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NYT duped by fake Flynn Twitter account

Posted: Feb 15, 2017

account that claimed to belong to Mike Flynn, the former White House national security adviser who resigned Monday amid intense scrutiny. The Times reported Tuesday night on Flynn's resignation, which came after reports that claimed the White House was made aware the Russian government may have information that could be used to blackmail him. The report included Twitter messages from an account called @GenMikeFlynn, though it was not created by the real Flynn. The Times updated its report with a correction after the mistake was noticed. "[B]ecause of an editing error, an earlier version quoted three posts from an unverified Twitter account purporting to be Mr. Flynn's, responding to the resignation," the correction said. The tweets from the fake account were related to Flynn's investigation. "While I accept full responsibility for my actions, I feel it is unfair that I have been made the sole scapegoat for what happened," one tweet said. A follow-up said, "But if a scapegoat is what's needed for this Administration to continue to take this great nation forward, I am proud to do my duty." In his resignation letter, Flynn admitted that during the White House transition period, he "inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador." It is suspected that Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia, though he had previously denied that allegation. ;

Classic disinformation. They took to the Media, made their - accusations which played over and

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over, and then it’s "ooops." Just like adds in the paper for items on sale. "Sorry, the ad in Sunday's paper..." The jury will disregard.

They use something called the Diamond Tactic. - It's designed to convince a group that they r

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a majority. Here is the strategy:

"In the 1960s, I came across a small training manual distributed by the Communist Party that showed how a small group of people – as few as four – could dominate a much larger group and sway the outcome of any action taken by that group. It was called the Diamond Technique. The principle is based on the fact that people in groups tend to be effected by mass psychology. They derive comfort and security from being aligned with the majority, especially if controversy or conflict is involved. Even if they do not like what the majority is doing, if they believe they are in the minority, they tend to remain silent and resigned to the fact that the majority should rule. This being the case, the Diamond Techniques is designed to convince the group that as few as four people represent the majority. Here is the strategy:

1. Plan ahead of time what action you want the group to take: nominate or oppose a candidate, support or oppose an issue, heckle a speaker, or whatever. Everyone on your team must know exactly what they are going to do, including contingency plans.

2. Team members should arrive at the meeting separately and never congregate together.

3. Team players should arrive early enough to take seats around the outside of the assembly area, roughly in the shape of a diamond. They must not sit together.

4. The object of the tactic is place your people around the perimeter of the audience so that, when they begin to take action, those in the center will have to do a lot of head turning to see them – to the right, then the left, then the rear of the room, then the front, etc. The more they turn their heads, the greater the illusion of being surrounded by people in agreement with each other, and the more they will be convinced that these people represent the majority opinion. I have seen this tactic used by collectivists at numerous public meetings over the years, and I have participated in it myself on several occasions when confronting collectivists in their own tightly held organizations. It works.

The only way to thwart the Diamond Tactic is to always be prepared to match it with your own team. Never take a meeting for granted, especially if something important is scheduled to transpire, such as nomination of officers. Even a simple gathering to hear an important speaker can turn into a nightmare if opponents send in hecklers. So, always plan for the worst and be prepared to spring into action with comments from the floor such as: “I want to make it clear that these people do not speak for me. I am in total opposition to what they stand for. In fact, I would like to ask them to identify themselves. Who are you? Why did you come to this meeting? What is your agenda?” If comments such as this are heard from three or four people around the outside of the room, the meeting will be very exciting, but the tactic will be defused.

Using the Delphi Technique to Achieve Consensus

How it is leading us away from representative government to an illusion of citizen participation

The Delphi Technique and consensus building are both founded in the same principle - the Hegelian dialectic of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, with synthesis becoming the new thesis. The goal is a continual evolution to “oneness of mind” (consensus means solidarity of belief) -the collective mind, the holistic society, the holistic earth, etc. In thesis and antithesis, opinions or views are presented on a subject to establish views and opposing views. In synthesis, opposites are brought together to form the new thesis. All participants in the process are then to accept ownership of the new thesis and support it, changing their views to align with the new thesis. Through a continual process of evolution, “oneness of mind” will supposedly occur. In group settings, the Delphi Technique is an unethical method of achieving consensus on controversial topics. It requires well-trained professionals, known as “facilitators” or “change agents,” who deliberately escalate tension among group members, pitting one faction against another to make a preordained viewpoint appear “sensible,” while making opposing views appear ridiculous.

In her book Educating for the New World Order, author and educator Beverly Eakman makes numerous references to the need of those in power to preserve the illusion that there is “community participation in decision-making processes, while in fact lay citizens are being squeezed out.”

The setting or type of group is immaterial for the success of the technique. The point is that, when people are in groups that tend to share a particular knowledge base, they display certain identifiable characteristics, known as group dynamics, which allows the facilitator to apply the basic strategy.

