Security News > 2020 > February > FBI Director Warns of Ongoing Russian 'Information Warfare'
FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday that Russia is engaged in "Information warfare" heading into the 2020 presidential election, though he said law enforcement has not seen ongoing efforts by Russia to target America's election infrastructure.
"Unlike a cyberattack on an election infrastructure, that kind of effort - disinformation - in a world where we have a First Amendment and believe strongly in freedom of expression, the FBI is not going to be in the business of being the truth police and monitoring disinformation online," Wray said.
Even without signs of election system targeting, Wray said Russian efforts to interfere in the election through disinformation had not tapered off since 2016.
Wray initially said: "I have assured the Congress, and I can assure the Congress today, that the FBI will only open investigations based on the facts, and the law and proper predication."
"I've been a prosecutor. I've been a defense attorney, I've been an assistant attorney general, I've been an FBI director," Wray said.