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Glad this is getting some sunshine, but its been an operating assumption for years - the most dangerous "Advanced Persistent Manipulators" (APM) in the future will be in the private sector "Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups" nyti.ms/39zJeAn
Trolling-as-a-service is boom business, and those outfits with on the ground spies and online trolls will be highly coveted & influential, oligarchs, politicians & those that act as both love these services - see here @thedailybeast thedailybeast.com/how-every-camp…
See here how former spies & troll farms come together to empower the wealthy - Objectives = all, Methods = more sophisticated on the ground operations, more resources @SecureDemocracy "Advanced Persistent Manipulators" securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/advanced-persi…
Couple years back, I wrote this as fictional conclusion to my book #MessingWithTheEnemy - it's no longer fiction, its reality. See how spies & trolls work together to dupe and intimidate citizens (voters), corporations & candidates. medium.com/@Cwot/how-to-w…
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“Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say” = yes, a constant current Kremlin influence since at least 2014. Hidden success Kremlin influence is infiltration & manipulation white nationalists from Moscow to N. America nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/…
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Security line at Boston Logan Airport, about 830 am on a Friday - I’ve never seen anything like it. #coronavirus
No one at all in front of me at what is usually one of the busiest lines in any airport. Few people on the other side. Probably the most low stress TSA shift ever.
On Wednesday night I flew out of Newark EWR. The fewest number of people id ever seen at that airport during rush hour since first flying through there in 1991. But there were significantly more travelers on Weds as compared to today.
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I’m pleased that the US government is responding on Coronavirus, I don’t think President Trump is the person that inspires confidence in the response, this could have been a more trusted government official
An actual doctor from CDC perhaps, would help, this talk about the election, politics has the opposite effect.
Putting VP Pence in charge of this Coronavirus response is bizarre. Literally “thoughts & prayers” could be the strategy based on that pick. America has great talent. What is happening? I don’t care who the administration is, we have the best people/processes, let’s do this right
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