Foreword
Seventy years ago, Congress passed the Foreign Agents Registration Act, requiring persons representing the interests of foreign powers in a “political or quasipolitical capacity” to disclose their relationship with the foreign government and information about their activities. Its purpose was to facilitate “evaluation by the government and the American people of the statements and activities of such persons.” Over the last year, it has become clear that the law hasn’t kept up with technology, but instead contains a loophole that allowed Russian operators to pursue a multifaceted campaign intended to disrupt and delegitimize the 2016 national elections. In a January…
