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2022-12-21 Government Corruption
A deep dive into 'Twitter Files 8'
See also here.
[American Thinker] So far, Elon Musk’s Twitter Files series has revealed details of collusion between the former Twitter regime and U.S. government agencies.

These groups worked closely to distort the discourse leading to the 2020 presidential elections using a variety of tools.

Yesterday Musk released the eighth installment of the series.

In this edition, journalist Lee Fang revealed how Twitter secretly waged the Pentagon’s covert online PsyOp campaign which is contrary to the public claims made by the former Twitter regime.

Skipping down:

When the WaPo reported on the scandal, Twitter officials congratulated each other because the story didn’t mention them, but instead focused on the Pentagon.
Emphasis added.

Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail’s take:
Twitter colluded with Pentagon to run network of fake accounts around the world – including AI-created deep fakes – despite publicly claiming to delete government backed propaganda
Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-21 08:23|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 ...but instead focused on the Pentagon.

Certainly clears up the identity of the 'end user' now doesn't it ?
Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-21 08:29||   2022-12-21 08:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Everybody knew the phone company let the gummint listen any time they wanted, but there was at least the fig leaf of paperwork signed off by a judge.

Now it's all sub rosa, ad hoc and off the radar.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-21 09:24||   2022-12-21 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Joseph Nacchio - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and Granting of A New Trial
Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-21 11:12||   2022-12-21 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 "Twitter officials congratulated each other because the story didn’t mention them, but instead focused on the Pentagon."

And the Pentagon folks gave the twitter officials high fives, and a sly wink to L.Fang because despite the focus on the Pentagon, no names from the Pentagon's PsyOp Team were disclosed to the public.

There's a part of me that feels strongly this is sleight of hand to repair twitter trust in anticipation of the 2024 election cycle in which twitter will again cooperate w/ deep state to run influence operations. I dont want to believe, but... we will see.
Posted by mossomo 2022-12-21 12:41||   2022-12-21 12:41|| Front Page Top

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