Counterterrorism Analyst Malcolm Nance Lays Out Putin's 'Plot to Destroy Democracy'

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Michael Krasny

Jul 9, 2018 at

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US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk as they make their way to take the 'family photo' during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (Photo: Jorge Silva/AFP/Getty Images)

Malcolm Nance’s new book, “The Plot to Destroy Democracy,” posits that the 2016 election was only Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most recent attempt to interfere with international elections. A retired intelligence officer with over 30 years of experience, Nance says that Putin has been sabotaging democracy for decades and that his dealings with President Trump are a frightening new development.

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Malcolm Nance, former U.S. Navy officer; author, "The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin's Spies Are winning Control of America and Dismantling the West"

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