We're asking candidates to pledge not to accept help from malign foreign powers | By Michael Chertoff and Anders Fogh Rasmussen for CNNOpinion
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the former NATO chief and Danish Prime Minister and Michael Chertoff is the former US secretary of Homeland Security. They co-chair the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity . Chertoff is executive chairman of The Chertoff Group, a firm offering security and risk monitoring services. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. View more opinion at CNN.
Rudy Giuliani's comment that there is"nothing wrong with taking information from Russians" has thrown a spotlight on an already raging debate in the United States about how far a candidate should go to win. While the Mueller report did not find that there was coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, there is a wider issue of whether -- unwittingly -- candidates are helping malign foreign powers to achieve their goals.
Michael ChertoffAnders Fogh Rasmussen In the fight against election meddling, we have seen the West start to act after years of denial and failure to cooperate against a common threat.
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