In badly co-ordinated policy and propaganda presentations, reminiscent of US intelligence agency bungles, Secretary of State Mrs Clinton presented a speech extolling the virtues of uncensored freedom of expression in the digital world while her fearless, corporate puppet leader Obaa’ma implemented what is termed, ‘Cognitive Infiltration;’ which is a strategy designed to directly interfere and subvert individuals or groups deemed to be 'conspiracy theorists,' (CTs) notwithstanding Clinton's inferred claim that conspiracy whackos have as much right to free expression as anyone else, Barack!
The fact that Obama and his advisors regard these wobbly ‘theorists’ as a threat speaks more about administrative incompetence, CONTRACTIONISM and White House paranoia than it does about the so-called ‘conspiracy threat!' It’s a wonder government officials haven't attempted to link CTs to al-Qaeda, but given enough time they probably will! [Soon Walt Disney’s sorcerer’s apprentice will be banned; after all, Mickey Mouse is depicted performing magic!]
Of particular interest is the broad definition White House paranoid whackos have given to so-called ‘conspiracy theorists,’ a group that has traditionally existed on the fringes of rationality and reason for centuries. According to the official description a conspiracy theory is "an attempt to explain an event or practice by reference to the machinations of powerful people, who have also managed to conceal their role." -- Cass Sunstein, 2008. According to that definition a CT is anyone that believes government is influenced or controlled by sinister, external, self-serving interests, like Washington lobbyists and special interest groups!
After President 'Hope and Change' introduced “indefinite preventive detention,” a watershed moment in America's RACE to a TOTALITARIAN State, we can expect anything, none of it good I would add. Nazis Bush and Cheney are put to shame by Obama's new thought crime law!
So let’s drop the pretence and just admit the US is spiralling uncontrollably toward a Totalitarian State. How simple it would be (for those sinister forces) to utilise right wing extremist 'Teabaggers,' led by Sarah Palin, in their push to institute a Totalitarian State! Furthermore, in view of Obama’s and Clinton’s disappointing time as puppets in office, the people would be begging for an authoritarian government! Too easy, or have I let the pre-empted ‘cat out of the conspiracy bag?’
However, everything comes at a price and a totalitarian America would undoubtedly attract an international nuclear response – the sooner the better, as it is clear where America is heading!
Compare the Clinton-Obama contradictions and hypocrisies for yourself:
“Some countries have erected electronic barriers that prevent their people from accessing portions of the world's networks. They have expunged words, names and phrases from search engine results. They have violated the privacy of citizens who engage in non-violent political speech. These actions contravene the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which tells us that all people have the right "to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers." With the spread of these restrictive practices, a new information curtain is descending across much of the world.” [Clinton is referring to AUSTRALIA, China and other nations that promote CENSORSHIP.]http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/21/internet_freedom?page=full
from the Obama 'camp':
“[W]e suggest a distinctive tactic for breaking up the hard core of extremists who supply conspiracy theories: cognitive infiltration of extremist groups, whereby government agents or their allies (acting either virtually or in real space, and either openly or anonymously) will undermine the crippled epistemology of believers by planting doubts about the theories and stylized facts that circulate within such groups, thereby introducing beneficial cognitive diversity.”http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_58123.shtml
The White House official who co-ordinated the almost simultaneous release of these two polarised views must have been trained by the person that planned JFK’s absurdly exposed route through Dallas! O, would that statement qualify me as one of those 'CTs'?
2010 Hillary Clinton Speaks at NUSEUM Single Internet Freedom Cyber-Freedom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jan/22/hillary-clinton-online-freedom
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Rachel Maddow discusses, 'thought crime' incarceration
by Daniel Tencer via reed 2010-01-23 19:50:23
In a 2008 academic paper, President Barack Obama's appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated "cognitive infiltration" of groups that advocate "conspiracy theories" like the ones surrounding 9/11.
Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor, co-wrote an academic article entitled "Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures," in which he argued that the government should stealthily infiltrate groups that pose alternative theories on historical events via "chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine" those groups.
As head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Sunstein is in charge of "overseeing policies relating to privacy, information quality, and statistical programs," according to the White House Web site.
Sunstein's article, published in the Journal of Political Philosphy in 2008 and recently uncovered by blogger Marc Estrin, states that "our primary claim is that conspiracy theories typically stem not from irrationality or mental illness of any kind but from a 'crippled epistemology,' in the form of a sharply limited number of (relevant) informational sources."
By "crippled epistemology" Sunstein means that people who believe in conspiracy theories have a limited number of sources of information that they trust. Therefore, Sunstein argued in the article, it would not work to simply refute the conspiracy theories in public -- the very sources that conspiracy theorists believe would have to be infiltrated.
Sunstein, whose article focuses largely on the 9/11 conspiracy theories, suggests that the government "enlist nongovernmental officials in the effort to rebut the theories. It might ensure that credible independent experts offer the rebuttal, rather than government officials themselves. There is a tradeoff between credibility and control, however. The price of credibility is that government cannot be seen to control the independent experts."
Download a PDF of the article here.
Sunstein argued that "government might undertake (legal) tactics for breaking up the tight cognitive clusters of extremist theories." He suggested that "government agents (and their allies) might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating conspiracy theories by raising doubts about their factual premises, causal logic or implications for political action."
"We expect such tactics from undercover cops, or FBI," Estrin writes at the Rag Blog, expressing surprise that "a high-level presidential advisor" would support such a strategy.
Estrin notes that Sunstein advocates in his article for the infiltration of "extremist" groups so that it undermines the groups' confidence to the extent that "new recruits will be suspect and participants in the group’s virtual networks will doubt each other’s bona fides."
Sunstein has been the target of numerous "conspiracy theories" himself, mostly from the right wing political echo chamber, with conservative talking heads claiming he favors enacting "a second Bill of Rights" that would do away with the Second Amendment. Sunstein's recent book, On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done, was criticized by some on the right as "a blueprint for online censorship."
Sunstein "wants to hold blogs and web hosting services accountable for the remarks of commenters on websites while altering libel laws to make it easier to sue for spreading 'rumors,'" wrote Ed Lasky at American Thinker.
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http://rawstory.com/2010/01/obama-staffer-infiltration-911-groups/