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American creating deep fakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show
The Washington Post ^ | October 23, 2024 at 5:34 p.m. EDT | Catherine Belton

Posted on 10/23/2024 4:58:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff who fled to Moscow and became one of the Kremlin’s most prolific propagandists is working directly with Russian military intelligence to pump out deepfakes and circulate misinformation that targets Vice President Kamala Harris’s 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, the country’s 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.

Dougan’s liaison at the GRU is a senior figure in Russian military intelligence working under the cover name Yury Khoroshevsky, the documents show. The officer’s real name is Yury Khoroshenky, though he is only referred to as Khoroshevsky in the documents, and he serves in the GRU’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: 2021; 202103; 2024; 2024election; catherinebelton; deepfakes; fakenews; jmdougan; johndougan; johnmarkdougan; palmbeachcounty; russia; spies; spooks; usmc
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...according to two European security officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence.

Anonymously sourced WaPo articles = Lies

1 posted on 10/23/2024 4:58:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I feel so Sorry now for Kamila after the WP told me lies that I am going to vote for her.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 10/23/2024 4:59:52 PM PDT by Revel
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3 posted on 10/23/2024 5:00:00 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

October Gatling gun of outrageous lies surprised.


4 posted on 10/23/2024 5:01:16 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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I am so sick of this crap. If US voters are stupid enough to believe the same people who lied about the peepee dossier and the Hunter Biden laptop, then we’re all screwed just by association.


5 posted on 10/23/2024 5:02:04 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It makes no sense.

Why would the Russians want to help America?


6 posted on 10/23/2024 5:03:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Don’t they have anything but “Russia Russia Russia”?


7 posted on 10/23/2024 5:04:18 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Wash Compost. NO Credibility.


8 posted on 10/23/2024 5:11:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I've come to the conclusion that the world is made up of millions of Three Stooges comedians.)
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Let see. Once early voting started in earnest (I voted today) we have:

Did it suddenly occur to them that a huge people might actually cast their vote before they were able to begin throwing mud against the wall, so they are pulling out all the stops now on these kinds of things?

9 posted on 10/23/2024 5:12:05 PM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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I like that. Good one.


10 posted on 10/23/2024 5:12:35 PM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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American creating deep fakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show

Not buying anything put out by either the Washington Lying Post, or "intelligence" agencies.

We've already seen that stupid lying tactic before and nobody is gonna buy it.

11 posted on 10/23/2024 5:14:32 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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Nope.


12 posted on 10/23/2024 5:20:06 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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OMG! The Russians again...


13 posted on 10/23/2024 5:20:38 PM PDT by eyeamok
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Why do they always go back to Russia? It’s getting old.


14 posted on 10/23/2024 5:22:37 PM PDT by lucky american (Had enough yet?)
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deep fakes targeting Harris

Really!!! Where are they? I want to see these deep fakes? If you can't produce the websites then they are lying!
15 posted on 10/23/2024 5:26:36 PM PDT by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: lucky american
"Why do they always go back to
Russia? It’s getting old."


  It all started back in 1966.
16 posted on 10/23/2024 5:29:48 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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I’m actually disappointed and impressed by that at the same time.
It takes dedication to stick to it.


17 posted on 10/23/2024 5:38:01 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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I don't think they're trying to change votes now. They're putting forth the narrative that Trump is evil and morally corrupt, and anything that happens on or after Election Day *cough* voter fraud *cough* was necessary to save democracy. Or some such excuse.
18 posted on 10/23/2024 5:43:11 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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“A former deputy Palm Beach County sheriff who fled to Moscow and became one of the Kremlin’s most prolific propagandists is working directly with Russian military intelligence to pump out deepfakes”

I think they’re getting confused. The ‘deepfakes’ that they’re seeing are actually Harris campaign events.


19 posted on 10/23/2024 6:05:24 PM PDT by BobL
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“according to Russian documents obtained by a European intelligence service”

So, wouldn’t this mean that the Wash Po is colluding with the Russian agency which allegedly released the documents or allowed tgem to be taken?


20 posted on 10/23/2024 6:18:45 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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