Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are glad to be back for another season of the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast. For the first episode of the year, journalist and Nation contributor Aaron Maté joins the show to talk about a recent article he , "New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social Media Involvement in US Politics." Maté highlights several aspects of reports on alleged Russian influence in the 2016 election that were co-signed by members of Congress. They show marketing campaigns were small, amateurish, and mostly unrelated to the election. During the show, Maté addresses a recent story about Paul Manafort that was all but retracted entirely and how this happens frequently with "Russiagate" news reports. The show opens with Maté and the hosts discussing how incredible it is that there were no sonic weapons attacking U.S. embassies in Cuba. It turns out the sounds supposedly making officials ill were .

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