INSTRUCTIONS:
Read the attached criminal case document. https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download (Links to an external site.) Review the videos below. This is a "closed universe" criminal case analysis. Only material from the case document can be used for responses to questions 1-23. Only the document, textbook, lecture notes, and videos can be used to inform your response to question 24. Number all responses, including the original numbered question or direction. 1. Briefly, identify the defendants in the case. 2. Identify the type of legal process involved. (See top of page 2.) 3. Summarize paragraph 1. (See Introduction on page 2.) 4. What is the "Internet Research Agency" (IRA)? What is Concord? 5.Pursuant to paragraph 2, in what year did the IRA defendants "knowingly and intentionally" begin the crime of conspiracy? In what year did the defendants receive visas to travel to the U.S.? 6. What entity funded the IRA activities? 7. Summarize the activities of the IRA from paragraph 4. 8. How did the IRA circumvent U.S. law enforcement? 9. What was the mission of the IRA? 10. Summarize the activities of the IRA from paragraph 7. 11. What is the "information warfare" mentioned in section "c" on page 6? 12. What is the "Translator Project" mentioned on page 6? 13. What is "Project Lakhta" mentioned on page 6? 14. What strategies were used to conceal the identities of the defendants? 15. Summarize the defendant activities discussed in paragraphs 22-24. 16. Describe the intelligence gathering activities of the defendants, as discussed in paragraphs 29-31. 17. Summarize the defendant activities described in paragraphs 34-38. 18. According to paragraph 43, which political parties (plural) did the defendants support? 19. Summarize the defendant activities described in paragraph 48. 20. Summarize the defendant activities described in paragraph 57. 21. Summarize the defendant activities described in paragraph 87. 22. Summarize the defendant activities described in paragraphs 88-95. 23. Based upon this document only, which U.S. citizens and government officials, if any, colluded/conspired with the Russian IRA/Concord? Based upon this document, which U.S. citizens and government officials, if any, engaged in obstruction of justice or campaign finance violations in relation to the IRA/Concord case? (Use quoted material from the court document and the news agency law enforcement investigation videos below to respond to #23.) 24. Based upon your text readings, what would be appropriate punishment for the IRA/Concord defendants and "colluders" pursuant to convictions? 25. Is this the first time you have read the attached court document? What did you learn from the attached IRA/Concord court document?