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DISINFORMATION - here, courtesy of Mike Sweeney's web site that
frankly, we can't hype enough: http://www.proparanoid.com a site we
consider THE final word in resources for detecting disinformation
artists and also for countersurveillance information and his great
newsletter, are the Eight Traits of a Disinformationalist.

If you are a regular reader of some boards and groups you will no
doubt, upon studying this, be able to start seeing when and where
disinfo artists crop up. You'll also note a lot of boards/groups
fill up with old news, rehashed news, CNN reruns, the kind of crap
that basically pushes good stuff to the bottom of the board, or
obliterates it entirely. That is their whole M.O., by the way, to
get the good stuff out of sight. It works, too. Most people buy it
lock, stock and barrel. We won't name names (for a change!) here but
on some of the better well known boards, you can pretty much figure
out who is there to just dump junk up on the board: blah blah kind
of stuff they cop off of Fox News that frankly, you or I could get
from Fox News, thank you, without them regurgitating it up on the
chat group or message board. You know what and who we are referring
to, most likely. The spy and counterspy site
http://www.chymerick.com/orgs/spyvsspy/ also contains excellent
material on detecting a mole or disinformation agent who has been
put on a board or a discussion group in order to raise hell with it,
scare off truth seekers and legitimate investigators, and discredit
sincere Patriots and 'do gooders'. There's more of this going out
there right now than you can shake a nightstick at. There's slew of
people out there who want to distract you from what is really going
on 'neath your nose.

We raise regularly eybrows for our shrugging off Enron as a 'dog and
pony show' and giving similar scant attention to the Wag the Dog
made for TV Afghanistan movie, but in our humble opinion, that's all
it really is. The war's been pre-fab manufactured in order to effect
the agenda they want to take place here at home. Tack on the Super
Bowl, and you've got a captive audience placated and distracted so
you can carry on about the business of turning our country into a
police state, a 24/7 surveillance state, and rape what's left of our
Constitution.

You wonder why we keep cramming tradecraft down your throat about
how to detect if you are being watched, followed, monitored or under
orchestrated surveillance? It's because we are trying to throw you a
life preserver, stupid; the tools to use to save yourself. Time will
tell how many people wise up to it. Big Brother and his NWO toadies
count on you staying dumb. We think you can do better. Don't fail
us....

1) Avoidance. They never actually discuss issues head-on or provide
constructive input, generally avoiding citation of references or
credentials. Rather, they merely imply this, that, and the other.
Virtually everything about their presentation implies their
authority and expert knowledge in the matter without any further
justification for credibility.

2) Selectivity. They tend to pick and choose opponents carefully,
either applying the hit-and-run approach against mere commentators
supportive of opponents, or focusing heavier attacks on key
opponents who are known to directly address issues. Should a
commentator become argumentative with any success, the focus will
shift to include the commentator as well.

3) Coincidental. They tend to surface suddenly and somewhat
coincidentally with a new controversial topic with no clear prior
record of participation in general discussions in the particular
public arena involved. They likewise tend to vanish once the topic
is no longer of general concern. They were likely directed or
elected to be there for a reason, and vanish with the reason.

4) Teamwork. They tend to operate in self-congratulatory and
complementary packs or teams. Of course, this can happen naturally
in any public forum, but there will likely be an ongoing pattern of
frequent exchanges of this sort where professionals are involved.
Sometimes one of the players will infiltrate the opponent camp to
become a source for straw man or other tactics designed to dilute
opponent presentation strength.

5) Anti-conspiratorial. They almost always have disdain
for 'conspiracy theorists' and, usually, for those who in any way
believe JFK was not killed by LHO. Ask yourself why, if they hold
such disdain for conspiracy theorists, do they focus on defending a
single topic discussed in a NG focusing on conspiracies? One might
think they would either be trying to make fools of everyone on every
topic, or simply ignore the group they hold in such disdain. Or, one
might more rightly conclude they have an ulterior motive for their
actions in going out of their way to focus as they do.

6) Artificial Emotions. An odd kind of 'artificial' emotionalism and
an unusually thick skin -- an ability to persevere and persist even
in the face of overwhelming criticism and unacceptance. This likely
stems from intelligence community training that, no matter how
condemning the evidence, deny everything, and never become
emotionally involved or reactive. The net result for a disinfo
artist is that emotions can seem artificial. Most people, if
responding in anger, for instance, will express their animosity
throughout their rebuttal. But disinfo types usually have trouble
maintaining the 'image' and are hot and cold with respect to
pretended emotions and their usually more calm or unemotional
communications style. It's just a job, and they often seem unable
to 'act their role in character' as well in a communications medium
as they might be able in a real face-to-face
conversation/confrontation. You might have outright rage and
indignation one moment, ho-hum the next, and more anger later -- an
emotional yo-yo. With respect to being thick-skinned, no amount of
criticism will deter them from doing their job, and they will
generally continue their old disinfo patterns without any
adjustments to criticisms of how obvious it is that they play that
game -- where a more rational individual who truly cares what others
think might seek to improve their communications style, substance,
and so forth, or simply give up.

7) Inconsistent. There is also a tendency to make mistakes which
betray their true self/motives. This may stem from not really
knowing their topic, or it may be somewhat 'freudian', so to speak,
in that perhaps they really root for the side of truth deep within.
I have noted that often, they will simply cite contradictory
information which neutralizes itself and the author. For instance,
one such player claimed to be a Navy pilot, but blamed his poor
communicating skills (spelling, grammar, incoherent style) on having
only a grade-school education. I'm not aware of too many Navy pilots
who don't have a college degree. Another claimed no knowledge of a
particular topic/situation but later claimed first-hand knowledge of
it.

8) BONUS TRAIT: Time Constant. Recently discovered, with respect to
News Groups, is the response time factor. There are three ways this
can be seen to work, especially when the government or other
empowered player is involved in a cover up operation: 1) ANY NG
posting by a targeted proponent for truth can result in an IMMEDIATE
response. The government and other empowered players....


H. Michael Sweeney
Author, The Professional Paranoid: How to Fight Back When Followed,
Surveilled, Targeted, or Harassed by Any Agency, Group, or
Individual;
MC Realities: Understanding, Detecting, and Defeating Mind Control
and Electronic Weapons of Political Control Technology;
Fatal Rebirth; and In Mindless Times









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