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	<title>The Corbett Report &#187; psyops</title>
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	<itunes:summary>The Corbett Report is an independent, listener-supported alternative news source. It operates on the principle of open source intelligence and provides podcasts, interviews, articles and videos about breaking news and important issues from 9/11 Truth and false flag terror to the Big Brother police state, eugenics, geopolitics, the central banking fraud and more.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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		<itunes:name>James Corbett</itunes:name>
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		<title>Interview 960 &#8211; The Beard World Order on The ISIS Conspiracy</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-960-the-beard-world-order-on-the-isis-conspiracy/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-960-the-beard-world-order-on-the-isis-conspiracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=12660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<table><tr style="background:transparent;"><td width="101" align="center" valign="top"><img alt="" src="http://www.corbettreport.com/images/bwosquare.jpg" /><br />[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2014-09-01%20Beard%20World%20Order.mp3"][/audio]</td><td valign="top">In this episode of the BWO, Guillermo Jimenez, James Corbett, and Peter B. Collins celebrate the annual unveiling of America’s new enemy. This year, the distinction goes to the evildoers in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Or is it the Khorasan group? What happened to Al-Qaeda? Ebola? Who knows…</td></tr></table> ]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>[audio mp3=&quot;http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2014-09-01%20Beard%20World%20Order.mp3&quot;][/audio]In this episode of the BWO, Guillermo Jimenez, James Corbett, and Peter B. Collins celebrate the annual unveiling of America’s new enemy. This year,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>[audio mp3=&quot;http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2014-09-01%20Beard%20World%20Order.mp3&quot;][/audio]In this episode of the BWO, Guillermo Jimenez, James Corbett, and Peter B. Collins celebrate the annual unveiling of America’s new enemy. This year, the distinction goes to the evildoers in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Or is it the Khorasan group? What happened to Al-Qaeda? Ebola? Who knows…</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>56:24</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Interview 847 &#8211; Robbie Martin Recounts the Beheading Hoax Story</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-847-robbie-martin-recounts-the-beheading-hoax-story/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-847-robbie-martin-recounts-the-beheading-hoax-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cover-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psyops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=8944><img class="alignright" src="http://www.corbettreport.com/images/martinsquare2.jpg" alt="" /></a>Robbie Martin of MediaRoots.org joins us today to talk about his involvement in the fake beheading video that was picked up and reported on as a real video in 2004. We talk about media lies and how they are used to further the war agenda, and we discuss the recent drama surrounding his sister Abby's on-air comments and their reception in the corporate media.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Robbie Martin of MediaRoots.org joins us today to talk about his involvement in the fake beheading video that was picked up and reported on as a real video in 2004. We talk about media lies and how they are used to further the war agenda,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Robbie Martin of MediaRoots.org joins us today to talk about his involvement in the fake beheading video that was picked up and reported on as a real video in 2004. We talk about media lies and how they are used to further the war agenda, and we discuss the recent drama surrounding his sister Abby&#039;s on-air comments and their reception in the corporate media.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>45:30</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Secrets for Sale?: The Greenwald/Omidyar/NSA connection</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/secrets-for-sale-the-greenwaldomidyarnsa-connection/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/secrets-for-sale-the-greenwaldomidyarnsa-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsa]]></category>
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		<itunes:subtitle>by James Corbett BoilingFrogsPost.com December 17, 2013 - Despite what Time Magazine would have us believe, there is no doubt that the most influential newsmaker of the year has been Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee and NSA subcontractor who at...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
December 17, 2013

