And now onto Cambridge Anlaytica and the other non-GRU influence campaigns.

Let's start with this hilarious description of an industry that exploits US social media companies.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7039357-200818-SSCI-Russia-Report.html#document/p677/a577482
This whole description of the shell game behind making SCL American looks very different read the day after former CA VP Steve Bannon got arrested for money laundering via a shell entity.

But I'm sure this kind of corporate shell game is a new skill for Steve Bannon.
Another passage that reads very differently the day after a Bannon indictment describes him creating a vehicle to evade a legal issue already raised.
A rather interesting redaction where after relaying Patten's claim to know of no tie between Kilimnik and CA.
You'd think Congress would have moved to adopt some kind of data protection regime given how it makes Americans more exposed to influence peddling but I guess not.
This sounds kind of quid pro quoish. And given how important the timeline is (and how many documents the FBI, at least, had) really vague.
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