{"id":20280,"date":"2018-08-02T20:15:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/02\/us-officials-raise-alarm-about-2018-2020-election-security\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:51:47","slug":"us-officials-raise-alarm-about-2018-2020-election-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2018\/08\/02\/us-officials-raise-alarm-about-2018-2020-election-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal officials raise alarm about election security"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=508eea97-2ee8-4d64-a8b6-6898a73e0001\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-508eea97-2ee8-4d64-a8b6-6898a73e0001.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In an August 2 White House briefing, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Neilsen explain what is being done to protect U.S. elections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump has directed a \u201cvast, government-wide effort\u201d to protect American elections after Russian attempts to interfere in 2016, the White House said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to bipartisan criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond, John Bolton, the national security adviser, wrote in a letter to Senate Democrats that \u201cPresident Trump has not and will not tolerate interference in America\u2019s system of representative government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warning to American adversaries came as top U.S. intelligence and homeland security officials raised alarms about potential efforts to influence the 2018 and 2020 elections. Homeland security chief Kirstjen Nielsen said: \u201cOur democracy is in the crosshairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/newsletters\/daily-brief\/2018\/08\/01\/the-fight-over-trumps-cyber-strategy\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18172683585452.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The fight over Trump\u2019s cyber strategy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A senior Defense Department official described the current administration&#039;s cyber policy as \u201ca potential catastrophe\u201d because cyber briefings are missed or not taking place altogether.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by Russia to try to weaken and divide the United States,\u201d Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their comments during a White House briefing followed weeks after Trump publicly undermined the conclusions of American intelligence agencies regarding Russian interference. 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