Facebook Discovers Meddling Ahead of 2018 Vote.
TAPPER: Welcome back. Our tech lead now: Facebook announcing that they have discovered and dismantled what they suspect is another Russian disinformation campaign aimed at American voters, fewer than 100 days before you head to the polls. Facebook saying it can't be certain that Russia is the perpetrators, but all signs do point to the Kremlin and more than 30 fraudulent pages and profiles have already been removed, Facebook says. CNN senior investigative correspondent Drew Griffin joins me now. And, Drew, is this identical to what we saw in the 2016 campaign?</s>DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: It's certainly typical, Jake, of the behavior we saw around that 2016 election, setting up fake sites, getting real Americans to like, follow these pages, and then sending out disinformation to encourage division in America. And, Jake, it worked again.</s>GRIFFIN (voice-over): Facebook calls it inauthentic behavior and though Facebook can't be sure, it sure looks like Russia again. Thirty-two pages with names including "Black Elevation", "Resisters", "Aztlan Warriors" being followed by 290,000 accounts. The fake accounts also setting up and promoting real events and protests aimed at further polarizing U.S. political discourse. Many of the events did occur, including this one last year in New York City attended by actual Americans who likely had no idea that the Resisters Facebook page was probably run by Russians. Another event by the same group was supposed to take place in a couple of weeks. Resisters set up a counterprotest against white supremacist at --