Subverting the press to control public discourse and opinion is, unfortunately, nothing new. So it’s not bad enough that the mainstream press favors a leftest agenda, we have to contend with disinformation inserted into the narrative by government operatives.
Jump back to the years just after the conclusion of World War II to a program called “Operation Mockingbird.”
Mockingbird covertly influenced national opinion for years, nefariously planting the CIA’s narrative on the unwitting collective public mind before finally being at least partially exposed over a decade later. It wasn’t until a congressional investigation in 1975 the putative full extent of the program was revealed. Although the CIA claimed it would no longer recruit journalists and media organizations into its folds, Mockingbird has oft been rumored never to have stopped.
Now fast-forward to today.
FBI agents conducting undercover investigations have now been given the green light to impersonate journalists, the Justice Department determined last week — effectively legalizing the government’s most notorious propaganda program, Operation Mockingbird.
Last Thursday, the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General published what’s become the subject of outrage for journalists, civil and constitutional rights advocates, and legal experts — “A Review of the FBI’s Impersonation of a Journalist in a Criminal Investigation.”
Commenting on the practice of using agents who impersonate journalists to further its investigates,
… FBI Director James Comey penned a letter to the editor of the New York Times defending the agency’s impersonation, dismissively stating “we do use deception at times to catch crooks, but we are acting responsibly and legally.”
The Associated Press and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press didn’t believe either the veracity or legality of Comey’s statement, and sued the FBI to disclose documents relating to the practice — ultimately obtaining a redacted memo in which the agency acknowledged the agents violated the FBI’s own guidelines. However, the memo also stated that violation, under the circumstances, was not “unreasonable.”
What’s the FBI’s current policy?
As long as agents receive approval from the head of the FBI field office, the Undercover Review Committee, and the deputy director of the FBI — who then must meet with the deputy attorney general — they are free to pose as journalists during undercover investigations.
And you thought that as long as you smoked out the liberals bending the news to fit their agenda that you’d have news you could trust. Thanks to “Mockingbird” in its current manifestation, you need to think again.
Source: Activist Post
Disgusting!$#%&!@*regime!!!! Obama must be scared of us he feels he has to monitor us.
Not looking for terrorists but the American people.
threason is rampant and it will lead to Constitutional Revival.
That’s OK. There are many people on TV and working for newspapers who are impersonating journalists too. See my blog at http://cranky-conservative.blogspot.com
Trump/Pence! Let’s clean up this Nation!
Screw Muhammad! And those traitor$#%&!@*bi’s
Sounds like the Office of Strategic Influence going to be revived used on the American people , shame on you corrupt FBI.
They are allowed to impersonate drug dealers to infiltrate gangs and cartels.
Back in 1945 when a group of wealthy elitests formally organized the plans to move us toward globalization, aka The New World Order. Every single president (Democrat AND Republican) except JFK and Reagan were for it, and one was assasinated, and the other had an attempt. Trump is vehemently against globalization. Hillary is for it. She would, most certainly, keep us on that train. It’s not a conspiracy theory, it is a conspiracy FACT, and not even hidden …. outlined clearly for all to read on the United Nations website in Agendas 21 and 2030. Both Obama and Hilary were photographed coming out of a meeting with this group back during their first run for President. This group has also been called the Trilateral Commission . These are the Puppet Masters of Obama and Clinton and many others. And the strings run deep.-Darleene C.
Why not they’ve been impersonating the law for a long time. There nothing but government watch dogs.