The news is not the kind that calms. Nor is the manner in which it was leaked reassuring. Cnn sources are reporting that the threat being talked about may have come from Russia. What kind of threat it is we may not know until after the summit at the White House. According to some early rumors it would be Russia's attempt to develop a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon. The threat is serious although not immediate because Moscow has not yet deployed this system and that nuclear weapon is not yet in orbit
National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan was surprised that the head of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, Republican Mike Turner broke the news since a meeting was already scheduled for today at the White House between Biden the 8 congressional leaders on this very topic.
According to some interpretations, this would be a move by the Republicans to play ahead of Biden and demonstrate how high their sensitivity to U.S. national security is.
Certainly in the strange manner of the news release weighs the election campaign for the U.S. presidency.
Trump's shock phrases against NATO countries not reaching 2% of GDP for military spending evidently created some serious backlash in the U.S. establishment, and Republican circles probably want to run for cover.
But the substance of the news does not change. A serious threat to U.S. national security must also put allied countries on alert. This nuclear threat is in addition to attempts to destabilize the campaign through massive disruptive interventions of various kinds: cyber attacks, large-scale disinformation, and pressure to alter voter behavior.
Western democracies have in the past repeatedly been the victims of election-pollution operations by freedom-hating powers both at home and in the homes of others. It would be no wonder if the enemies of the West want to try again perhaps using the power of artificial intelligence
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