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good article, KeK.
From the article:
'Disinformation Campaigns/ Syria Perspective
In the intelligence and military apparatus, a disinformation campaign is considered a highly classified operation conducted against foreign actors, foreign states and against enemies, like al-Qaeda or Islamic State. The weaponization of intelligence and propaganda campaigns are intended to skew public perception of the person, country, program or bureaucracy. It can shift the public mindset, cause extraordinary harm to individuals, lead to death threats, as in the case of Page, or actually lead to a persons death. It can also inspire revolutions and upheavals in the countries being targeted, intelligence officials said.
And these campaigns must be approved at the highest levels of government.
“For example, during the height of the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) from 2014 to 2017 a ground strike against an Islamic State member would need to be approved by a O6 (“full bird” colonel), for them to do a kinetic strike – a bombing strike with extremely low risk of civ casualties – the unit would need a one star General, for them to do a strike that possibly involves collateral damage required a two star approval. But for them to send one single tweet in a disinformation operation it required a three star general approval,” the intelligence official said.
The intelligence official, who worked operations overseas, said what happened to the Trump campaign, to include using Page, appears to be the first time a deception operation was used against a presidential candidate and then president of the United States.
“It shows the true understanding of the power of information operations,” the intelligence official said. “The military and intelligence community understood in Syria that a single tweet or information about somebody could be so very destructive – not only to the intended subject – but to a potential untold number of other individuals.”
A second former senior intelligence official said “in the case of president Trump and his campaign it appears a disinformation campaign was unleashed with a fury and it is for this very reason the American people deserve the whole truth.”'
Weaponization and deception via faux information and intel laundering, both foreign and domestic, by our security agencies to overthrow our dear POTUS
is so criminally insane/egregious that it makes the worst of spys look good.