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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFmr Marine / FL deputy sheriff running disinfo campaigns for Russian GRU Unit
Michael Weiss
GRU Unit 29155 recruited John Mark Dougan, a former U.S. Marine and former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff, to run disinformation campaigns about Ukraine. His targets were Americans. One of his false stories appeared on OAN and was cited by anti-Ukraine Republicans: https://msn.com/en-us/news/other/american-creating-deep-fakes-targeting-harris-works-with-russian-intel-documents-show/ar-AA1sOdZP
10:28 AM · Oct 24, 2024
GRU Unit 29155 recruited John Mark Dougan, a former U.S. Marine and former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff, to run disinformation campaigns about Ukraine. His targets were Americans. One of his false stories appeared on OAN and was cited by anti-Ukraine Republicans: https://msn.com/en-us/news/other/american-creating-deep-fakes-targeting-harris-works-with-russian-intel-documents-show/ar-AA1sOdZP
10:28 AM · Oct 24, 2024
WaPo - American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show
Story by Catherine Belton 17h
A former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff who fled to Moscow and became one of the Kremlins most prolific propagandists is working directly with Russian military intelligence to pump out deepfakes and circulate misinformation that targets Vice President Kamala Harriss campaign, according to Russian documents obtained by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post.
The documents show that John Mark Dougan, who also served in the U.S. Marines and has long claimed to be working independently of the Russian government, was provided funding by an officer from the GRU, Russias military intelligence service. Some of the payments were made after fake news sites he created began to have difficulty accessing Western artificial intelligence systems this spring and he needed an AI generator a tool that can be prompted to create text, photos and video.
Dougans liaison at the GRU is a senior figure in Russian military intelligence working under the cover name Yury Khoroshevsky, the documents show. The officers real name is Yury Khoroshenky, though he is referred to only as Khoroshevsky in the documents, and he serves in the GRUs Unit 29155, which oversees sabotage, political interference operations and cyberwarfare targeting the West, according to two European security officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence.
The more than 150 documents which were shared with The Post to demonstrate the extent of Russian interference through Dougan and focus mostly on the period between March 2021 and August 2024 for the first time expose some of the inner workings of a network that researchers and intelligence officials say has become the most potent source of fake news emanating from Russia and targeting American voters over the past year.
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Story by Catherine Belton 17h
A former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff who fled to Moscow and became one of the Kremlins most prolific propagandists is working directly with Russian military intelligence to pump out deepfakes and circulate misinformation that targets Vice President Kamala Harriss campaign, according to Russian documents obtained by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post.
The documents show that John Mark Dougan, who also served in the U.S. Marines and has long claimed to be working independently of the Russian government, was provided funding by an officer from the GRU, Russias military intelligence service. Some of the payments were made after fake news sites he created began to have difficulty accessing Western artificial intelligence systems this spring and he needed an AI generator a tool that can be prompted to create text, photos and video.
Dougans liaison at the GRU is a senior figure in Russian military intelligence working under the cover name Yury Khoroshevsky, the documents show. The officers real name is Yury Khoroshenky, though he is referred to only as Khoroshevsky in the documents, and he serves in the GRUs Unit 29155, which oversees sabotage, political interference operations and cyberwarfare targeting the West, according to two European security officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence.
The more than 150 documents which were shared with The Post to demonstrate the extent of Russian interference through Dougan and focus mostly on the period between March 2021 and August 2024 for the first time expose some of the inner workings of a network that researchers and intelligence officials say has become the most potent source of fake news emanating from Russia and targeting American voters over the past year.
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Fmr Marine / FL deputy sheriff running disinfo campaigns for Russian GRU Unit (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
5 hrs ago
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Sanity Claws
(22,005 posts)1. That photo looks fake
It looks like he was superimposed on a background.
meow2u3
(24,899 posts)2. Another traitorous American vatnik has been outed
Would I be wrong to believe the entire MAGA movement is a subversive Russian influence operation? The russkies have been recruiting traitors hiding in plain sight and telling them to call themselve the "Freedom Caucus" as a cover story IMO.
Botany
(72,202 posts)3. Vlad and Russian intelligence have been @ war with the United States for years
Fox News, people like Sen. Johnson from Wisconsin, Trump along with his MAGA allies
such as Mike Flynn have been willing participants in this war on Americas democracy too.
Dwight Eisenhower corpse must be spinning in his coffin with the knowledge of these traitors.