Kompromat
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Kompromat

How Russia Undermined American Democracy

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Kompromat

How Russia Undermined American Democracy

About this book

A timely and essential book from the CBS correspondent who has led their coverage of Russia election interference and the FBI counterintelligence investigation into whether the Trump Campaign coordinated with the Russians. In this compelling account of how the Russians hacked the 2016 election, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues reveals how far the Kremlin poked into voter databases and why it happened. He also investigates the steps taken to shore up election systems in states across the country ahead of the 2018 midterm and indeed the 2020 Presidential election. Based on exclusive interviews with officials from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and cybersecurity experts, Pegues takes readers behind the scenes and into the minds of investigators following the case. He delves into the shadowy world of Russian spies, unraveling the complicated web of contacts between Russian operatives and Trump representatives during the campaign. In one chapter, he focuses on Valeri Gerasimov, widely believed to be the mastermind behind a Russian cyber strategy designed to influence and disrupt democracies. Evidence is presented showing that the Russians infiltrated not only Democratic Party computer networks in the US, but networks in the Ukraine and Europe as well. Consulting with representatives of top cyber security firms, the author discusses what states are doing to protect voting systems in the next midterm elections and beyond. Fascinating and chilling at the same time, Kompromat opens a window into the murky world of espionage, digital warfare, and a newly aggressive Russia brazenly inserting itself into U.S. politics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CONTENTS
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1. This Is Warfare
  7. Chapter 2. Mining for Clues at the DNC
  8. Chapter 3. Meanwhile, Back at the White House…
  9. Chapter 4. The Dossier
  10. Chapter 5. They Are Hacking the Hell out of Us
  11. Chapter 6. Dead Drops, Invisible Ink, Propaganda, and Deep Cover
  12. Chapter 7. Modern-Day Spies
  13. Chapter 8. Conversation with a Ghost
  14. Chapter 9. Vladimir Putin: Who Is This Guy?
  15. Chapter 10. The Playbook
  16. Chapter 11. Putin's Grudge against Clinton
  17. Chapter 12. The Separation between Federal and State Government
  18. Chapter 13. From Civil Rights to Russian Intelligence
  19. Chapter 14. Living the Dream: Birmingham
  20. Chapter 15. Moscow on the Hudson
  21. Chapter 16. They're Talking
  22. Chapter 17. The Cyber Ref: A Conversation with Michael Hayden
  23. Chapter 18. Election Day
  24. Chapter 19. What Has Just Happened?
  25. Chapter 20. A Sidenote about Comey
  26. Chapter 21. There Can't Be Two Presidents
  27. Chapter 22. Obama Responds
  28. Chapter 23. 9/11, Antifa, and Hamilton 68: A Conversation with Laura Rosenberger
  29. Chapter 24. Race-Based Propaganda: Undermining Democracy by Tapping Our Achilles’ Heel
  30. Chapter 25. The Documents
  31. Chapter 26. Putin's End Game in the United States
  32. Chapter 27. Clues for Reporters: That Nagging Feeling
  33. Chapter 28. Voting Booth Dinosaurs
  34. Chapter 29. A Hole in the Dike
  35. Chapter 30. Cyber Tools
  36. Chapter 31. Should We Trust Them?
  37. Chapter 32. Things Have Gone Horribly Awry
  38. Chapter 33. The New Playing Field
  39. Chapter 34. Our Playbook
  40. Chapter 35. Why Didn't They See It?
  41. Chapter 36. A Patriotic Russian Hacker
  42. Author's Note
  43. Acknowledgments
  44. Notes
  45. Index