[saywhatagain]

Second draft: This comes from BusinessInsider review of the Russian newspaper "Dozhd" who interviewed one of the "Internet Research Agency" operatives. He is quoted as follows:

"Our goal wasn't to turn the Americans toward Russia," he added. "Our task was to set Americans against their own government: to provoke unrest and discontent, and to lower Obama's support ratings."

An entire department, the "Department of Provocations," was dedicated to that goal: Its primary objective was to disseminate fake news and sow discord in the West, according to CNN.

read full article here:

http://www.businessinsider.com/former-troll-russia-disinformation-campaign-trump-2017-10

am still looking for the Russian newspaper who broke the story and Mueller apparently copied for the indictments. They explain the purpose best.

[Cboldt]

heheheh. CNN is itself the department of provocation. #FakeNews.

Not that it has much power or sway, just saying what its intentions are.