Despite what Time Magazine would have us believe, there is no doubt that the most influential newsmaker of the year has been Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee and NSA subcontractor who at...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>20:08</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Interview 799 &#8211; Questioning the Snowden Story with Kevin Ryan</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-799-questioning-the-snowden-story-with-kevin-ryan/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-799-questioning-the-snowden-story-with-kevin-ryan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2014 01:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=8499><img class="alignright" src="http://www.corbettreport.com/images/ryansquare.jpg" alt="" /></a>Today we are joined once again by Kevin Ryan of DigWithin.net to discuss his new article, "The Risks of Trusting the Snowden Story." We talk about the questions we should all be asking about the Snowden affair and the way it is being reported, and Ryan outlines the reasons that the documents should be released in their entirety.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Today we are joined once again by Kevin Ryan of DigWithin.net to discuss his new article, &quot;The Risks of Trusting the Snowden Story.&quot; We talk about the questions we should all be asking about the Snowden affair and the way it is being reported,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Today we are joined once again by Kevin Ryan of DigWithin.net to discuss his new article, &quot;The Risks of Trusting the Snowden Story.&quot; We talk about the questions we should all be asking about the Snowden affair and the way it is being reported, and Ryan outlines the reasons that the documents should be released in their entirety.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>17:41</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Alexis Psyop, School Sucks, Panera Cares &#8211; New World Next Week</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/alexis-psyop-school-sucks-panera-cares-new-world-next-week/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/alexis-psyop-school-sucks-panera-cares-new-world-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com -- the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: - Story #1: SWAT Team &#039;Stood Down&#039; At Navy Yard Mass Sho...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com -- the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: SWAT Team &#039;Stood Down&#039; At Navy Yard Mass Shooting Scene
http://ur1.ca/fluzh
Probe Launched Over Claim That Elite Capitol Police Unit Blocked From Navy Yard Massacre
http://ur1.ca/fluzl
Navy Yard Shooter Carved &#039;BETTER OFF THIS WAY&#039; And &#039;MY E-L-F WEAPON&#039; Into Stock Of Gun
http://ur1.ca/fluzo
Ground Zero: Many Untold Anomalies to Aaron Alexis&#039; Story
http://ur1.ca/fluzv

Story #2: Child Star Says School Brainwashes Kids, Everyone Should Drop Out
http://ur1.ca/flv03
Video: Famous Actor Reveals Real Name, Gives Incredibly Insightful Speech About Hard Work And Generosity At Teen Choice Awards
http://ur1.ca/flv0d
Biotech Industry Slips Pro-GMO Propaganda Into Children&#039;s School Textbooks
http://ur1.ca/flv0k
Is The BBC&#039;s &quot;Science Britannica&quot; Yet Another Primetime Advertisement For GM?
http://ur1.ca/flv0m

Story #3: Panera Bread&#039;s CEO Tries To Eat On $4.50 A Day
http://ur1.ca/flv0s
Flashback: Problems At Portland&#039;s Panera Cares
http://ur1.ca/flv0t
Flashback: A Governor Truly Tightens His Belt
http://ur1.ca/flv11
Just What The Doctor Ordered: Med Students Team With Chefs
http://ur1.ca/flv19

Previous Episode: 9/11+12, Putin&#039;s Op Ed, Kenyan Water
http://ur1.ca/flv1a</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>15:35</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Interview 751 &#8211; New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-751-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-751-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=8027><img class="alignright" src="http://www.corbettreport.com/images/nwnwsquarebig.jpg" alt="" /></a>This week on the New World Next Week: the Navy Yard story slips from mainstream radar as the mainstream narrative falls apart; a child star speaks out on education brainwashing; and a CEO tries to eat on $4.50 a day.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>This week on the New World Next Week: the Navy Yard story slips from mainstream radar as the mainstream narrative falls apart; a child star speaks out on education brainwashing; and a CEO tries to eat on $4.50 a day.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>This week on the New World Next Week: the Navy Yard story slips from mainstream radar as the mainstream narrative falls apart; a child star speaks out on education brainwashing; and a CEO tries to eat on $4.50 a day.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>15:35</itunes:duration>
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		<title>New World Next Week &#8211; 2012/11/15</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/new-world-next-week-2012111/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/new-world-next-week-2012111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donald rumsfeld]]></category>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: - Story #1: Political Sockpuppetry - US Military Behind F...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Welcome to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: Political Sockpuppetry - US Military Behind Fake African News Sites
http://ur1.ca/awyne
Bloggers&#039; Fear - Russian Crackdown On Illegal Web Content Causes Stir
http://ur1.ca/awynf
Corbett Report on Psyops 101: A Brief History of Fake News
http://ur1.ca/ar12k
NWNW Flashback: Fake Report Of Russian Tanks Sparks Panic In Country Of Georgia
http://ur1.ca/rn5c

Story #2: British Medical journal Says Roche&#039;s Tamiflu Won&#039;t Stop Flu
http://ur1.ca/awynj
Poll Shows Men Would Rather Do Taxes Than Get Flu Shot
http://ur1.ca/awynl
Flashback: WHO Raises Pandemic Alert To Second-Highest Level
http://ur1.ca/awynm

