The Russians Came After Me

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The attacks on me began with a tax from the this kind of amorphous movement of the alt right who saw me as an impediment to their egendo within the trump administration. I think what they hoped was that even the present united states would no longer have confidence in his own stration, and therefore be less confident and less effective. And so i think that we have to expect more of this right and this idea of a i enabled writ messagig thay can take data that they take from you in terms of understanding your preferences and predilections, and then just feed you messages and material that are going to move you psychologically in a certain direction. This is a very grave

Would you say that the US is in war-time or peace-time? How do you know?

The truth is, the nature of warfare has changed so fundamentally, that we're currently in a war we don't even recognize. It's the war that Russia, China, and other hostile foreign actors are fighting against us — weaponizing social media to undermine our faith in each other, our government, and democracy itself.

World War III is here, it's in cyberspace, and the US is unprepared — and largely unaware.

This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're fortunate to be speaking with Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster. General McMaster was the United States National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. He has examined the most critical foreign policy and national security challenges that face the United States, and is devoted to preserving America's standing and security.