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Government funds being employed against citizens to conceal the truth.
Citizen Watch Report ^

Posted on 11/30/2023 1:41:12 PM PST by davikkm

Author and environmentalist Michael Shellenberger has recently accused military contractors from the US and UK of employing advanced psychological operations and disinformation tactics aimed at manipulating public perception.

As citizens become increasingly aware of these allegations, questions arise about the ethical implications of such actions and the impact on democratic principles. The need for a thorough investigation and public discourse on the matter becomes apparent to ensure the responsible use of government funds and to safeguard the integrity of information available to the public.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizenwatchreport.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: disinformation; freespeech; government; manipulation; privacy; propaganda

1 posted on 11/30/2023 1:41:12 PM PST by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Just further proof that the government of the United States of America is run by criminals and traitors!


2 posted on 11/30/2023 1:45:26 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: davikkm

Yep, it is happening right here.


3 posted on 11/30/2023 1:59:15 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: davikkm; null and void; Travis McGee; Diogenesis; Red Badger

(employing advanced psychological operations)

Say it ain’t so!!!


4 posted on 11/30/2023 1:59:16 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: davikkm

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5 posted on 11/30/2023 2:45:09 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: SaveFerris

Maybe it’s a cheerful mental hold....

6 posted on 11/30/2023 2:56:00 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: davikkm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movements.org
Copied years ago
Movements.org is an online platform working to connect activists worldwide. It was founded when The Alliance for Youth Movements rebranded itself in 2011. It is an online marketplace that connects dissidents in closed societies to individuals in open societies with experience in such areas as legal work, mathematics, science, media, PR and technology. When activists post requests for assistance, experts and professionals respond with offers of assistance.

In October 2008, Columbia University, the US Department of State, Google, Howcast Media and other media companies sponsored the inaugural Alliance of Youth Movements Summit. This event brought together digital activists, technology and media leaders, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and governments to convene, share best practices, and create a network of socially responsible Grassroots activists using technology for their movements and campaigns.

Following the inaugural summit, Jason Liebman (CEO and co-founder of Howcast), Roman Tsunder (co-founder of Access 360 Media), and Jared Cohen (Director of Google Ideas at Google) co-founded the Alliance for Youth Movements. This organization was dedicated to identifying, connecting, and supporting digital activists at the annual summit and throughout the year.

In December 2009, The Alliance for Youth Movements hosted its 2nd annual summit in Mexico City. This summit was sponsored by the US Department of State as well as other sponsors. The event convened activists and supporters interested in how social media and connection technologies were helping to combat violence, with a special focus on Latin America.

In March 2010, The Alliance for Youth Movements hosted its 3rd annual summit in London, which was sponsored by the UK Home Office and other media companies. At the end of the summit, it was announced that the Alliance for Youth Movements was launching a new online hub for digital activism, Movements.org.

In February 2011, Movements.org officially launched and the Alliance for Youth Movements re-branded itself as Movements.org.

In August 2012, Movements.org in collaboration with Al Jazeera launched an interactive tool that tracks the defections of senior Syrian military officials, members of parliament and diplomats of Assad’s regime. The tracker was released on Al Jazeera.


7 posted on 11/30/2023 3:07:33 PM PST by Haddit
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To: davikkm

Cohen left the State Department’s Policy Planning staff on 2 September 2010. On 7 September 2010, Cohen became an adjunct senior fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations focusing on counter-radicalization. He was hired as the first director of Google Ideas, a new branch within Google in mid-October 2010.

Involvement on Syrian armed conflict
In an email addressed to the deputy Secretary of State under Hillary Clinton dated on July 25, 2012, Cohen’s revealed that Google Ideas was working on a project, together with Al Jazeera, to track defectors of the Syrian Army with the explicit goal of “encouraging more to defect and giving confidence to the opposition.”

Cohen is author of three books.
The New Digital Age
The New Digital Age: Re-shaping the Future of People, Nations and Business, co-authored with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, was a New York Times bestseller. The book considers the geopolitical future when 5 billion additional people come online, and the presumed terrorism, war, identity theft, conflict and altered relations between nations that the authors say will result. The book grew out of an article, “The Digital Disruption”, which was published in Foreign Affairs magazine in November 2010. Cohen and Schmidt suggest that technology will rewrite the relationship between states and their citizens in the 21st century.


