http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-24/obama-signs-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act-law
Fight propaganda with propaganda!
Contrast the general Google search results of the opening link with this Google search of "News" on the same thing: No results, anytime, as of Christmas morning.......Totally successful sneak attack? MSM does not even know ( or LIHOP)!
Maybe only Sunday December 7 was a better day to sneak anything in without notice.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/10/text "To provide for the consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities." My comment: Exactly where related matters should be discussed!
http://nypost.com/2016/12/08/congress-rotten-idea-for-fighting-anti-semitism/
"Last week, (1 Dec. 2016) the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016, a k a S. 10, was introduced in the Senate, read three times, and approved by unanimous consent without debate or amendment — all on one day. That sort of bipartisan consensus, which suggests a bill is so obviously unobjectionable that no discussion is necessary, usually means trouble, and this case is no exception."
S. 10 goes next to the House of Representatives. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s10 Keeping an eye on this one "Sneaking In".
Another well timed Christmas sneak attack: The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and established the Federal ... Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913.
Nafta was signed into law 8 December 1993 and went into effect 1 January 1994.
Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act was signed into law 12 November 1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countering_Foreign_Propaganda_and_Disinformation_Act
"In the version of the bill incorporated into the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, the U.S. Congress would ask the United States Secretary of State to collaborate with the United States Secretary of Defense and other relevant Federal agencies to create a Global Engagement Center to monitor information warfare from foreign governments, and publicize the nature of ongoing foreign propaganda and disinformation operations against the U.S. and other countries.[10] The bill said this inter-agency effort should: "counter foreign propaganda and disinformation directed against United States national security interests and proactively advance fact-based narratives that support United States allies and interests."[7]"
Ministry of Truth!
SEC. 3. CENTER FOR INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE.
.....functions....
"(4) Identifying current and emerging trends in foreign propaganda and disinformation, including the use of print, broadcast, online and social media, support for third-party outlets such as think tanks, political parties, and nongovernmental organizations, and the use of covert or clandestine special operators and agents to influence targeted populations and governments in order to coordinate and shape the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures to expose and refute foreign misinformation and disinformation and proactively promote fact-based narratives and policies to audiences outside the United States."
Beware of long, run on and on sentences. More words in a single sentence structure equals greater potential for ambiguity? Shorter relational sentences create a structured higher order paragraph thought as a sum of its component sentences? Society of English Majors help, please!
Is this the government version of News Hounds?
Note that this bill originated in March, 2016. How prescient? Representatives have a crystal ball?
Stand Off Capability is military doctrine for traditional physical weapon warfare strategy. Both defensive and offensive. In the Information Age it applies equally to the new electronic and now social media based weapons of warfare. Early time line detection in the real time Information Environment is vital to counter opposing force Information Warfare. Early detection has a new meaning that goes beyond real time to future time. Call it something like "Future Crime Detection" to counter with "PreCrime: actions with RealTimeNow offensive actions. By definition there is no defensive action that can be taken when "PreCrime" future events are detected? Except for passive actions to strengthen Crypto Security? (CryptoSecurity which is a ChildObject of NationalSecurity).
Is PreEmptiveUnilateral Offense (UnilateralOffense) using Information Age Propaganda (Truth?) countermeasures against detected FuturePropaganda therefore to become First Strike (FirstStrike) warfare policy? The new "Stand Off" capability actively employed now to counteract any foreseen is forewarned Enemy Propaganda before it can be launched.
Wow! This moves Warfare into an entirely new Battle Space Domination (BattleSpace:Domination) beyond Space to the domain of Time! This kind of thing used to be Science Fiction.
A whole new dimension for Warfare. The old Military/CommercialIndustrial Complex becomes the Military/Commercial/Information Complex into which to dump money for private special interest gain at public expense.
functions continued......
(5) Facilitating the use of a wide range of technologies and techniques by sharing expertise among agencies, seeking expertise from external sources, and implementing best practices.
Kaching! Kaching! A Public/Private consortium. Public pays. Private part of the complex gets rich! How is the contractual performance of the Free Private Enterprise partner to be monitored for quality assurance delivery? Measured on terms of Truth or Success in countering Targeted Propaganda with well crafted Social Media?
(6) Identifying gaps in United States capabilities in areas relevant to the Center’s mission and recommending necessary enhancements or changes.
Share the wealth of funding by identifying other government agencies and programs to join in the effort and spread more money to the Private Enterprise contractual partners of choice?
(d) Staff.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman may, with the consent of the Secretary and without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate a Director and such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Center to carry out its functions. The employment of the Director shall be subject to confirmation by the Steering Committee.
A new Government/MainStreamMedia revolving door opens? Every big lash up of big business and government needs a revolving door!
(4) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—The Chairman may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title.
Paid consultants? Paid in house lobbyists?
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 $20,000,000 to support the Center and provide grants or contracts of financial support to civil society groups, journalists, nongovernmental organizations, federally funded research and development centers, private companies, or academic institutions for the following purposes:
(A) To support local independent media who are best placed to refute foreign disinformation and manipulation in their own communities.
"Support local independent media" Contracted with procurement money? Selection based on lowest bidder? Ha! Covert contracted support?
SEC. 4. INCLUSION IN DEPARTMENT OF STATE EDUCATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM COUNTRIES AND POPULATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FOREIGN MANIPULATION.
When selecting participants for United States educational and cultural exchange programs, the Secretary of State shall give special consideration to students and community leaders from populations and countries the Secretary deems vulnerable to foreign propaganda and disinformation campaigns.
Very selective selecting! Insertion of government chosen agents (students community leaders) from within populations and countries chosen by the Secretary in educational and cultural exchange programs....(ambiguity here)...to come to the USA to participate in exchange programs here in exchange for sending US citizens (students, community leaders) to the foreign countries?
Does the Secretary of State also "select" appropriate approved US citizen "agents" on a preferred criteria basis to be exchanged to the foreign country?
Load the Information Warfare dice? That is of course consistent US Policy in the use of NGO's. It is also along the lines of official military units to "shape" the social environment of the battle space.
(1) COORDINATOR.—The Secretary of State shall appoint a full-time Coordinator to lead the Center.
The Secretary of State is a full participant in the Battle Space. War is diplomacy by another means and vice versa. SecState runs this and has a greater role in getting us into War rather than avoiding it or extracting us from it. War is good for SecState business and business associates.
And.....who is Trumps selected Secretary of State?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/world/europe/russia-rex-tillerson-donald-trump-secretary-of-state.html?_r=0
SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF CENTER AND STEERING COMMITTEE.
The Center for Information Analysis and Response and the Steering Committee shall terminate ten years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Looks like government management of the Truth to me.
What foreign government is the greatest producer of propaganda?
Looks like Israel to me. Israel should be the main focus of the Truth to counter propaganda dangerous to our national security.
Ooops! They get a pass on propaganda. Israel is an ally? With friends like this.....
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