{"id":2277,"date":"2018-02-13T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/13\/usa-today-the-united-states-is-under-attack-intelligence-chief-dan-coats-says-putin-targeting-20\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T16:30:00","slug":"usa-today-the-united-states-is-under-attack-intelligence-chief-dan-coats-says-putin-targeting-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/usa-today-the-united-states-is-under-attack-intelligence-chief-dan-coats-says-putin-targeting-20\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today: &#8216;The United States is under attack&#8217;: Intelligence chief Dan Coats says Putin targeting 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Johnson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Russia and other adversaries will continue to engage in cyber warfare to &#8220;degrade our democratic values and weaken our alliances,&#8221; the nation&#39;s top intelligence official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frankly, the United States is under attack,&#8221; Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee, adding that every facet of society is being targeted with cyber intrusions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In unequivocal language, Coats said Russia President Vladimir Putin has been emboldened by Russia&#39;s successful interference in the 2016 elections and is targeting the 2018 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There should be no doubt that (Putin) views the past effort as successful,&#8221; Coats said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/02\/13\/intelligence-director-coats-says-u-s-under-attack-putin-targeting-2018-elections\/332566002\/?csp=chromepush\">MORE<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Johnson &nbsp; WASHINGTON &mdash; Russia and other adversaries will continue to engage in cyber warfare to &#8220;degrade our democratic values and weaken our alliances,&#8221; the nation&#39;s top intelligence official said Tuesday. &nbsp; &#8220;Frankly, the United States is under attack,&#8221; Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee, adding that every <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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