8 posted on 11/30/2023 3:10:13 PM PST by Haddit
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To: davikkm

https://www.cfr.org/expert/jared-cohen
Jared Cohen
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Jared Cohen is founder and CEO of Jigsaw, an independent unit at Google focused on building technology to address global security challenges, and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to Alphabet, he was Google’s first director of ideas and chief advisor to Google’s CEO and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. From 2006 to 2010 he served as a member of the Secretary of State’s policy-planning staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.

Cohen is the New York Times bestselling author of five books, including Children of Jihad, One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide, The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Business, and Our Lives, which he co-authored with Eric Schmidt, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, and the forthcoming Life After Power. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Time, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

He has been named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People, Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, and Vanity Fair’s New Establishment. Cohen serves on several advisory boards, including those of Allianz, ASAPP, Fluid Market, the National Counterterrorism Center, Rivet Ventures, the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board, and Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He is a member of Gen Next and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

Cohen received his BA from Stanford University and his MPhil in international relations from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He speaks fluent Swahili.


9 posted on 11/30/2023 3:11:56 PM PST by Haddit
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To: davikkm

Training rebels in 21st Century Statecraft.
https://2009-2017.state.gov/statecraft/overview/index.htm
And another program called The Alliance of Youth Movement that morphed into Movements.org.
https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/23/hillary-clinton-sponsored-secretive-arab-spring-program-that-destabilized-middle-east/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
October 16, 2009 Hillary Clinton addresses the Alliance of Youth Movements in Mexico and calls on the youth throughout the world to unite in civil wars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBG7B6sgOk


10 posted on 11/30/2023 3:17:54 PM PST by Haddit
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To: gundog

How about a decaf cappuccino?


11 posted on 11/30/2023 3:25:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: No name given

Hillary, like all liberals, is a very violent person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBG7B6sgOk&app=desktop
U.S. Department of State
Published on Oct 16, 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton records a video message for participants of the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit in Mexico City, Mexico October 16, 2009.

Hillary:
I want to congratulate all of you that have come to Mexico City in person and online to be part of this ground breaking summit. You are the vanguard of a rising generation of citizen activists who are using the latest technological tools to catalyze change, build a movement and transform lives and I hope this conference provides an opportunity for you to learn from each other and discover the tools and techniques that will open new doors for activism and empowerment when you return home.

All over the world young people like you are driving progress. In Columbia two young college graduates fed up with violence in their country used Facebook to organize 14 million people into the largest anti-terrorism demonstration in history. In Iran we saw young people using Twitter and Youtube to communicate with each other and the world. Despite a government crackdown designed to keep them quiet. In India a 14 year old high school student from Mumbai used social networking to link together half a million people that sought solidarity and support in the aftermath of the November 2008 terrorist attack.

You have all traveled … paths to get here today, you come from different cultures and countries and speak different languages but you all share a common commitment to engaging with the world using every tool at your disposal to bring people together to solve problems. And that makes you the kind of leader we need.

As we work to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the 21century, government can’t do it alone, citizens organizations, businesses, universities everyone with a stake in our shared future must take responsibilities for shaping it. That’s what we call 21st century statecraft. So thank you for being on the front line of progress and I can’t wait to see what all of you do next.


12 posted on 11/30/2023 4:02:03 PM PST by Haddit
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To: davikkm

Hillary OMG, did I do that?
https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/16792

SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 09/14/I

From: Huma Abedin To: Hillary Clinton Date: 2012-09-12 22:21 Subject:

I’m giving you credit for inspiring the “peaceful” protests.

Riot police used tear gas in an atteto disperse demonstrators Egyptian authorities erected large concrete barriers to block the route to the embassy and deployed approximately 4000 security personnel to the area.

Embassy Cairo reported the Muslim Brotherhood cancelled earlier calls for nationwide demonstrations at major mosques, but supported symbolic demonstrations at Tahrir Square.

LIBYA Air traffic in Benghazi was suspended September 13 due to security reasons.

YEMEN Embassy Sana’a reported increased security presence but no apparent protests at the Sheraton hotel.

Yemeni security forces blocked streets surrounding the U.S. Embassy, where approximately 30 protesters gathered.