Story #3: Personal Sufferings Of Palestinians To Be Heard At Upcoming
War Crime Conference
http://ur1.ca/awyno
Flashback: Media Monarchy Interview w/ Nile Bowie on the &#039;Pacific Century&#039;
http://ur1.ca/982yr

Bonus: Israeli, Palestinian Groups Place Ads On TriMet Trains, Buses
http://ur1.ca/awynz
&#039;Coup Du Jour&#039; and Petraeus-gate: James Corbett and James Evan Pilato on &#039;Ground Zero With Clyde Lewis&#039;
http://ur1.ca/awyo3

Visit http://NewWorldNextWeek.com to get previous episodes in various formats to download, burn and share. And as always, stay up-to-date by subscribing to the feeds from Corbett Report http://ur1.ca/39obd and Media Monarchy http://ur1.ca/kuec Thank you.

Previous Episode: Hopenosis Hangover, Fiscal Cliffs, Chinese Transfers
http://ur1.ca/awyo5</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>14:12</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Interview 557 &#8211; New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-557-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-557-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big pharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palestine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=6174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href=http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-557-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato><img class="alignright" src="http://www.corbettreport.com/images/nwnwsquarebig.jpg" alt="" /></a>This week on the New World Next Week: the American government sets up a fake African news site in the latest US psyop; the BMJ says Tamiflu won't stop the flu; and Israeli war crimes in Palestine will be on trial in Kuala Lumpur next week.]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>This week on the New World Next Week: the American government sets up a fake African news site in the latest US psyop; the BMJ says Tamiflu won&#039;t stop the flu; and Israeli war crimes in Palestine will be on trial in Kuala Lumpur next week.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>This week on the New World Next Week: the American government sets up a fake African news site in the latest US psyop; the BMJ says Tamiflu won&#039;t stop the flu; and Israeli war crimes in Palestine will be on trial in Kuala Lumpur next week.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>James Corbett</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>14:12</itunes:duration>
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		<title>PSYOPS 101: The technology of psych warfare</title>
		<link>https://www.corbettreport.com/psyops-101-the-technology-of-psych-warfare/</link>
		<comments>https://www.corbettreport.com/psyops-101-the-technology-of-psych-warfare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corbett]]></dc:creator>
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		<itunes:subtitle>by James Corbett BoilingFrogsPost.com November 13, 2012 - As we have examined in this special series of Eyeopener reports on psychological warfare in recent weeks, Psychological Operations, or PSYOPS, are every bit as vital to military strategists t...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
November 13, 2012

As we have examined in this special series of Eyeopener reports on psychological warfare in recent weeks, Psychological Operations, or PSYOPS, are every bit as vital to military strategists today as they ever were. In fact, in this age of 24/7 online access and the possibilities for new battlegrounds in the “information battlespace” that it affords, Psyops may be even more important than they have ever been in “winning the hearts and minds” (or at least confusing and stupefying the hearts and minds) of enemies the world over.

In some ways, this is precisely the point. Psyops by their very nature tend to rely on mechanical and technological trickery to deceive enemies or sneak propaganda past their defenses. Some of the greatest military victories in history did not involve fighting or bloodshed at all, but merely intimidation through demonstration of technological superiority.

During the conquest of Gaul in the 1st century BC, Julius Caesar encountered the problem of securing the eastern border of his newly acquired territory from marauding Germanic tribes. The tribes would raid Gaul when the opportunity arose and retreat back behind the natural barrier of the Rhine River before Roman forces could retaliate. To solve this problem, Caesar put the unparalleled engineering knowhow of ancient Rome into a project that had never before been attempted: bridging the Rhine.

With ingenious technology—including winch-driven stone piledrivers—and the brute manpower of 40,000 legionaries, Caesar not only accomplished the impossible, he accomplished it in an astonishing 10 days. Having completed the bridge, he marched his troops across to the eastern side, burned down the villages he found there, returned across the bridge to Gaul without a single battle and tore the bridge down behind him.

As an example of psychological warfare, the strategy was devestatingly effective. Without the loss of a single one of his troops Caesar had effectively demonstrated the awe-inspiring might of the Romans, and the message was not lost on his enemies. Gaul&#039;s eastern border suffered no further raids from Germanic marauders for centuries.

