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Bannon Tried to Plant a Mole in Facebook
New York Post ^ | 9/25

Posted on 09/25/2017 8:16:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Former top White House strategist Steve Bannon wanted to place a spy inside Facebook to monitor the social-media giant’s hiring just weeks before he was named to run Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to a report on Monday.

Bannon, who resigned from the White House last month, got the idea to plant a mole from Chris Gacek, a former congressional staffer who now works for the Family Research Council, a group that lobbies against abortion and LGBT rights, BuzzFeed News reported, citing an email exchange between the two.

“There is one for a DC-based ‘Public Policy Manager’ at Facebook’s What’s APP [sic] division,” Gacek wrote to Bannon on Aug. 1, 2016, according to the report. “LinkedIn sent me a notice about some

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KEYWORDS: bannon; corporateliberalism; dnctalkingpoints; facebook; facebookbias; russianpropaganda; russianpuppet; russianstooge

1 posted on 09/25/2017 8:16:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Smart guy.


2 posted on 09/25/2017 8:19:38 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: nickcarraway

Hmmm...

Despite Project Veritas’s weakness for glenn beck-style promotions, this would be a perfect opportunity for them.


3 posted on 09/25/2017 8:20:17 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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Hmmm...

Despite Project Veritas’s weakness for glenn beck-style promotions, this would be a perfect opportunity for them.


4 posted on 09/25/2017 8:20:46 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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What’s this? a leak from muller?


5 posted on 09/25/2017 8:27:37 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Repeal and replace the gopE.)
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To: nickcarraway

Good for him.


6 posted on 09/25/2017 8:49:13 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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7 posted on 09/25/2017 8:50:16 PM PDT by Phillyred
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Facebook has digital leftist moles in every user’s computer. They can at least allow the conservstives one.


8 posted on 09/25/2017 8:51:34 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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Only one?


9 posted on 09/25/2017 8:57:52 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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What if he succeeded? Maybe Zuckerberg should be nervous. . .


10 posted on 09/25/2017 9:13:01 PM PDT by Fedora
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I thought Veritas was to release a video this past week.


11 posted on 09/25/2017 9:14:57 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter (proawakileftist)
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My contact inside Breitbart tells that Bannon was successful in planting TWO moles inside Facebook.


12 posted on 09/25/2017 9:18:12 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Texas Songwriter

I thought Veritas was to release a video this past week.

I did too.


13 posted on 09/25/2017 10:06:28 PM PDT by boycott
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To: nickcarraway

You mean Fakebook.


14 posted on 09/26/2017 3:09:34 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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