WASHINGTON — Four congressmen urged the FBI on Tuesday to
investigate “foreign entities” believed to be targeting servicemembers and
veterans online with false information.
Reps. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., Don Bacon, R-Neb., Ted Lieu,
D-Calif., and Greg Steube, R-Fla., wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray,
asking for an investigation into “suspicious” social media accounts that could
be impersonating veterans service organizations.
“Online influence and psychological operations against
trusted civilian community leaders like our nation’s veterans are novel threats
that demand law enforcement attention,” they wrote.
The request for an FBI investigation follows an announcement
earlier this month from the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, which
launched its own review into foreign actors using “shadowy practices” to
disseminate false information to veterans, servicemembers and their families.
The committee is in a fact-finding stage and is planning to
hold meetings with stakeholders about the issue.
Cisneros, a Navy veteran, is a member of the veterans
affairs committee and the House Armed Services Committee. He asked for an FBI
investigation “in order to identify and dismantle these cyber threats before
they cause harm,” he said.
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