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2024-05-26 Government Corruption
Exposing The Klingon Secret Effort To Seize Control Of Social Media
[ZERO] While the CIA is strictly prohibited from spying on or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil, a bombshell new "Twitter Files" report reveals that a member of the Board of Trustees of InQtel - the CIA's mission-driving venture capital firm, along with "former" intelligence community (IC) and CIA analysts, were involved in a massive effort in 2021-2022 to take over Twitter's content management system, as Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi and Alex Gutentag report over at Shellenberger's Public (subscribers can check out the extensive 6,800 word report here).

According to "thousands of pages of Twitter Files and documents," these efforts were part of a broader strategy to manage how information is disseminated and consumed on social media under the guise of combating 'misinformation' and foreign propaganda efforts - as this complex of government-linked individuals and organizations has gone to great lengths to suggest that narrative control is a national security issue.

According to the report, the effort also involved;

Not directly related, but interesting:

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-26 03:08|| || Front Page|| [11150 views ]  Top

#1 While the CIA is strictly prohibited from spying on or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil

Yes, the FBI and Foreign Intelligence Services (FIS) assist with EO-12333 workarounds. Interestingly the acronym FIS was formerly referred to as Hostile Intelligence Services (HOIS). Can't be "hostile" if they're assisting now can they ?

Liaison reps? Yes both sides and at the Unified Commands as well. Cushy seniors job, adjacent the upstairs, corner office. There a few secrets or missed opportunities.

Frankly, I'm withholding judgment until we hear from John Brennan and his 51 intelligence professional friends.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-26 03:22||   2024-05-26 03:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Under-reported rape: Why the NYT's war coverage is unfair and heartbreaking
Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-26 09:02||   2024-05-26 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 How systemic bias against Jewish, Israeli content creators influenced me to leave TikTok - opinion
Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-26 09:05||   2024-05-26 09:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Not sure how to reform them or even shut them down. Congress doesn’t even seem to control their budget and they aren’t answerable to the President.
Posted by Super Hose 2024-05-26 10:38||   2024-05-26 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ I see you have noticed the rather strange Agency budget arrangement as well.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-26 15:24||   2024-05-26 15:24|| Front Page Top

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