Bill Nelson: “I join our colleagues who have spoken about the concern of the Russian cyber attacks on this country. Every day that…”

“I join our colleagues who have spoken about the concern of the Russian cyber attacks on this country. Every day that passes, we gather new information about how Russia, at Vladimir Putin's direction, has gone about interfering by committing cyber attacks on this country, not only in its stealing names and personal information but now in its interfering in our elections. In a long indictment, Special Counsel Robert Mueller spelled out how the so-called Internet Research Agency--a front in Russia--created fake accounts on social media and other internet platforms. It spread divisive content, and it even organized political rallies in the United States with the help of unwitting Americans--all backed by one of Putin's cronies through a so-called catering company. This indictment tells a pretty remarkable and alarming story, and if you are still not sure what this was all about, just read the Internet Research Agency's own words: ``information warfare against the United States of America.'' That says it all. I know there has been a lot of discussion about Russian interference in our elections, and there should be. We have to get to the bottom of this. It is coming fast and furious, and it is going to be happening in the elections this year. We know what Russia did in the last election. Just as the CIA Director and the Director of National Intelligence told us, we know, in their words, that Russia will do it again.…”