Sentences with phrase «in influence operations»

Russia deliberately blurs its role in influence operations, American intelligence officials say.

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«We condemn this latest activity in the strongest possible terms and we will not accept nor tolerate any malign foreign cyber operations, intrusions, or compromises — to include influence operations,» said Jeanette Manfra, the chief cybersecurity official at Homeland Security.

Friday's indictment did not accuse any Americans of being knowingly involved in Russia's influence operation, but experts said the charges are likely an avenue to the next step: determining whether any US citizens or, more narrowly, members of Trump's campaign had knowledge of, aided, or abetted the Russian effort.

In a November 16 post listing websites that have contributed to the success of Russian «influence operations» around the globe, PropOrNot called Ending the Fed a «minor source» and «major repeater» of the Vladimir Putin regime's propaganda.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

The former global operations CIO at Barclays landed on our 40 Under 40 list last year for his impressive background, quick achievements as CIO of Nike, and his advocacy and influence in the gay community (Watson is out, and was the first non-U.S. citizen to score a seat on the board of GLAAD).

«We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from undue political influence, and will ask the Court to shut down pipeline operations immediately,» Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault said in a statement.

With the reach of 170 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.7 % of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television's unrivalled influence on consumers» purchasing and political decisions.

That said, there are many alternative motivations involved in mining digital currency, including supporting the network, influencing the market and using additional revenues to fund other business operations.

In order to influence development of the project, investors were required to purchase DAO tokens with ether, also known as ETH (the fundamental cryptocurrency fueling Ethereum's operation).

Topics covered include: - How Booker's parents used a sting operation to desegregate a neighborhood, and why they did it - Why Ezra doesn't eat breakfast - Booker's disagreements with Ta - Nehisi Coates - How a 10 - day fast led to a (temporary) peace with Booker's worst political enemy - How spirituality informs Booker's approach to politics - The lessons Booker took from his early losses in with elections and city council fights - What it's like to be the only vegan in Congress - Why Booker hates penguins - Whether it's cynical or simply realistic to doubt America's political institutions - Which books have influenced Booker mostAnd much, much more.

We learned last weekend that a trove of personal information from 50 million people — one in three U.S. Facebook users — was harvested for an influence and propaganda operation led by Cambridge Analytica, a company later used by the Trump campaign.

Finally, when, in 2014, the Fed began to increase the magnitude of its ON - RRP operations, some FOMC members worried about that facility's influence on credit allocation.

bitFlyer plans to set up the base of operations in Luxemburg and then expand its influence across Europe.

Influence 2.0 — The Future of Influencer Marketing Research Report 2017 — Lee Odden To help marketers understand the major trends in influencer marketing, we partnered with influencer marketing platform Traackr to connect with enterprise level marketers and tap their experiences with influencer marketing budgeting, operations, and forecasts for the future.

Aussie officials have voiced sharp criticism of China over alleged Chinese influence in Australian politics through business operations.

Major Cannabis Player Sees Florida Sales Surge Over 250 % and Will Acquire 75 % Ownership in Massachusetts Deal Source: Streetwise Reports (4/17/18) A medicinal cannabis company has seen its Florida sales increase 253 %, and the company just gained 75 % control over a Massachusetts - based dispensary operation, expanding its influence in the medicinal marijuana industry.

For starters, the variations between earnings and cash flow not only arise in working capital changes over time (their influence on a firm's cash flow from operations), but also in the timing of the cost of replacing those assets that generate earnings (capital expenditures versus depreciation).

«We are obviously disappointed in the results for the quarter, and our team is working quickly to adjust our operations to a changed retail landscape in which we are seeing our consumers move faster than ever from one source of inspiration or influence to another,» Johnson said.

Psychological operations, according to a field manual produced by the U.S. Army, involve the «planned use of propaganda and other psychological actions to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of hostile foreign groups in such a way as to support the achievement of [U.S.] national objectives.

This same imbalance is also evident in Religion in the Making, where Whitehead speaks of «force of belief cleansing the inward parts» (RM 58), without also calling attention to the reciprocal influence that the «inward parts» can play in cleansing the individual's «force of belief,» While it is certainly the case that physical experience can be enlarged and purified of narrow emotions by virtue of its fusion with conceptual operations, this is but one aspect of the dipolarity.

The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.»

Suffice it to say that in the Hegelian school, which today so deeply influences both British and American thinking, two principles have borne the brunt of the operation.

This insight moved Williams to advance the possibility that in black women's identification with Jesus as surrogate Lord they risk being «passive to the oppressive operation of surrogacy in our lives» and «oblivious to forces at work influencing us to stand in somebody else's place, to be at the beckon of somebody else's call and to forever service the needs and goals and tasks and responsibilities of somebody else.

