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There Are So Many Ways 2024 Could Go Wrong

“AMERICANS CAN AND should have confidence in our election system,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray in January. “The other part, though, is the chaos…..And there is the potential, if we’re not all collectively on guard, that chaos can ensue at varying levels.”

Wray, who was speaking at January’s International Conference on Cyber Security, was referring to the risk of foreign interference in U.S. elections by China, Russia, and Iran. But America is a proud, independent nation. We’re doing just fine sowing homegrown

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