The facilitators or change agents encourage each person in a group to express concerns about the programs, projects, or policies in question. They listen attentively, elicit input from group members, form “task forces,” urge participants to make lists, and in going through these motions, learn about each member of a group. They are trained to identify the “leaders,” the “loud mouths,” the “weak or non-committal members,” and those who are apt to change sides frequently during an argument.

Suddenly, the amiable facilitators become professional agitators and “devil’s advocates.” Using the “divide and conquer” principle, they manipulate one opinion against another, making those who are out of step appear “ridiculous, unknowledgeable, inarticulate, or dogmatic.” They attempt to anger certain participants, thereby accelerating tensions. The facilitators are well trained in psychological manipulation. They are able to predict the reactions of each member in a group. Individuals in opposition to the desired policy or program will be shut out.

The Delphi Technique works. It is very effective with parents, teachers, school children, and community groups. The “targets” rarely, if ever, realize that they are being manipulated. If they do suspect what is happening, they do not know how to end the process. The facilitator seeks to polarize the group in order to become an accepted member of the group and of the process. The desired idea is then placed on the table and individual opinions are sought during discussion. Soon, associates from the divided group begin to adopt the idea as if it were their own, and they pressure the entire group to accept their proposition.

How the Delphi Technique Works

Consistent use of this technique to control public participation in our political system is causing alarm among people who cherish the form of government established by our Founding Fathers. Efforts in education and other areas have brought the emerging picture into focus.

In the not-too-distant past, the city of Spokane, in Washington state, hired a consultant to the tune of $47,000 to facilitate the direction of city government. This development brought a hue and cry from the local population. The ensuing course of action holds an eerie similarity to what is happening in education reform. A newspaper editorial described how groups of disenfranchised citizens were brought together to “discuss” what they felt needed to be changed at the local government level. A compilation of the outcomes of those “discussions” influenced the writing of the city/county charter.

That sounds innocuous. But what actually happened in Spokane is happening in communities and school districts all across the country. Let’s review the process that occurs in these meetings.

First, a facilitator is hired. While his job is supposedly neutral and non-judgmental, the opposite is actually true. The facilitator is there to direct the meeting to a preset conclusion.

The facilitator begins by working the crowd to establish a good-guy-bad-guy scenario. Anyone disagreeing with the facilitator must be made to appear as the bad guy, with the facilitator appearing as the good guy. To accomplish this, the facilitator seeks out those who disagree and makes them look foolish, inept, or aggressive, which sends a clear message to the rest of the audience that, if they don’t want the same treatment, they must keep quiet. When the opposition has been identified and alienated, the facilitator becomes the good guy - a friend - and the agenda and direction of the meeting are established without the audience ever realizing what has happened.

Next, the attendees are broken up into smaller groups of seven or eight people. Each group has its own facilitator. The group facilitators steer participants to discuss preset issues, employing the same tactics as the lead facilitator.

Participants are encouraged to put their ideas and disagreements on paper, with the results to be compiled later. Who does the compiling? If you ask participants, you typically hear: “Those running the meeting compiled the results.” Oh-h! The next question is: “How do you know that what you wrote on your sheet of paper was incorporated into the final outcome?” The typical answer is: “Well, I’ve wondered about that, because what I wrote doesn’t seem to be reflected. I guess my views were in the minority.”

That is the crux of the situation. If 50 people write down their ideas individually, to be compiled later into a final outcome, no one knows what anyone else has written. That the final outcome of such a meeting reflects anyone’s input at all is highly questionable, and the same holds true when the facilitator records the group’s comments on paper. But participants in these types of meetings usually don’t question the process.

Why hold such meetings at all if the outcomes are already established? The answer is because it is imperative for the acceptance of the School-to-Work agenda, or the environmental agenda, or whatever the agenda, that ordinary people assume ownership of the preset outcomes. If people believe an idea is theirs, they’ll support it. If they believe an idea is being forced on them, they’ll resist.

The Delphi Technique is being used very effectively to change our government from a representative form in which elected individuals represent the people, to a “participatory democracy” in which citizens selected at large are facilitated into ownership of preset outcomes. These citizens believe that their input is important to the result, whereas the reality is that the outcome was already established by people not apparent to the participants.

How to Diffuse the Delphi Technique

Three steps can diffuse the Delphi Technique as facilitators attempt to steer a meeting in a specific direction.

Always be charming, courteous, and pleasant. Smile. Moderate your voice so as not to come across as belligerent or aggressive.

Stay focused. If possible, jot down your thoughts or questions. When facilitators are asked questions they don’t want to answer, they often digress from the issue that was raised and try instead to put the questioner on the defensive. Do not fall for this tactic. Courteously bring the facilitator back to your original question. If he rephrases it so that it becomes an accusatory statement (a popular tactic), simply say, “That is not what I asked. What I asked was . . .” and repeat your question.

