He can’t write to or call anybody without having the contact approved by the prison officials, and we don’t know much about how they make these decisions. For eg, I was approved but not another friend of ours. @theCCR is arguing the CMU case next week: https://t.co/MD4Xd6Elmg
— noor mir (@thedronalisa) October 15, 2021
"Bovard: When Barack Obama Got Away With Murder".This is stunning. Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was supposed to go to FMC Butner. Now, he is at USP Marion and the first whistleblower charged with violating the Espionage Act to be imprisoned in a Communications Management Unit (CMU) - like he is a terrorist. https://t.co/WcfMsKTnOJ
— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) October 16, 2021
After getting blown up for CNN’s horse deworming lies on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Sanjay Gupta, who said CNN was wrong, went on CNN and let Don Lemon repeat the lie. Again. Embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/fijOkAe6Bt
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 14, 2021
— meanus deanus (@_mean_dean_) October 14, 2021"Behind NATO’s ‘Cognitive Warfare’: ‘Battle for Your Brain’ Waged by Western Militaries" (Norton):
"Marie-Pierre Raymond, a retired Canadian lieutenant colonel who currently serves as a “defence scientist and innovation portfolio manager” for the Canadian Armed Forces’ Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program, also joined the October 5 panel.“Long gone are the days when war was fought to acquire more land,” Raymond said. “Now the new objective is to change the adversaries’ ideologies, which makes the brain the center of gravity of the human. And it makes the human the contested domain, and the mind becomes the battlefield.”“When we speak about hybrid threats, cognitive warfare is the most advanced form of manipulation seen to date,” she added, noting that it aims to influence individuals’ decision-making and “to influence a group of a group of individuals on their behavior, with the aim of gaining a tactical or strategic advantage.”Raymond noted that cognitive warfare also heavily overlaps with artificial intelligence, big data, and social media, and reflects “the rapid evolution of neurosciences as a tool of war.”"
I wonder if there is the slightest chance that a Sackler might do some time.This clarification from @jaketapper is epic and exemplary. Truly great. pic.twitter.com/SqNTMWvsyC
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) October 16, 2021
"To a degree, “colour revolutions” are waiting games and the incumbent, if he keeps his nerve, has certain advantages."
"Former successes – in recent times, Ukraine twice, Georgia – are becoming failures: Hong Kong, Venezuela and Belarus. The targets have learned how to counter the attacks. The essential rules for defeating “colour revolutions” are:
- They come from outside. So cut out the outsiders and get rid of the foreign “Non-Government” Organisations. This is probably the most important preventative: the “colour revolution” operators were quite unhindered in, for example, Ukraine.
- Remember Alexander’s advice: don’t give up too soon. Maduro and Lukashenka are still there. To say nothing of Russia, China and Iran.
- Don’t be afraid that you’ll be blamed: you will be anyway. The Western propaganda machine is not interested in facts.
- Be tough. There’s a rhythm to these things; if you interrupt them, it’s hard for them to get back on track.
- Be patient, as we saw in Hong Kong, the outrage is mostly artificial and will run out of steam.
- Learn the techniques of how they’re done, watch for them and counter them.
- And finally: time is on your side. The West is not getting stronger. What the neocons call “the axis of revisionists” is."