Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
France Moves to Increase Internet Controls, Censorship of Websites
February 17th, 2010Via: Register: France yesterday put in its bid for an unlikely prize, becoming the first western country to make to make even Australia look liberal when it comes to state powers of internet censorship. In the teeth of fierce opposition both inside and outside parliament, the National Assembly approved, by 312 votes to 214 against, […]
Australian Government Asks Google to Censor YouTube
February 17th, 2010Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Google says it will not “voluntarily” comply with the government’s request that it censor YouTube videos in accordance with broad “refused classification” (RC) content rules. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy referred to Google’s censorship on behalf of the Chinese and Thai governments in making his case for the company to impose censorship […]
Spanish Intelligence Probing Debt “Attacks”
February 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: Spain’s intelligence services are investigating the role of investors and media in debt market turbulence over the last few weeks, El Pais reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed sources, El Pais said the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) was looking into “speculative attacks” on Spain following the Greek debt crisis. “The (CNI’s) Economic Intelligence division…is […]
Japanese Food Additive Conglomerate Rebrands Aspartame (Nutrasweet) as AminoSweet
February 14th, 2010Via: NaturalNews: In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world’s most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin marketing it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of Ajinomoto, maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over […]
Anonymous Takes Down Australian Parliament and Other Government Websites with Distributed Denial of Service Attack
February 10th, 2010Via: AFP: A shadowy group of cyber-activists blocked key Australian government websites on Wednesday to protest against controversial plans to filter the Internet. The main government website, www.australia.gov.au, and parliament’s www.aph.gov.au were both affected along with the sites for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. Web activists had earlier warned the sites […]
Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism: Criticism of Obama Regime Serves “The Goals of Al-Qaeda”
February 9th, 2010U.S. Intelligence Cleared to Assassinate Americans Without Trial Via: ABC News: In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan — Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism — responds to critics of the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies by saying “Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the […]
What Would Be The Odds?
February 9th, 2010I happen to know the name of the person mentioned in the story below. However, a New Zealand blogger is currently facing charges for releasing the name, so I will not publish it here. If you’re reading Cryptogon, you’re more cunning than most, so I’m confident that, if you want to know the name, you […]
Lies, Damn Lies, and Avatar Box Office “Records”
February 9th, 2010Via: Los Angeles Times: Everyone in the world in the past couple of days has been writing about how “Avatar” has now surpassed “Titanic” to become the highest-grossing film of all time. But most of the stories have left out the tricky part: You can only make the claim for “Avatar” being the all-time box […]
Geithner Says U.S. Will ‘Never’ Lose AAA Debt Rating
February 8th, 2010Well, there you have it! HA Via: Bloomberg: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the U.S. is in no danger of losing its Aaa debt rating even though the Obama administration has predicted a $1.6 trillion budget deficit in 2010. “Absolutely not,” Geithner said, when asked in an ABC News interview broadcast yesterday whether a […]
Pentagon Report Calls for Office of ‘Strategic Deception’
January 28th, 2010Via: Wired: The Defense Department needs to get better at lying and fooling people about its intentions. That’s the conclusion from an influential Pentagon panel, the Defense Science Board (DSB), which recommends that the military and intelligence communities join in a new agency devoted to “strategic surprise/deception.” Tricking battlefield opponents has been a part of […]
