[Col Frank Slade]

I’m thinking of Dan Rather.

[1Old Pro]

uncovered extensive CIA ties to journalists and media outlets, revealing that at least 50 journalists had secret relationships with the agency.

Now it's 10x as bad and the CIA manipulates entire organizations including social media. It has gotten way out of hand, way out of hand. micromanaging social media posts reveals just that, it should never have occurred. Got to pull the money and change the culture, it's a HUGE problem.

[erlayman]

Trusted News Initiative basically being the international version of Operation Mockingbird.

[PGR88]

As Mike Benz described it: Your house is a Republic, and you’ve got a giant pit-bull-bear-wolf-dragon (the CIA) outside guarding it because you live in a tough neighborhood

You may need this creature guarding your property, but whatever you do, DON’T let it come into the house.

We let it in the house....

[SpaceBar]

This operation, which began in the late 1940s...

They studied, emulated, and improved apon Herr Goebbel's propaganda machine.

[bitt]

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[Carry_Okie]

A lifetime ban should be placed on all former federal employees, preventing them from earning more than $200,000 per year from any organization receiving more than half its revenue from government contracts.

I'm wondering how that might be enforced given the entanglements of corporate affiliations, government contracts, and grants.

[Carl Vehse]

"Operation Mockingbird and DOGE: Exposing Deep State Corruption Treason"

There. Fixed it.

[sauropod]

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[Robert357]

Another reason to clean house at the CIA.

[WhattheDickens?]

Ping

[Jan_Sobieski]

Dismantle the FBI, CIA, alphabet agencies. Then create new services only for specific missions, subject to the President and Congress