Although the technology has changed in the ensuing two thousand years, the basic strategy of terrorizing an enemy via technology remains intact. Ancient armies used drums, pipes and horns to intimidate their opponents before battle. Doctor Richard Jordan Gatling&#039;s eponymous gun was as useful for putting the fear of God into those unlucky enough to be caught in its sites as it was in actually killing them. Hitler&#039;s Blitzkrieg, or “lightning war,” strategy was a combination of intimidation and technological superiority that helped the Nazis gain the upper hand in the early years of World War II. The much-touted “shock and awe” strategy of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 employed the same concept: enemy resistance can be drastically reduced by a sudden, overwhelming display of technology and force.

As technology has grown ever more sophisticated, however, so too has the ambitions of these psychological operations grown. Whereas traditional psyops have attempted merely to intimidate, bewilder or demoralize enemies into laying down their arms, modern technologies have opened up the possibility of actually controlling the mind of an opponent directly through electronic, chemical, or other means.

The quest to control the mind of an unwitting subject has long been the stuff of science fiction, but for at least 60 years it has been the subject of active research by some of the most covert programs of the intelligence agencies and militaries of the world&#039;s superpowers. Perhaps the best known such example revolves around MK-ULTRA, a top secret and still-mysterious CIA operation to test methods of manipulating, brainwashing or controlling the minds of subjects through drugs, hypnosis and shock therapy.</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:subtitle>by James Corbett BoilingFrogsPost.com November 6, 2012 - The proponents of psychological warfare tactics by modern-day governments argue that fears about government propaganda are misplaced as there are laws in place to prevent the US government fro...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
November 6, 2012

The proponents of psychological warfare tactics by modern-day governments argue that fears about government propaganda are misplaced as there are laws in place to prevent the US government from propagandizing to its own citizens.

Indeed, legislation prohibiting government-sponsored domestic propaganda has been in place for nearly one century. That legislation, however, is outdated, unenforceable, and is routinely breached by the very government agencies that it is supposed to restrain. And as weak and effective as this legislation already is, it in danger of being even further diluted by a proposed amendment to the 2013 edition of the National Defense Authorization Act.

The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 seeks to update the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which prohibits the State Department&#039;s public diplomacy organs from disseminating propaganda intended for foreign audiences domestically. Smith, Thornberry, and other “modernization” proponents argue that the bill was drafted in a pre-satellite, pre-television, pre-internet era where the public feared the State Department&#039;s ability to influence domestic politics. In this day and age of instant online access to websites and videos from anywhere in the world, proponents of the bill argue, the idea of segregating information into “foreign” and “domestic” is a futile if not meaningless activity.

In reality, though, it&#039;s unclear what effect the Smith-Mundt Act has had in limiting domestic propaganda at all. There are no clear provisions, bodies or oversights for its enforcement and even the State Department itself seems unclear what bureaus are supposed to abide by it.

More general prohibitions on domestic propaganda also exist on the books. The 1913 Gillett Amendment, for example, now codified as USC Title 5 Section 3107, clearly states “Appropriated funds may not be used to pay a publicity expert unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.”

Moreover, every one of the annual appropriations bills passed by Congress since 1951 has included a stipulation that “No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.” 

The Department of Defense has its own stipulation against domestic propaganda. Codified in USC Title 10 Section 2241a, the relevant passage reads: “Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law.”

As we shall see, however, every one of these laws has been violated both in letter and in spirit by recently-exposed psyops campaigns, funded by the American taxpayer and aimed directly at the US population.

In theory, there are legal obstacles in place that prevent the US government from directly propagandizing to its own citizens. In reality, however, these regulations have been routinely flouted by the Defense Department and other federal agencies without any serious repercussion. Even a cursory breakdown of the actions of the last few Administrations show that domestic propaganda operations have been and continue to be an integral part of modern American politics.

Both the Bush Administration and the Clinton Administration before it made extensive use of Video News Reports, or VNRs, to influence public opinion on key issues. The reports, made to look like genuine news reports and then shopped around to news networks to be aired on the nightly news without any mention of their source, have been extensively used to tout government programs. The Clinton Administration, for example, used VNRs to promote Clinton&#039;s Medicare proposals, and the Bush Administration used it even more extensively to promote newly-formed government agencies like the TSA and dubious government programs like “No Child Left Behind.”

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