The revival of the counterspy, ‘Active Measures Working Group’ amid renewed Russian threats

The bill will require the U.S. President to “establish an interagency committee to counter Russian active measures,” according to Senate press release issued in May.

Citing an anonymous U.S. intelligence source, the new group would be modeled on the now defunct “Active Measures Working Group,” a Cold War-era committee erected in the 1980s to expose covert operations by the Soviet Union.