Congressional Briefing held by ALLATRA International Public Movement on Capitol Hill exposed the threat of cognitive warfare — influence, info-terrorism, and manipulation — as a global weapon undermining democracy and U.S. national security.
Held inside the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., the high-level event titled “Cognitive Warfare: Influence, Info-Terrorism, and Manipulation” gathered policymakers, national security experts, human rights advocates, and community leaders. Organized under the ALLATRA International Public Movement platform and supported by constitutional rights advocate Dick Heller, the briefing addressed how coordinated disinformation and psychological manipulation, backed by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Russian Orthodox Church, are used to destabilize democratic societies and silence independent civic voices.
Speakers including Maryna Ovtsynova, President of ALLATRA, OSINT analyst Taliy Shkurupiy, human rights representatives from Falun Dafa Mark Yang, Chair of YJC Kayla Gubov, and Jason Bell, U.S. Army National Guard veteran, shared powerful insights and firsthand testimonies. Jason Bell, who volunteers with ALLATRA, revealed how disinformation campaigns in the U.S. led to his personal and professional persecution, tracing these tactics to the same transnational anti-cult network exposed during the briefing.
The event concluded with a call for urgent congressional action to investigate FSB-linked influence operations of anti-cult networks, hold accountable those involved in it, and protect freedom of speech and religion from psychological and informational warfare.