WANT A GOOD LAUGH - Arizona’s Election Recount

"How Arizona’s election review is providing a national playbook for disgruntled politicians" PBS NewsHour 9/24/2021 

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SUMMARY:  Republicans in the Arizona State Senate had commissioned a review of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County even though election officials found no large-scale fraud.  But a partisan group called Cyber Ninjas undertook a controversial review of the vote and affirmed Joe Biden won Maricopa County and Arizona.  Nate Persily, an election law scholar at Stanford University, joins William Brangham with more.

RUSSIA - The Russia Investigation

"Who was behind Russia’s ‘information warfare’ campaign" PBS NewsHour 3/25/2019

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SUMMARY:  There is no doubt that Russia’s government attempted to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.  As William Brangham reports, once the U.S. intelligence community reached that consensus, as well as high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the cyber and social media “disinformation” campaigns, a major investigation and dozens of indictments followed.

Declassified ICA Intelligence Report (PDF download)

TRUMP AGENDA - Bad-Mouthing Allies

"Can Trump’s reversal soften damage of Helsinki comments?" PBS NewsHour 7/17/2018

ANSWER:  No.

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SUMMARY:  Home from Helsinki, President Trump is backtracking on his comments from a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin after facing blistering, bipartisan critiques.  In damage-control mode, he read from a prepared statement and insisted he has "great" confidence in the intelligence community.  Judy Woodruff talks with the Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig.

"Putin driving a wedge between U.S. and allies, Hurd says" PBS NewsHour 7/17/2018

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SUMMARY:  Texas (R) Rep. Will Hurd says he is convinced that the events in Helsinki were part of a disinformation campaign by Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Hurd, a CIA veteran and one of the Republicans quick to distance themselves from President Trump amid fallout over the controversial meeting, tells Judy Woodruff that Congress needs to make sure it’s supporting the work of U.S. intelligence and allies.