Israel's past influenced decisively the understanding of her present and future; but in the reverse operation of the same interpretive principles, the understanding of the present imparted new depth and meaning to the past, a new depth and meaning which it was a part of tradition's business to incorporate in the image of the past as it was being continually verbalized.

Albert Einstein: Human Fantasy Created Gods During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution, human fantasy created gods in man's own image who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate influence, the phenomenal world.

This framework developed in the late eighties is still in operation after almost thirty years, and it was John's influence, foresight and leadership that made it happen.

The hands - on day at two culinary schools helped chefs incorporate more fruit in menus, new product development, and customizing Thai - influenced recipes for their operations.

UTD was bought under much worse conditions and look at how they picked up once Ed Woodward gained more influence at the club; «In 2007, Woodward was given charge of the commercial and media operations of Manchester United.

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It is entirely unclear what kind of diplomatic operation the UK has using to influence these crucial talks, if any at all, not least because the British press seems completely uninterested in uncovering it.

«Operation Last Hold is conceptualized to involve the conduct of population influence activities targeted to improve Civil - Military relations in the North East region.

A growing reluctance in an increasingly multicultural Britain to see UK troops deployed on the ground in future operations abroad is influencing the next two strategic defence reviews, according to senior figures at the Ministry of Defence.

Since no one knows what influenced the «Father Christmas» gesture of Boko Haram leaders in releasing the girls which even took a section of the military by surprise, it is purely exceptional intelligence operations.

«The Panel recommended that Army Headquarters should: a. Device a means to be independent in its operation across Nigeria so as to insulate soldiers from the overbearing influence of politicians in government especially with particular reference to sponsorship of Nigerian Army operations in states.

The bill, backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also comes amid growing concerns of undue influence in national politics through Russian - bacekd social media troll operations.

Former Assemblymember Seminerio died in Federal Prison in January 2011 while serving a six - year sentence for his conviction on influence - peddling charges related to his operation of a private consulting business that used his legislative position to generate income.

The governors of New York and New Jersey exert influence over the authority's operations, however, as indicated in emails published recently by the public radio station WNYC, which show intense interaction between the Cuomo administration and Foye in the wake of the George Washington Bridge scandal.

Washington Post's Philip Bump detailed how the Koch - controlled group, Americans for Prosperity, influences politics by comparing its numbers on political spending and state operations to the top political parties in the United States:

Community justice minister Maria Eagle said today: «Community justice courts are an efficient and effective way of conducting court operations, increasing public confidence in the system, reducing crime and giving communities the power to influence decisions.

Bay Ridge Democrats said they viewed Mr. Treyger's endorsement of Ms. Harris as an effort to shore up support in his district, which has a larger proportion of African - Americans, and to extend the influence of Mr. Colton's political operation.

In fact, he or she has little direct influence on school policies, spending or operations.

The indictment of 13 Russians in the operation of a «troll farm» that spread false information related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election has renewed the spotlight on the power of «fake news» to influence public opinion.

Since drivers decide for themselves when they drive, price in this setting influences not only the firm's margin but also the number of drivers out on the road serving customers,» said Kaitlin Daniels, assistant professor of operations and manufacturing management at Olin.

Consequently, the company suggests in its sustainability report to shareholders and customers that it has its operations under control whilst it in reality has minimal influence on topics such as the environment and workers» rights in China.

A 5 - h sleep opportunity was chosen because: (i) on average it does not reduce deep slow wave sleep as does more severe sleep restriction, (ii) it is a level of sleep restriction that occurs across a 5 - d work week in many occupations (e.g., military and security operations, emergency responders, and shift workers), and (iii) it is a level of sleep restriction that is consistent with that used to examine the influence of sleep loss on metabolism (18, 19, 21, 42).

In «Operation Whitewash,» The Man has influenced black General Boutwell (Billy Dee Williams) to not run for President, but rather to open a chain of fast food chicken restaurants.

It is calculated that challenges such as this have resulted in over # 1.1 million in adjudication costs per year, with some campaigners appearing to be attempting to influence wider education policy as opposed to the actual operation of the admission systems.

According to charter and school integration authors Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter (2014), Shanker and the early backers of the Minnesota law believed that these schools should be guided by three tenets: experimentation, or the ability to use innovative approaches to teaching and learning that could inform and influence reforms in traditional public schools; teacher voice in the design and operation of the school — something Shanker saw as a direct result of collective bargaining; and integration, in the sense that schools should be ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse.

DOT is committed to engaging minority and low - income populations in the transportation decision - making process across all relevant OAs, from the earliest stages of planning through project implementation, including maintenance and operation, to ensure that affected communities are able to influence decision outcomes.