The Pentagon ordered to mobilize intelligence to protect the US elections from external threats

Pentagon spokesman Pete Hegseth ordered the use of all resources of military intelligence and cyber command of the United States to protect against external threats and ensure the security of the midterm elections, which will be held on November 3. It's from sb.by.

Pete Hegseth has directed the entire Defense Department intelligence community to mobilize all available resources, capabilities, and partnerships to protect electoral infrastructure from foreign disruptive influence — and so that every legitimate voter can vote without foreign pressure, coercion, or fear.

Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command and directors of subordinate intelligence agencies to prioritize preventing attempts by foreign actors to influence U.S. institutions. Intelligence is ordered to intensify the collection and analysis of data on threats to election infrastructure, and cyber command to act in close coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.

In the midterm elections in November, the House of Representatives will be renewed and 33 seats in the Senate will be contested. Both houses of Congress are controlled by Republicans.

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