​Senate and House Intelligence Committee Hearings – Russian Active Measures and the U.S. Voting System

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Today Congress held two important open committee hearings relating to the Russian Federation’s interference in the U.S. 2016 election.
 
House Intelligence Committee
Former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson testified before the committee about the hack of the Democratic National Committee server in 2016, and the attack on the voter registration databases of 21 states, and the FBI and DHS response.
 
The hearing can be found here.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/watch-live-jeh-johnson-testifies-house-intelligence-committee-hearing-russia/
 
Senate Intelligence Committee
The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing with two panels of witnesses.
The first panel consisted of three experts in cyber security with direct knowledge of the situation in the election of 2016:

• Dr. Samuel Liles, acting director of Cyber Division, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
• Jeanette Manfra, Acting Director of Undersecretary, National Protection and programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
• Bill Priestap, Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation

 
The second panel consisted of four experts in voting systems:

• Michael Haas, Midwest Regional Representative, National Association of State Election Directors
• Dr. J. Alex Halderman, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
• Connie Lawson, President-Elect, National Association of Secretaries of State, and Secretary of State of Indiana
• Steve Sandvoss, Executive Director of Illinois State Board of Elections

The Senate hearing can be found here.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-russian-interference-2016-us-elections
 
The Washington Post article about the hearings can be found here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/us-officials-underscore-russia-threat-to-2016-elections/2017/06/21/325e913a-56eb-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html?utm_term=.89be5a004624

Jeh Johnson's written opening remarks can be read below.