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SOCIALIST CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE

Posted by GOTAZ on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:51:47 AM

"The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing." --Ronald Reagan

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? What is the Obama Administration trying to do with the media? Aren't they trying to say that FOX isn't a news organization...they bring a certain perspective to the news. Haven't they said that they "controlled" the media during the campaign? Don't we have rules against government funded psyop (part of information warfare) against U.S. Citizens?

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? Information warfare is the use and management of information in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. Information warfare may involve collection of tactical information, assurance(s) that one's own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize the enemy and the public, undermining the quality of opposing force information and denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces. Information warfare is closely linked to psychological warfare.

Disinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. It is synonymous with and sometimes called Black propaganda. It may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts, and photographs, or spreading malicious rumors and fabricated intelligence. Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, information that is unintentionally false.

In espionage or military intelligence, disinformation is the deliberate spreading of false information to mislead an enemy as to one's position or course of action. In politics, disinformation is the deliberate attempt to deflect voter support of an opponent, disseminating false statements of innuendo based on the candidates vulnerabilities as revealed by opposition research. In both cases, it also includes the distortion of true information in such a way as to render it useless.

Disinformation techniques may also be found in commerce and government, used to try to undermine the position of a competitor. It is an act of deception and blatant false statements to convince someone of an untruth. Unlike traditional propaganda and Big Lie techniques designed to engage emotional support, disinformation is designed to manipulate the audience at the rational level by either discrediting conflicting information or supporting false conclusions.

Another technique of concealing facts, or censorship, is also used if the group can effect such control. When channels of information cannot be completely closed, they can be rendered useless by filling them with disinformation, effectively lowering their signal-to-noise ratio and discrediting the opposition by association with a lot of easily-disproved false claims.

A common disinformation tactic is to mix some truth and observation with false conclusions and lies, or to reveal part of the truth while presenting it as the whole (a limited hangout).

AGAIN, IS OUR GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTING TO CENSOR WHAT INFORMATION WE RECEIVE? ARE THEY TARGETING FOX NEWS BY FILLING THE OTHER CHANNELS WITH DISINFORMATION? ARE THEY ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL THE ECONOMY? ARE WE AT THE FORCE AND COERCION STAGE? What is happening with our internet, healthcare and the fairness doctrine ? I am going to refer back to my opening quote (thank you Gunny G).

Kind of makes you think - huh?

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INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND POLITICS TODAY

Posted by GOTAZ on Monday, October 19, 2009 12:00:00 AM

Is anyone else concerned about what apppears to be a PSYOP Campaign which is a subset of Information Operations against United States Citizens?

This concerns me because it is illegal to conduct psychological operations against a US citizen. The current administration IS NOT using US Military Forces for their campaign. However, they are using government representatives and feeding the US media with ultimately the same results.

All information/defintions in this blog are taken from Wikipedia.

" Psychological operations are a subset of information operations, defined as: Planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. The purpose of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to the originator’s objectives. Also called PSYOP."

" PSYOP is a subset of information operations: The integrated employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial human and automated decision making while protecting our own. Also called IO."

" Under US law, PSYOP is part of Special Operations forces or activities. The detailed military policy, which implements a declassified Presidential directive,is itself classified. These policies forbid U.S. PSYOP forces to target (i.e., attempt to change their opinions) U.S. citizens at any time, in any location globally, or under any circumstances."

"However, commanders may use PSYOP forces to provide public information to U.S. audiences during times of disaster or crisis. The use of PSYOP forces to deliver necessary public information to a U.S. audience was established in relief activities after Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Tactical Psychological Operations teams (TPTs) were employed to disseminate information by loudspeaker on locations of relief shelters and facilities. Information support to a noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) by PSYOP forces to provide evacuation information to U.S. and third-country nationals would also adhere to the order. "

" As an example of the use of PSYOP in a humanitarian relief operation Major General Anthony Zinni, Director of Operations for Unified Task Force Somalia, said Psychological operations were a key Battlefield Operating System used extensively to support Unified Task Force (UNITAF) Somalia operations. In order to maximize the PSYOP impact, we established a Joint PSYOP Task Force under the supervision of the Director of Operations, integrated PSYOP into all plans and operations, and limited the PSYOP focus to the operational and tactical levels. Psychological operations do not accomplish missions alone. They work best when they are combined with and integrated in an overall theater campaign plan. "

Now my question is...do the actions of THIS ADMINISTRATION AND PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS IRT to managing the message (once in office not while on the campaign trail) and the recent planned use of the National Endowment of the Arts, coordinated effort by Hollywood Activists as well as the public media for a planned, coordinated message about public service and any other Presidential objectives match the definiton of Information Operations? Would members of his cabinent meet the definition of "US Government Forces"? Or for for legal purposes is this strictly military forces? Even if not illegal, it is questionable to use what appear to be military tactics by civilian personnel to avoid legal prosecution for a combined psychological operation against the US public, isn't it? If it isn't, shouldn't it be? Does this sound remineniscent of McCarthy era politics?

The reason that this concerns me is that this is not the first time that this has come to light. " In the 1990s it came to light that soldiers from the 4th Psychological Operations Group had been interning at the American news networks Cable News Network (CNN) and National Public Radio (NPR). The program was claimed by the Army to be an attempt to provide its PSYOP personnel with the expertise developed by the private sector under its "Training with Industry" program. The program caused concern about the influence these soldiers might have on American news and the programs were terminated."

"National Public Radio reported on April 10, 2000: The U.S. Army's Psychological Operations unit placed interns at CNN and NPR in 1998 and 1999. The placements at CNN were reported in the European press in February of this year and the program was terminated."

Makes you wonder...huh?