From ralph.sierra@erols.com Fri Jul 6 02:32:13 2018 From: Ralph Sierra To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Pentagon Targets Blogs Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:32:13 +0000 Message-ID: <172289246093.3881296.5872660432430793257.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8253639115709369922==" --===============8253639115709369922== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In what may be the understatement of the year, the Pentagon includes the warning that their actions may "sound ominous." Not only are we paying to have favorable stories planted in foreign newspapers, but now we're employing professionals to post information to blogs. Question: Do you suppose when they blog they identify themselves as paid Pentagon informants? "Pentagon Targets Blogs "A new U.S. Central Command team, according to a news release, "contacts bloggers to inform the writers about any given topic that may have been posted on their site. . . . The team engages bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information." "While that may sound ominous, the release says the unit works with more than 250 bloggers "to try to disseminate news about the good work being done by U.S. forces in the global war on terror." This, says Army Reserve Maj. Richard Norton, has a "viral effect" that drives Web users to CentCom's Web site. The team's motto: "Engage." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/05/AR20060305011 90.html Ralph Sierra ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen(a)leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=3Dip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which h= ad a name of signature.asc] --===============8253639115709369922==--