18-01-2019, 08:36 AM
Max Blumenthal writes:
'"Of all the State Department officials named in Integrity Initiative documents, the one who appeared most frequently was Todd Leventhal. Leventhal has been a staffer at the State Department's Global Engagement Center, boasting of "20 years of countering disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and urban legends."'
https://grayzoneproject.com/2019/01/08/n...-politics/
Peter Dale Scott:
'There is or was for example an official in Obama's State Department (Todd Leventhal), whose official job included defense of the lone nut theory against so-called "conspiracy theorists.'
"The American Deep State", 120.
Todd Leventhal, however, has been around much longer:
'We've heard from Leventhal before, pushing the Bush foreign agenda, disputing reports that Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq was a false pretense for war, and more recently as the State Department's spokesman designated to officially debunk conspiracy theories that the federal government considers serious threats-like UFOs, faked moon landings, 9/11 missiles and President Obama's birth certificate.
Leventhal's official blog on debunking such "conspiracy theories" serves as fodder for legitimate journalists looking for a good column when news is slow, but most real conspiracy theorists considered him just another media spokesperson for the government, not unlike those who speak for the al Quada and the Taliban, and trusted as much.
But Leventhal recently created a mini-firestorm when some mainstream publications began commenting on his inclusion of the assassination of President Kennedy among the "conspiracy theories" worth debunking, and his ridicule of those who believe anyone other than Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for the murder of Kennedy.'
'Leventhal shows us that fighting propaganda, mis and disinformation, and dishing it out, is a bi-partisan affair, and it doesn't matter if the White House is occupied by a Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, the civil servant's job goes on.'
https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kenne...aley-plaza
It is no surprise that Leventhal turns out to be one of the US officials, or former US officials, affiliated with the II.
'"Of all the State Department officials named in Integrity Initiative documents, the one who appeared most frequently was Todd Leventhal. Leventhal has been a staffer at the State Department's Global Engagement Center, boasting of "20 years of countering disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and urban legends."'
https://grayzoneproject.com/2019/01/08/n...-politics/
Peter Dale Scott:
'There is or was for example an official in Obama's State Department (Todd Leventhal), whose official job included defense of the lone nut theory against so-called "conspiracy theorists.'
"The American Deep State", 120.
Todd Leventhal, however, has been around much longer:
'We've heard from Leventhal before, pushing the Bush foreign agenda, disputing reports that Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq was a false pretense for war, and more recently as the State Department's spokesman designated to officially debunk conspiracy theories that the federal government considers serious threats-like UFOs, faked moon landings, 9/11 missiles and President Obama's birth certificate.
Leventhal's official blog on debunking such "conspiracy theories" serves as fodder for legitimate journalists looking for a good column when news is slow, but most real conspiracy theorists considered him just another media spokesperson for the government, not unlike those who speak for the al Quada and the Taliban, and trusted as much.
But Leventhal recently created a mini-firestorm when some mainstream publications began commenting on his inclusion of the assassination of President Kennedy among the "conspiracy theories" worth debunking, and his ridicule of those who believe anyone other than Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for the murder of Kennedy.'
'Leventhal shows us that fighting propaganda, mis and disinformation, and dishing it out, is a bi-partisan affair, and it doesn't matter if the White House is occupied by a Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, the civil servant's job goes on.'
https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kenne...aley-plaza
It is no surprise that Leventhal turns out to be one of the US officials, or former US officials, affiliated with the II.