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Mike Pompeo told the BBC there had been no significant diminishing of Russian attempts at subversion in Europe and the US.
Even though there has been co-operation in counter-terrorism (the CIA helped stop a plot in St. Petersburg last year), Mr. Pompeo says he still sees Russia primarily as an adversary, sharing the concerns in many European countries about its subversion.
“I haven’t seen a significant decrease in their activity,” he said.
Mr. Pompeo says the US is engaged in trying to counter Russian subversion. Some of this work was not the mission of the CIA such as helping people validate sources of information.
But the intelligence community was involved in identifying who was behind subversive activity, using technical means to suppress it and trying to deter Russia.
