Foreign Interference Has Bedeviled D.C. For Decades, With No Easy Reponse
The debate over how to combat Russia's ongoing campaign of active measures against the West has been taking place since the Cold War.
Nations waged campaigns of influence against each other for centuries before Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and nothing is likely to stop them anytime soon.
Congress could mandate more "disclosure" for foreigners buying ads on U.S. social networks, but that wouldn't stop the ads from being sold, nor would it address the covert part of the Russians' playbook — the cyberattacks, snooping and dumping of embarrassing information.
The U.S. has already increased sanctions on Russia in retaliation for the election interference — with no effect so far on its Personal warnings by and to their Russian counterparts during the 2016 election cycle didn't move the
