"Well know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)"
Disinformation is false or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive people, or to secure economic or political gain and which may cause public harm. Disinformation is an orchestrated adversarial activity in which actors employ strategic deceptions and media manipulation tactics to advance political, military, or commercial goals. Disinformation is implemented through coordinated campa
"One lesson of the 2001 Tiananmen incident is that disinformation works if it is not quickly and comprehensively rebutted. It can instill fear and hatred in well‑intentioned people who believe what they see and who lack the tools to distinguish malevolent propaganda from reality. The CCP and other tyrannical governments will continue to use such tactics to sow discord and chaos in the free world if we allow them to do so."
Disinformation"The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences. They want to rub shoulders with the Secretary of State, all that kind of business. To do that, youve got to play the game, and playing the game means telling their lies, serving as their disinformation apparatus."
Disinformation