KUWAIT Around 400 protesters, including parliament members and prominent Sunni Islamists, congregated peacefully for nearly two hours in front of the Embassy September 13. P arrested several youth who tried to jump the compounds outermost perimeter.

Embassy Kuwait City reported another demonstration is planned for 1200 EDT/1900 Kuwait City. The embassy and the government added extra security around the compound and receiv security reinforcements from the government.

Consulate General Lahore reported calls for nationwide protests, including large demonstrations at the consulate’s press club. Authorities deployed riot police to the consulate and limited access to the road. Consulate General Lahore dismissed all employees at 0300 EDT/1200 Lahore.

Embassy Islamabad reported police are preparing to prevent demonstrators from approaching diplomatic enclaves and police reserves are on stand-by. Embassy Islamabad dismissed non-emergency personnel.

Consulate General Peshawar reported two protests were scheduled to take place approximately four kilometers from the consulate. Additional police was assigned to reinforce security.

Consulate General Karachi reported riot police were deployed to the compound, with more on standby.

INDONESIA Embassy Jakarta reported a peaceful demonstration of approximately 300 people.

Over 250 riot police were put on alert ahead of the demonstrations. Indonesian leaders urged calm.

MALAYSIA Police said they are prepared for demonstrations near the U.S. Embassy and mosques in various cities.

Around 30 people gathered peacefully outside the Embassy and submitted a memorandum demanding an apology and action from the U.S. government against the filmmakers.

SUDAN Islamic scholars called for the expulsion of the U.S. and German Ambassadors and for peaceful mass protests at their embassies in Khartoum.

INDIA A small group of protesters gathered peacefully September 13 in Kashmir. The most senior Islamic cleric in Kashmir told U.S. citizens to “immediately leave” the region.

IRAN The Swiss Embassy in Tehran will be closed in anticipation of planned demonstrations.

INTERNATIONAL REACTION Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said the Benghazi attack confirms “the need for the joint efforts of our countries, as well as the global community in combating the evil of terrorism.”

The Arab League condemned the Benghazi attack and called on the U.S. government to take a serious position against the film producers.

The Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela have also issued condemnations and condolences, bringing to 26 the number of countries in the western hemisphere condemning the attacks in Benghazi.

Libyan Prime Minister Abu Shagour said he will work “vigorously” to improve security by boosting the national police force and army as well as implementing programs to collect and regulate weapon

Yemeni President Hadi apologized for the attack September 13, and ordered an expeditious and thorough investigation.


13 posted on 11/30/2023 4:05:08 PM PST by Haddit
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To: davikkm

Here is a TED Talk with Sharyl Attkisson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQcCIzjz9_s

It was posted on 100 Percent FEDUp’s site
https://www.facebook.com/100PercentFEDUp/posts/1818068514913972

Sharyl Attkisson
“I did a little digging and I traced the effort to a non-profit called “First Draft”, which appears to be about the first to use the phrase ‘fake news’ in its modern context.” On September 13, 2016 “First Draft” announced a partnership to tackle ‘malicious hoaxes’ and ‘fake news’ reports. The goal was supposedly to separate wheat from chaff, to prevent unproven conspiracy talk from figuring prominently in internet searches.”

Attkisson told her audience that she decided to “follow the money” to see who was funding the non-profit “First Draft” and it’s effort to take down “fake news” websites. Attkisson quickly found out that Google was funding “First Draft” and Google’s CEO Eric Schmitt (sb Schmidt), who had devoted himself to Hillary Clinton’s campaign as a multi-million dollar donor, and one of Hillary’s campaign advisors. His company funded “First Draft” around the start of the election cycle. Hillary’s surrogate, David Brock then convinced Facebook to join the effort.

Sharyl Attkisson resigned from CBS News on March 10, 2014, after 21 years with the network. Her book Stonewalled reached number 3 on The New York Times e-book non-fiction best seller list in November 2014.

In May 2013, while still employed at CBS, Attkisson alleged that her personal and work computers had been “compromised” for more than two years.

In March 2015, Attkisson and her family filed a suit against Holder, Patrick R. Donahoe and unnamed agents of the US Department of Justice, the US Postal Service and the United States in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia claiming to have been subject to illegal surveillance activities.

