Well, as chairman of the European Subcommittee on Foreign Relations, I held a hearing on Russian disinformation and this 2014, 2015 timeframe. And what I got out of that was Russia is not trying to convince you of their point of view. They're just trying to make sure that nobody believes anything. Yep. And that's kind of, again, that's the weapon they can use is throw a bunch of other stuff out there that's plausible. You know, that feeds into the bias people have. (1:35:47–1:35:55)
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Asserts that Russia's strategy is to create disbelief rather than convince others of their viewpoint.
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