Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Lies, Damn Lies and Chinese Economic Data
August 16th, 2013Via: CNBC: China may be exaggerating the size of its economy to the tune of $1 trillion by releasing “willfully fraudulent” inflation and GDP [gross domestic product] data, according to a study out this week. Numbers from the world’s second largest economy are treated with skepticism by some economists, but this latest report has attempted […]
Democracy Now On Amazon and Jeff Bezos
August 14th, 2013Disclosure: I have an affiliate relationship with Amazon. The Democracy Now discussion below contains some legitimate gripes about Amazon, which I’ve covered on here in the past. The most disturbing thing about Amazon (to me) is their work with CIA to build the agency’s new cloud computing infrastructure (news circa March 2013). That’s bad. But […]
Obama’s NSA “Reform” Panel Will Report to James Lied-To-Congress Clapper
August 13th, 2013Via: Ars Technica: President Obama held a news conference on Friday at which he promised reform—but groups who wanted to see real reform in the surveillance area were understandably skeptical. Obama made promises that he would “work with Congress” to produce better oversight, but he treated the recent leaks about NSA spying as more of […]
New Company Allows Organizations To Hire Fake Protesters
August 11th, 2013Via: Ben Swann: So, no one supports your cause? No problem. You can hire supporters- even protesters. A company started last October by 22-year-old Adam Swart provides just this service. In a telephone interview I spoke with Swart about his new found success. “I came up with the idea on a visit to Estonia,” says […]
Biotech Industry PSYOP Against Public Demands for GMO Labeling
August 7th, 2013Via: Alternet: Monsanto and Big Food are taking the battle for consumers’ hearts and minds to the next level. And it’s no coincidence that they’re pulling out the big guns just as the Washington State I-522 campaign to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products is gaining steam. Can industry front groups and slick […]
Children Given Lifetime Gag Order In Pennsylvania Fracking Suit Settlement
August 7th, 2013Via: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The non-disclosure agreement prohibiting Chris and Stephanie Hallowich from talking about the 2011 settlement of their high-profile Marcellus Shale damage case in Washington County, or saying anything about gas drilling and fracking, isn’t unusual. It happens often in settling such cases. But the insistence that their two minor children, then ages 7 […]
German Activists Claim They Were Targeted Because of Work Against Monsanto
July 31st, 2013I posted this a couple of weeks ago on cryptogon.net, but I didn’t post it here because I was waiting to find a better English translation from the original German language piece that appeared in Süddeutsche Zeitung. There are many Germans reading Cryptogon, so I’m sure I’ll hear from someone if there are any substantial […]
The Great Chinese British Firewall: Censorship Extends Beyond Pornography
July 28th, 2013If this was forced on me, here’s what I’d do (short of leaving the country): Manually whitelist a VPN provider in a more free country and then run everything through that connection. I’m sure I’ll hear pretty quickly if cryptogon.com is blocked by default once this thing is up. Via: IBT: U.K. Prime Minister David […]
Extremely Compartmentalized Information?
July 24th, 2013Update: 12 October 2014: “Exceptionally Compartmented Information,” or ECI Via: The Intercept: The National Security Agency has had agents in China, Germany, and South Korea working on programs that use “physical subversion” to infiltrate and compromise networks and devices, according to documents obtained by The Intercept. The documents, leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, also […]
Leaked Report Shows High Civilian Death Toll from CIA Drone Strikes
July 23rd, 2013This only covers the period from 2006 to 2009. Via: Salon: A secret document obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties. The United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of non-combatants have […]
