NCSC Director Bill Evanina's statement was criticized by top Democrats for creating "false equivalence" among Russia, China and Iran.
The country's top counterintelligence official says that multiple foreign adversaries are actively targeting the November election in a variety of ways, from launching influence campaigns in social and traditional media, to targeting election infrastructure, to attempting to compromise the private communications of political officials.
"Foreign efforts to influence or interfere with our elections are a direct threat to the fabric of our democracy," said Evanina, a career official who has served as NCSC Director since 2014. He was tasked with personally briefing relevant stakeholders – including Congress, political campaigns and candidates – on election security earlier this year.
His statement drew swift and sharp criticism from top Democratic congressional leaders, who said it created a"false sense of equivalence" among China, Russia and Iran – three countries, they cautioned, that have demonstrated"unequal intent, motivation and capability." Evanina's warning on Russia's activities in particular, they said, was"so generic as to be almost meaningless.
The same group on Monday demanded a defensive counterintelligence briefing from the FBI for all lawmakers before the August recess, expressing concern in a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray that Congress"appears to be the target of a concerted foreign interference campaign.
Neither China nor Iran are known to have attempted to engage in election interference campaigns in 2016. "This statement in no way downplays the election-related threats from Russia, which are very serious and which we have briefed to Congressional leaders," the official said."However, other nation-state actors have entered the election threat arena in a big way and they can't be ignored."
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