U.S. Government PSYOP Needs to be Zeroed Out and Re-started Under Constitutional Principles

Gateway Pundit ^

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Special Operation Forces Week in Tampa is the premier gathering event for all things related to Special Operations. On May 9, 2024, at the most recent event in Tampa, there was a session on “Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) Symposium”. This title is simply another name for Psychological Operations (PSYOP).

Having been to the PSYOP Course at Ft. Bragg (now Ft. Liberty) in 1984, this panel caught my attention. The name, functional areas, doctrine and tactics have evolved a bit since PSYOP was first introduced in the 1950s to fight Soviet Communism that was on a post-World War II rampage to topple the Western System. The Doolittle Report, the founding strategy and document for the CIA roles and missions, emphasized the need for methodologies and capabilities to tell the American story and defeat the aggressive Soviet propaganda efforts. PSYOP was key to the early CIA and the nascent American military special operations community.

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As opposed to what many think, the essence of PSYOP was very simple, tell the truth. That’s the way it was in the early days of the CIA and the U.S. Military. Things changed over the years, but it was the 2012 Smith-Mundt Update that inserted a radical change that has led to these dark current times.

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Interesting read. In the article is a tidbit that explains another reason they went after Ken Paxton.

One commenter summed it up quite nicely, I think:

"If organizations such as the CIA and State Dept weren't so consumed with illegally subverting or overthrowing various foreign countries for their resources, they wouldn't NEED to run domestic disinformation PsyOps against the American people to hide their criminal misconduct abroad! The solution is obvious, their power to conduct these types of nefarious Ops needs to be throttled by a more competent honest oversight mechanism or removed!"

[Pajamajan]

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