Italian Defense Contractor Leonardo Used in U.S. Election Meddling Says Former CIA Station Chief

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Technological infrastructure owned and operated by Italian defense contractor Leonardo was used to meddle in the Nov. 3 U.S. election, this according to retired CIA station chief Bradley Johnson.

Johnson says he learned that voting data from the U.S. was being analyzed by operatives in Rome, and was then manipulated using military satellites owned and operated by Leonardo.

Leonardo is a billion-dollar defense, cybersecurity and aerospace firm akin to the Lockheed Martin.

Algorithms used to manipulate the data were then sent through that satellite to voting machines back in the States. The resulting “data dump” is what became evident as a sudden surge in Joe Biden votes registering in the early morning hours of Nov. 4.

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