Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, said on Sunday that the Obama administration’s efforts to counter Russian disinformation were “ineffective.”
McFaul discussed how Russian President Vladamir Putin has used disinformation in the past and he himself experienced disinformation in 2012 while he was the ambassador.
“These tactics, he has practiced for a long time inside Russia,” McFaul said during an appearance on NBC. “Disinformation, using videos against various political actors. I experienced it myself as ambassador in 2012 – a lot of disinformation about me. So the tactics, he has done before.”
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Source: The Washington Free Beacon
