HILL: U.S. military officials are developing new information warfare systems that could target Russian officials and oligarchs if Russia interferes in the 2020 presidential elections. That's according to a new report in "The Washington Post." I want to bring in CNN national security reporter Kylie Atwood and Nina Jankowicz at the Wilson Center, who has written extensively on Russian disinformation campaigns and also working on a new book titled "How to Lose the Information War." Kylie, first, give us a sense. What are we looking at here? What is the U.S. military considering in terms of options to deter Russia?</s>KYLIE ATWOOD, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: Yes. So, "The Washington Post" is reporting that the arm of the Pentagon that works on cyber operations is developing capabilities that could go after Russian senior officials and Russian elites, Russian oligarchs with cyber tools, so essentially targeting in a very specific way their personal data. Now, that is something that they can do because they have been working on this for years now and they can do it in a very targeted way. That is what "The Washington Post" is writing. Now, the Pentagon is not confirming nor denying this report, essentially saying that, yes, Cyber Command does, in fact, help DHS and helps the FBI on operations, and also said that, quote: When authorized, it's taking action to disrupt or degrade malicious nation state cyber actors' ability to interfere in U.S. elections. So, yes, they are preventing outside actors from getting involved in U.S. elections, but not commenting on the specific nature of what "The Washington Post" has revealed in their reporting.
WaPo: U.S. Developing Options to Combat Russian Interference