“First Draft” and Eric Schmidt’s funding them is only another piece of the puzzle. A December 22, 2017 article by Jerome Corsi and QAnon speculated that Schmidt resigned as CEO of Google due to a sex scandal and the fact that President Trump updated the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act that allows our government to confiscate wealth from companies involved with human suffering. In the article they remind us of the close relationship that exists between the Clintons and Schmidt that date back to 2008 when Schmidt loaned the Google jet to members of Clinton’s presidential campaign staff.

In the 2016 presidential campaign, leaked emails from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta published by WikiLeaks made clear that Schmidt wanted to play the role of Clinton’s “head outside advisor,” ready to lend to the Clinton campaign Google’s powerful micro-targeting data to develop software to be used in “get out the vote” (GOTV) and campaign fundraising efforts.
https://www.infowars.com/qanon-links-resignation-of-googles-schmidt-to-trumps-executive-order/

Julian Assange of Wikileaks wrote a book and gave a preview where he detailed how close Schmidt was to the Clintons. He had to go through Google to talk to Hillary.
https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

Hillary Clinton had in her employee a guy named Wael Ghonim, another Google executive. She also hired Gehad el-Haddad.

Protesters in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square say Wael Ghonim, a marketing manager for the Internet company (Google), was one of the main youthful organizers of the online campaign that sparked the mass protests on Jan. 25.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/7/egypt-approves-15-raise-government-employees/

Jared Cohen, a Google executive, was a member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff under the Bush administration and then Obama’s.

https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/
Here is an excerpt from Julian Assange:

“In the same piece they argued that “this technology is overwhelmingly provided by the private sector.” Shortly afterwards, Tunisia. then Egypt, and then the rest of the Middle East, erupted in revolution. The echoes of these events on online social media became a spectacle for Western internet users. The professional commentariat, keen to rationalize uprisings against US-backed dictatorships, branded them “Twitter revolutions.” Suddenly everyone wanted to be at the intersection point between US global power and social media, and Schmidt and Cohen had already staked out the territory. With the working title “The Empire of the Mind,” they began expanding their article to book length, and sought audiences with the big names of global tech and global power as part of their research.”
**

The key words below are “the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit”.

Nick O’Neill of Adweek writes: “This morning I had the privilege to sit in on a panel for the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership, in which everybody in the room was excited about two things: the new administration’s full embrace of technology, and how social technology is transforming the political realm. It is no longer required for a group of people to get together in a room and make change happen.”

“Inspired by this change, “Facebook, Access 360 Media, Columbia Law School, Google, Howcast, MTV, YouTube, and the U.S. Department of State are bringing leaders of 17 pioneering organizations from 15 countries together with technology experts next month for the first-ever conclave to empower youth against violence and oppression through the use of the latest online tools. ” The event is called the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit.”

From Breitbart
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/23/hillary-clinton-sponsored-secretive-arab-spring-program-that-destabilized-middle-east/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Cohen said:

“We are seeing movements across the world use a diverse set of technologies. The simplest is Television, where we are seeing groups that have the means put their videos and images on screen in the form of commercials. But we are seeing a lot of activities using mobile phones and the Internet.”
“With mobile phones, there is a tactic called “smart mobbing,” where mobile phones are used to assemble young people around a cause. On the Internet, we are seeing online social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and Orkut serve as important forums for young people to assemble together, build a cause, a mission, and organize events.”

In Cohen’s capacity working for Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary of State, he focused on counter-terrorism, counter-radicalization, Middle East/South Asia, Internet freedom, and fostering opposition in repressive countries. Right before his departure Cohen was one of the participating architects of what was labeled in 2010 as “21st century statecraft” along with Richard Boly and several foreign service officers in the Department of State’s Office of eDiplomacy In 2013, Cohen was named by Time Magazine as one of its 100 most influential people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Cohen


14 posted on 11/30/2023 4:16:49 PM PST by Haddit
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To: davikkm

Retaining secrecy is paramount to governments and governments will kill to keep secrecy of governments’ actions from their Citizens. Citizens will be none the wiser and corruption will rule instead of truth.


15 posted on 12/01/2023 2:07:40 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: SaveFerris

(employing advanced psychological operations)....They must have hired outside contractors...................😉


16 posted on 12/01/2023 5:25:39 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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