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It’s true: Government agents are infiltrating online communities
Glenn Beck ^ | 2/26/14 | Glenn Beck

Posted on 02/26/2014 5:22:57 PM PST by Nachum

If you have been following Glenn since his days at Fox News, you may remember the expose he did on Obama ‘regulatory czar’ Cass Sunstein and his nudge theory. One of Sunstein’s more disturbing ideas involved government operatives infiltrating online communities in order to disseminate false information. As Glenn describes it, the goal was to “pose, infiltrate, and discredit.” Anyone who actually took Sunstein’s words at face value were mocked and labeled conspiracy theorists. But, as it turns out, it was all true.

“The English version of the NSA is the GCHQ… The English NSA has now revealed that that’s exactly what our government is doing,” Glenn said on radio this morning. “What Cass Sunstein proposed in a purely academic setting – that was his excuse – the British NSA has now verified. That’s exactly what we are doing. And so there are operatives posing as regular citizens on our web sites and in our organizations. I mean how crazy is that? Wake up, America! Wake up!”

Glenn Greewald – the former Guardian reporter who worked to publish the material exposed by Edward Snowden – released a thorough report on his new website, FirstLook.org, dissecting the data.

Greenwald reports:

Over the last several weeks, I worked with NBC News to publish a series of articles about “dirty trick” tactics used by GCHQ’s previously secret unit, JTRIG (Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group). These were based on four classified GCHQ documents presented to the NSA and the other three partners in the English-speaking “Five Eyes” alliance. Today, we at the Intercept are publishing another new JTRIG document, in full, entitled “The Art of Deception: Training for Online Covert Operations.”

By publishing these stories one by one, our NBC reporting highlighted some of the key, discrete revelations: the monitoring of YouTube and Blogger,

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


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KEYWORDS: agents; casssunstein; government; infiltrating; nsa; online; surveillancestate; yeswescan
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To: null and void

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21 posted on 02/26/2014 5:49:50 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: OneWingedShark

If allowed it is my fault.


22 posted on 02/26/2014 5:50:44 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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23 posted on 02/26/2014 5:52:01 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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24 posted on 02/26/2014 5:53:24 PM PST by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
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25 posted on 02/26/2014 5:53:35 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: kinsman redeemer

I can’t name any one individual poster that I suspect is a left-wing plant, but you can bet there are several. Judge them by their fruits.


26 posted on 02/26/2014 5:54:27 PM PST by Oklahoma
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27 posted on 02/26/2014 5:55:47 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Oklahoma

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28 posted on 02/26/2014 5:58:13 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Nachum

The smart ones are awake. The ones who voted for Obama, are dumb and not awake. I dont for a minute believe this started with Obama.


29 posted on 02/26/2014 5:58:56 PM PST by Carry me back
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To: kinsman redeemer

There are more than just one.

Any post having to do with Obama will have dozens of trolls and obots being derogatory and calling out slurs.


30 posted on 02/26/2014 6:00:47 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: kinsman redeemer
"I wonder who the FR agent is..."

I wonder how many.

31 posted on 02/26/2014 6:04:49 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: kinsman redeemer

Do you honestly believe there is only one?


32 posted on 02/26/2014 6:08:04 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Nachum

Since these documents were presented to the “Five Eyes Alliance”, I will have to assume the NSA and these other agencies are using these tactics as well, given what I’ve read and heard about the NSA’s actions so far.


33 posted on 02/26/2014 6:09:15 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: Nachum
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34 posted on 02/26/2014 6:31:27 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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35 posted on 02/26/2014 6:50:48 PM PST by tomkat
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Here's how they work on this very site:

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To: Buckeye McFrog

I dont know if my daughter qualifies as ‘hard left’ but she says she would like single payer but knows it would never pass. Most of the real fighting seems to be over that ‘public option’ thing zero keeps talking about. My daughter says she is fighting for that because it is the only way she will ever be insured (she has pre-existing conditions). My neighbor down the street is the same way. She is diabetic and lost her job a few months ago. She found a new job but it doesnt have insurance and she cant afford cobra. Now my sister has recruited her into the march toward socialism. We need to find these people an alternative to obamacare or they just might succeed in pushing it through.

20 posted on 07/22/2009 12:27:18 PM PDT by MadisonChristian
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I meant daughter not sister above though sometimes I fight with my daughter as much as I ever did with my sister.

21 posted on 07/22/2009 12:30:08 PM PDT by MadisonChristian
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36 posted on 02/26/2014 6:51:37 PM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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Here's another post as an example of troll performance (note this person was finally banned):

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To: 101voodoo

The main problem I have is the my son says his opinion is based on his own data and research not just all other scientists he talks to, so when I try to challenge his notions he acts like Im calling him a lier or something. The other day he tried to show me some charts of ocean temperatures and plankten samples and how carbon was building up and making acid. Ill admit it was all a bit over my head, but since this is his own research he obviously has a lot of emotion tied to and that makes it hard to talk to him about it. He honestly thinks people like us are ‘killing the planet’. Im really glad Ive found a community like this where I can share because since my husband has been gone some years I dont have anyone to about this.

28 posted on 06/07/2009 6:20:15 AM PDT by MadisonChristian
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37 posted on 02/26/2014 6:54:51 PM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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I find myself just shaken my head these days


38 posted on 02/26/2014 7:01:13 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Auntie Mame

That tool deserved the ZOT on grammar/punctuation grounds alone.

Speaking of tools:  Hey NSA, you nazi jerkøffs need to up your recruitment standards .. try some S.Korean 7th graders.

39 posted on 02/26/2014 7:06:52 PM PST by tomkat (3%+1)
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40 posted on 02/26/2014 7:21:55 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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