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owners and operators of the infrastructure sees on its system [sic] and decides to raise their hand."^[1]

  However, both the IC and the Committee in its own review were unable to discern a pattern in the affected states,  

(U) Mr. Daniel told the Committee that by late August 2016, he had already personally concluded that the Russians had attempted to intrude in all 50 states, based on the extent of the activity and the apparent randomness of the attempts. "My professional judgment was we have to work under the assumption that they've tried to go everywhere, because they're thorough, they're competent, they're good."^[2]

  Intelligence developed later in 2018 bolstered Mr. Daniel's assessment that all 50 states were targeted.  ^{[3]  [4]}

 ^{[5]  [6]}  

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1. (U) SSCI Transcript of the Interview with of Lisa Monaco, Former Homeland Security Advisor, August 10, 2017, p. 38.
2. (U) SSCI Transcript of the Interview with Michael Daniel, Former Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator, National Security Council, August 31, 2017, p. 40.
3.   DHS/FBI Homeland Intelligence Bulletin,  
4. (U) Ibid.
5. (U) DHS briefing for SSCI staff, March 5, 2018.
6. (U) SSCI interview of representatives from DHS and CTIIC, February 27, 2018, pp. 11-12.
7. (U) DHS briefing for SSCI staff, March 5, 2018.

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