Russia Isn’t the Only One Meddling in Elections. We Do It, Too.

Pensée magique américaine : quand les Russes interfèrent avec des élections, c’est mal. Quand les Ricains trafiquent des élections, c’est bien. (C’est comme les civils tués par des bombardements aériens massifs : quand c’est les Russes qui tuent civils, c’est mal ; quand c’est le shithole country qui tue des civils, c’est bien - sans doute parce que dans ce cas, les civils ainsi zigouillés/libérés de la dictature auraient pu ensuite voter dans des élections libres tripatouillées par les magouilles américaines).

Russia Isn’t the Only One Meddling in Elections. We Do It, Too.
►https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/sunday-review/russia-isnt-the-only-one-meddling-in-elections-we-do-it-too.html

It is easy to understand why Mr. Putin sees such American cash as a threat to his rule, which tolerates no real opposition. But American veterans of democracy promotion find abhorrent Mr. Putin’s insinuations that their work is equivalent to what the Russian government is accused of doing in the United States today.

“It’s not just apples and oranges,” said Kenneth Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute. “It’s comparing someone who delivers lifesaving medicine to someone who brings deadly poison.”

Russia Isn’t the Only One Meddling in #Elections. We Do It, Too. - The New York Times
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Dans l’article, plusieurs personnes étatsuniennes interrogées opposent le passé au présent, affirmant qu’aujourd’hui les Etats-Unis ne se mêlent plus des élections étrangères que pour la défense de la veuve et l’opprimé, comme si les vilénies du passé de la CIA avaient été immédiatement connues.

In recent decades, the most visible American presence in foreign politics has been taxpayer-funded groups like the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, which do not support candidates but teach basic campaign skills, build democratic institutions and train election monitors.

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What the C.I.A. may have done in recent years to steer foreign elections is still secret and may not be known for decades. It may be modest by comparison with the agency’s Cold War manipulation. But some old-timers aren’t so sure.

“I assume they’re doing a lot of the old stuff, because, you know, it never changes,” said William J. Daugherty, who worked for the C.I.A. from 1979 to 1996 and at one time had the job of reviewing covert operations. “The technology may change, but the objectives don’t.”

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