{"id":30121,"date":"2018-08-07T20:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/07\/mattis-says-russia-sanctioned-2016-election-meddling-outlines-protections-for-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:00:17","slug":"mattis-says-russia-sanctioned-2016-election-meddling-outlines-protections-for-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2018\/08\/07\/mattis-says-russia-sanctioned-2016-election-meddling-outlines-protections-for-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis says Russia sanctioned 2016 election meddling, outlines protections for midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/09\/new-cyber-weapons-are-here-and-no-one-is-prepared-experts-say\/\" target=_blank>to influence<\/a> the 2016 election were sanctioned by the Russian government, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, as he outlined steps the military is taking to protect the 2018 midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe all saw what happened in 2016 when the Russians, and possibly others, but the Russians for certain tried to do both influence operations and actually get in and corrupt some of the election process,\u201d Mattis told reporters Tuesday during a Pentagon ceremony for British Secretary of State for Defense Gavin Williamson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreso, in line with what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/15\/intel-official-cyber-threat-warnings-blinking-red\/\" target=\"_blank\">intelligence community<\/a> has concluded, Mattis said: \u201cI believe it is official Russian support&#8221; for the meddling. \u201cHowever, that is not exclusive. There\u2019s also other activities that went on that perhaps are not directly ascribed to the official Russia. But we watch for all of it and we can trace at least parts of it back to the Russian government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/16\/trump-questions-us-intel-not-putin-on-russia-2016-meddling\/\" 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=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18197592266350.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\">Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Standing next to Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies&#039; conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to Trump\u2019s benefit and seemed to accept Putin\u2019s insistence that Russia\u2019s hands were clean.<\/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\">Since he was elected in 2016, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Russian President Vladimir Putin had told him Russia did not meddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/18\/trump-backs-down-under-fire-clarifies-on-russia-meddling\/\" target=_blank>intense public criticism<\/a> following similar comments during his summit last month with Putin in Finland, Trump said: \u201cI accept our intelligence community\u2019s conclusion that Russia\u2019s meddling in the 2016 election took place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30042537088_abf5b2c0fe_k.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30042537088_abf5b2c0fe_k.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30042537088_abf5b2c0fe_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30042537088_abf5b2c0fe_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30042537088_abf5b2c0fe_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis meets with the United Kingdom\u2019s Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson at the Pentagon on Aug. 7, 2018. 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Lawrence\/DoD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 2018, Mattis said the U.S. military\u2019s role would be two-fold; to help defend against further meddling and to ensure troops are not ensnared by foreign information campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S. troops, like all Americans, we have to be alert to the people who try to manipulate an election in the information age when there\u2019s so many feeds coming into everybody and everybody has access,\u201d Mattis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/07\/16\/us-intel-chief-stands-by-assessment-of-russian-meddling\/\" 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=\"201\" 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