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In a likely unexpected and unwanted revelation (from the network’s perspective) Wednesday, the director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence & Security Center, William Evanina warned NBC Nightly News that foreign adversaries such as “Iran, China, and Russia” were some of the forces “enhancing and exacerbating protests on the West Coast” in recent months. But that information went unexplored as chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel chose to hone in on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Are you seeing any efforts ramping up from Russia or China to try and sway the election one way or the other that Americans should be wary of,” Engel asked Evanina at the top of the segment.
Evanina was confident that the integrity of the election was secure from those foreign adversaries but was concerned about their misinformation campaigns.
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