Newly Declassified Memo: NSA Blocked 2020 Election Interference Report to Avoid 'Deep State' Label
The reason cited for this action was not deficiencies in the intelligence itself, but rather a profound apprehension that releasing the report would result in the NSA being branded as part of the 'deep state,' a label that had already been affixed to other intelligence agencies. The report covered foreign efforts to influence U.S. elections dating from 2014 through 2016.


