Sec. 102. Findings
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Congress makes the following findings: On October 7, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated, the U.S. Intelligence Community
(USIC)is confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. . The statement concluded that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities . On April 1, 2015, President Barack Obama issued Executive Order 13694 (80 Fed. Reg. 18077; relating to blocking the property of certain persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities), which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on persons determined to be engaged in malicious cyber-hacking. On July 26, 2016, President Obama approved a Presidential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident Coordination, which states, certain cyber incidents that have significant impacts on an entity, our national security, or the broader economy require a unique approach to response efforts . On December 29, 2016, President Obama issued an annex to Executive Order 13694, which authorized sanctions on the following entities and individuals: The Main Intelligence Directorate (also known as Glavnoe Razvedyvatel’noe Upravlenie or the GRU) in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Federal Security Service (also known as Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or the FSB) in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Special Technology Center (also known as STLC, Ltd. Special Technology Center St. Petersburg) in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Zorsecurity (also known as Esage Lab) in Moscow, Russian Federation. The autonomous noncommercial organization known as the Professional Association of Designers of Data Processing Systems (also known as ANO PO KSI) in Moscow, Russian Federation. Igor Valentinovich Korobov. Sergey Aleksandrovich Gizunov. Igor Olegovich Kostyukov. Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev. On January 6, 2017, an assessment of the United States intelligence community entitled, Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections stated, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the United States presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the United States democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. . The intelligence community did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election . The assessment warns that Moscow will apply lessons learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide, including against U.S. allies and their election processes .
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