> Might all sound a little hyperbolic and theoretic but it can't be excluded > the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (

> Might all sound a little hyperbolic and theoretic but it can't be excluded > the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the United States European Command (USEUCOM) already spied on France in their 2012 elections. Targets have been all parties and their leaders. [..] All targets were infiltrated both by human (”HUMINT”) and electronic (”SIGINT”) CIA spies. Specific tasks have been selected for all targets individually. [1,2] Associated Press, on the other hand, did everything they could to downplay the degree of espionage and infiltration: > American spies wanted an insider’s take on the race, including details of party funding, internal rivalries and future attitudes toward the United States. Although WikiLeaks’ publication of a purportedly secret CIA document was striking, the orders seemed to represent standard intelligence-gathering. [3] I wonder if they would have described Russian infiltration of US parties as "standard", and not striking. [1] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cia-spied-french-elections_b_58a75f43e4b0fa149f9ac5a3 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cia-spied-french-elections_b_... [2] https://wikileaks.org/cia-france-elections-2012/ https://wikileaks.org/cia-france-elections-2012/ [3] https://apnews.com/article/8e5094a33ad84837a7faa31c426ca909 https://apnews.com/article/8e5094a33ad84837a7faa31c426ca909