Transfer of Files on Psychological Operations

[Ed Jewett]

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

THE MEDIA AND 'LIMITED HANGOUT'

Pakistan's General Ahmed.
Sometimes the CIA and its friends get caught out.

1. Americans are informed by the more honest parts of the media that Pakistan's former spy boss General Ahmed arranged for $100,000 to be sent to Mohamad Atta. ('Our Friends the Pakistanis' - The Wall Street Journal)

2. Americans discover that acts of terrorism in Europe, such as the Bologna Bombing of 1980, have been carried out by right wing forces, rather than by leftists.

3. The Turks discover that army generals have been planning acts of terrorism which they intend to blame on al Qaeda.

4. The people of India discover that alleged Mumbai Terrorism mastermind David Headley has been working for the US government.


However, the CIA and its media friends always have a cunning plan, and it's called 'Limited Hangout'.

twelfthbough.blogspot.com/ tells us about Limited Hangout (take one for the team)

A 'limited hangout' is when the CIA and its media friends admit to some of the truth.

1. Yes, some Pakistani bloke called Ahmed arranged for money to be sent to Atta.

2. Yes, the Bologna Bombing was done by fascists.

3. Yes, some Turkish generals have planned and carried out acts of terrorism.

4. Yes, David Headley worked for the US Drugs Enforcement Administration.
HSBC bank in Istanbul.
However, with a 'limited hangout', the CIA and its media friends then tell lies, or keep quiet, about the rest of the story.

1. The CIA and its friends will keep quiet about the fact that General Ahmed was in Washington at the time of 9 11 and had meetings with top CIA and Pentagon people. (Cached)

2. The CIA and its friends will not tell the truth that the Bologna Bombing fascists were 'agents of the US government and NATO'. (aangirfan: The Bologna Bomb 1980, Gladio, terrorism in Europe )

3. They will not tell the truth that certain Turkish generals, involved in terrorism, were part of the CIA's network of "Stay Behind" secret armies. (Operation Gladio: CIA Network of "Stay Behind" Secret Armies)

4. They will not tell the truth that David Headley shows all the signs of being a loyal agent of the US government. (aangirfan: DAVID HEADLEY, PALACES AND WAR)
David Headley

Victor Marchetti wrote: "A 'limited hangout' is spy jargon for a favorite and frequently used gimmick of the clandestine professionals.

"When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting - sometimes even volunteering - some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case.

"The public, however, is usually so intrigued by the new information that it never thinks to pursue the matter further." - (take one for the team)

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posted by Anon at 12:35 AM


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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

DISINFORMATION TACTICS

Image from: lehighvalleyramblings.blogspot.com/2006_06_01...

Sometimes journalists get killed. (Poynter Online - Journalists Who Die)

Manik Saha, a journalist in Bangladesh who had reported on drug traffickers, died when a bomb was hurled at his rickshaw and decapitated him.

Ruel Endrinal was shot dead after he had spoken out against local politicians and criminal gangs in Legazpi City in the eastern Philippines.

http://arthurzbygniew.blogspot.com/ alerted us to disinformation tactics and techniques, and this has inspired the following:
Sometimes, especially when it comes to the internet, the bad guys use disinformation tactics.
Internet "trolls" are the people paid by the bad guys to hit the blogs, or even to run blogs.

"Disinformation Tactics: The Methods Used To Keep You In The Dark" is an article by Giordano Bruno, at Neithercorp Press , which explains this.
In the following, I have borrowed his headings.
Trolls use the following tactics:
1) They make outrageous comments.
They may write that a certain politician is a c***.
This can discredit the blog.
2) They pose as a supporter of the truth, then make comments that discredit the movement.
They may write that 9 11 was an inside job.
And then later they launch into a mad racist rant, and call for revolution.
3) They dominate discussions
They leave huge numbers of crazy, illiterate comments.
4) They use false association
They try to link truth seekers with UFOs or aliens or communists or Nazis.
6) They pretend to be the voice of reason
For example they may claim that truth is relative and that governments sometimes have to do bad things...
7) Straw Man Arguments
The troll might unfairly accuse his opposition of supporting some lunatic viewpoint.
Much of what the media has written about Mumbai is probably disinformation.
Then there are these Government Disinformation Methods

1) Control The Experts
The BBC or CNN will bring out as its expert someone who secretly works for the CIA or MI6.
2) Control The Data
When there is an incident like the Lockerbie Bombing, the spooks will be in place to take control of the 'evidence' and the 'data'.
3) Skew The Statistics
Statistics on weather or unemployment can be fiddled with.
4) Guilt By False Association
The bad guys try to associate Ron Paul supporters with racist groups.
5) Manufacture Good News
The media tells us that all has gone well in Iraq.

6) Controlled Opposition
The security services set up and run the terror groups.
The security services infiltrate and try to dominate all the political and pressure groups.
7) False Paradigms or Models
The media told us that either we were a sensible person who supported the toppling of Saddam, or, we were a lover of Saddam and his regime.
The media told us these were the two sides of the debate.
But the media did not tell us that Saddam was trained and put into power by the CIA.
Nor did the media tell us that Saddam offered to leave Iraq to avoid a war.


posted by Anon at 11:52 AM