Cipher Brief expert Robert Dannenberg is a 24-year veteran of the CIA, where he served in several senior leadership positions, including chief of operations for the Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the CIA’s Information Operations Center. Post CIA, he worked as Chief of Global Security for Goldman Sachs.
OPINION — Last week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced it had unanimously agreed to ban Russia from major international sporting competitions, including the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo; the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the World Cup. The ban, which was imposed for four years, was issued over doping non-compliance. The WADA report establishes that in 2018-2019 the doping samples of 145 athletes were manipulated and that attempts were made by Russia to hack the doping data base and associated systems. Russian state officials did not meaningfully cooperate with WADA investigators and offered active disinformation.
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