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Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by dragonwriter on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:18PM (#16681127)
> But, and maybe someone can clarify, every single intelligence agency has come out and said that there was some interaction between Russia and Trump

No, they say (in the public assessment) that Russia intervened to favor Trump, not that there was interaction between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Now, there's been at least one guilty plea from the Mueller investigation specifically referencing interaction, but that's a separate thing from the public intelligence assessment.

Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by Consultant32452 on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:24PM (#16681188)
It's worth noting they ALSO say Russia intervened against Trump. There's at least two anti-Trump rallies alleged to have been organized by Russia.
Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by dragonwriter on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:50PM (#16681411)
> It's worth noting they ALSO say Russia intervened against Trump

No, they don't.

> There's at least two anti-Trump rallies alleged to have been organized by Russia.

Be that as it may, the public assessment does not state as the ICs assessment that any part of the intervention had an anti-Trump purpose (a rally can be organized whose overt message supports a cause without the purpose being advancing that cause.)

Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by debt on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:20PM (#16681154)
"not that there was interaction between Russia and the Trump campaign."

The FBI strongly disagrees with that statement. Facebook has been proven to be used as one of the tools to achieve those ends.

Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by dragonwriter on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:36PM (#16681277)
> The FBI strongly disagrees with that statement.

Whatever the FBI or people in it believe, the public assessment put forth by the US Intelligence Community does not address interaction; it is inaccurate to attribute that as a public unanimous conclusion of the Intelligence Community.

Note that I'm not making the “no collusion” argument, hence the reference to the Papadopoulos plea. The Trump-Russia interaction just is outside the scope of the public Intelligence Community assessment, and shouldn't be described as the public conclusion of the US intelligence community.

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by Consultant32452 on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:27PM (#16681216)
Could you provide a citation? OP's comment mirrors my understanding. My understanding is that Russia acted both for and against Trump, though primarily for. But that is different than those efforts being coordinated by the Trump campaign.
Re:Statement by FTC Regarding Reported Concerns about Facebo... by debt on Monday March 26, 2018 @04:45PM (#16682421)
Cambridge Analytic was named as such because it sounds "official" and it helped when they were eventually were hired by Bannon.