12: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#11)
Yep.
Is it also evil to imply that I like it as you claimed? Because that wasn't a true statement.
I only said the Shah was better than those who followed him. He kept worse people in check.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-09 22:45:12 Reply Private Reply
#13: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#12)
FormerLurker posted on 2024-07-09 23:00:49 Reply Private Reply
#14: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#13)
You must love the mass killings of people who aren't muslims. According to the "logic" you used upthread.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-10 00:03:25 Reply Private Reply
#15: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#14)
That you support the genocidal monsters who control the Israeli government tells me enough about you to determine you find nothing wrong with the tactics of the SAVAK. You even try to portray them as a "better" alternative than the Islamic fundamentalists who may have committed mass murder.
So rounding up dissidents and shoving broken glass and boiling water up their rectums, tearing off their genitals, acid drops in the nose, is all perfectly cool with you, because they were in cahoots with the CIA. Got it.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-07-10 07:07:29 Reply Private Reply
#16: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#15)
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-10 07:51:03 Reply Private Reply
#17: FormerLurker To: The_Rock (#16)
You support killing ANYONE if it is something the deep state wants.
Deliberately bombing hospitals, apartment buildings, and food convoys isn't "self defense".
Sadistic torture of ANY creature, man or beast, is against the laws of God.
You said you supported the Shah of Iran, who inflicted unspeakable suffering against political dissidents. You try to justify it by reflecting your support of such things to me, as you have no logical argument to make.
Unlike you I've never supported atrocities, no matter who commits them, and no matter who the victims are.
FormerLurker posted on 2024-07-10 09:52:34 Reply Private Reply
#18: The_Rock To: FormerLurker (#17)
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-10 12:21:39 Reply Private Reply
#19: watchman To: FormerLurker (#17)
watchman posted on 2024-07-10 15:11:45 Reply Private Reply
#20: The_Rock To: watchman (#19)
I have plenty of flaws and sins. But lets keep it honest.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-10 18:24:17 Reply Private Reply
#21: watchman To: The_Rock (#20)
watchman posted on 2024-07-10 20:39:40 Reply Private Reply
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Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2024-07-11 00:51:05 Reply Private Reply
#23: watchman To: The_Rock (#20)
Then believe this:
Esau has dominion now.
For example, they have dominion over your vote:
Edom means red.
watchman posted on 2024-07-11 06:19:10 Reply Private Reply
#24: watchman To: The_Rock (#20)
The Babylonian Talmud is synonymous with the Babylonian mystery religion
Both the beast and the woman are portrayed by the color scarlet...red/Edom.
You know this...but you do not believe the fate of the woman and the beast will end in fire, but with your efforts, and countless others like you, Edom will continue to maintain dominion.
watchman posted on 2024-07-11 07:01:58 Reply Private Reply
#25: The_Rock To: watchman (#23)
You taking a passage of scripture from Genesis that was to a specific person in a specific circumstance and a specific timeframe 6000 or so years ago. That is why Jesus warned us about you.
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-11 07:45:24 Reply Private Reply
#26: The_Rock To: watchman (#24)
Yes I believe the woman mentioned and the beast will go to hell.
What I don't believe is you. You misrepresent a lot of stuff.
You throw out some verses. Then you add your imagination and pretend they are talking about the same thing. No where have you ever tied the modern day Jews to Edom or Essau. You just haven't done that. That is a fact.
So no you are not a watchman unless it is for Hamas, who you lie about and cover for by saying they didn't kidnap or murder anyone.
The_Rock posted on 2024-07-11 07:49:47 Reply Private Reply
#27: watchman To: The_Rock (#26)
Post your DNA...show what tribe you're from...and I'll shut up.
watchman posted on 2024-07-11 08:14:09 Reply Private Reply
#28: watchman To: The_Rock (#26)
No where have you or anyone tied the Jews to the land of Israel.
The jews have determined the origins of the Palestinians...but not the origins of the Jews.
Odd, don't you think?
Netanyahu's DNA is traced back only as far as Spain.
Chosen people? First, stop murdering the locals, then prove that modern jews are native to the land of Israel.
Until then, ya'll are a bunch of Satanic pretenders...
Esau/Edom
watchman posted on 2024-07-11 14:43:39 Reply Private Reply