>are we then?
Witnesses.
CBTS and /qresearch were used as MILDEC conduits.
"Within MILDEC, conduits are information or intelligence gateways to the deception target. Conduits may be used to control flows of information to a deception target. It is rare that a deceptive message is sent directly to the deception target itself. Most often, deception messages are sent to intelligence collectors (conduits) with the expectation that the deceptive message will systematically make its way to the deception target." (JP 3-13.4 I-4) https://jfsc.ndu.edu/portals/72/documents/jc2ios/additional_reading/1c3-jp_3-13-4_mildec.pdf
The Significance of Deception in Contemporary Information Warfare
the major methods of deception are:
• Presenting data to the adversary that represents the truth as you would want them to perceive it. This is achieved by presenting a tailored subset of ‘real’ data, and/or manipulated data, and/or depriving the foe of any data, and/or disrupting the foe’s data collection, and/or • Setting the context in which the foe interprets that data, and/or
• Producing ‘noise’ in the communication channel so that the foe receives only the data allowed by the deceiver.
Information Warfare and Deception, Informing Science, Volume 9, 2006
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49277989_Information_Warfare_and_Deception