Be persistent. If putting you on the defensive doesn’t work, facilitators often resort to long monologues that drag on for several minutes. During that time, the group usually forgets the question that was asked, which is the intent. Let the facilitator finish. Then with polite persistence state: “But you didn’t answer my question. My question was . . .” and repeat your question. Never become angry under any circumstances. Anger directed at the facilitator will immediately make the facilitator the victim. This defeats the purpose. The goal of facilitators is to make the majority of the group members like them, and to alienate anyone who might pose a threat to the realization of their agenda. People with firm, fixed beliefs, who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in, are obvious threats. If a participant becomes a victim, the facilitator loses face and favor with the crowd. This is why crowds are broken up into groups of seven or eight, and why objections are written on paper rather than voiced aloud where they can be open to public discussion and debate. It’s called crowd control.

At a meeting, have two or three people who know the Delphi Technique dispersed through the crowd so that, when the facilitator digresses from a question, they can stand up and politely say: “But you didn’t answer that lady/gentleman’s question.” Even if the facilitator suspects certain group members are working together, he will not want to alienate the crowd by making accusations. Occasionally, it takes only one incident of this type for the crowd to figure out what’s going on.

Establish a plan of action before a meeting. Everyone on your team should know his part. Later, analyze what went right, what went wrong and why, and what needs to happen the next time. Never strategize during a meeting.

A popular tactic of facilitators, if a session is meeting with resistance, is to call a recess. During the recess, the facilitator and his spotters (people who observe the crowd during the course of a meeting) watch the crowd to see who congregates where, especially those who have offered resistance. If the resistors congregate in one place, a spotter will gravitate to that group and join in the conversation, reporting what was said to the facilitator. When the meeting resumes, the facilitator will steer clear of the resistors. Do not congregate. Instead gravitate to where the facilitators or spotters are. Stay away from your team members.

This strategy also works in a face-to-face, one-on-one meeting with anyone trained to use the Delphi Technique.

LET’S STOP BEING MANIPULATED! THE DELPHI TECHNIQUE

By: Albert V. Burns

More and more, we are seeing citizens being invited to “participate” in various forms of meetings, councils, or boards to “help determine” public policy in one field or another. They are supposedly being included to get “input” from the public to help officials make final decisions on taxes, education, community growth or whatever the particular subject matter might be. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, surface appearances are often deceiving.

You, Mr. or Mrs. Citizen, decide to take part in one of these meetings. Generally, you will find that there is already someone designated to lead or “facilitate” the meeting. Supposedly the job of the facilitator is to be a neutral, non-directing helper to see that the meeting flows smoothly. Actually, he or she is there for exactly the opposite reason: to see that the conclusions reached during the meeting are in accord with a plan already decided upon by those who called the meeting.

The process used to “facilitate” the meeting is called the Delphi Technique. This Delphi Technique was developed by the RAND Corporation for the U.S. Department of Defense back in the 1950s. It was originally intended for use as a psychological weapon during the cold war. However, it was soon recognized that the steps of Delphi could be very valuable in manipulating ANY meeting toward a pre-determined end.

How does the process take place? The techniques are well developed and well defined. First, the person who will be leading the meeting, the facilitator or Change Agent must be a likeable person with whom those participating in the meeting can agree or sympathize with. It is, therefore, the job of the facilitator to find a way to cause a split in the audience, to establish one or a few of the people as “bad guys” while the facilitator is perceived as the “good guy.” Facilitators are trained to recognize potential opponents and how to make such people appear aggressive, foolish, extremist, etc. Once this is done, the facilitator establishes himself or herself as the “friend” of the rest of the audience. The stage is now set for the rest of the agenda to take place.

At this point, the audience is generally broken up into “discussion groups” of seven or eight people each. Each of these groups is to be led by a subordinate facilitator. Within each group, discussion takes place of issues, already decided upon by the leadership of the meeting. Here, too, the facilitator manipulates the discussion in the desired direction, isolating and demeaning opposing viewpoints. Generally, participants are asked to write down their ideas and disagreements with the papers to be turned in and “compiled” for general discussion after the general meeting is re-convened.

THIS is the weak link in the chain which you are not supposed to recognize. WHO compiles the various notes into the final agenda for discussion? AHHHH! Well, it is those who are running the meeting. How do you know that the ideas on YOUR notes were included in the final result. You DON’T! You may realize that your idea was NOT included and come to the conclusion that you were probably in the minority. Recognize that every OTHER citizen member of this meeting has written his or her likes or dislikes on a similar sheet of paper and they, too, have no idea whether THEIR ideas were “compiled” into the final result! You don’t even know if ANYONE’S ideas are part of the final “conclusions” presented to the re-assembled group as the “consensus” of public opinion. Rarely, does anyone challenge the process since each concludes that he or she was in the minority and different from all the others. So, now, those who organized the meeting in the first place are able to tell the participants AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY that the conclusions, reached at the meeting, are the result of public participation. Actually, the desired conclusions had been established, in the back room, long before the meeting ever took place. There are variations in the technique to fit special situations but, in general, the procedure outlined above takes place.

The natural question to ask here is: If the outcome was preordained BEFORE the meeting took place, WHY have the meeting? Herein lies the genius of this Delphi Technique. It is imperative that the general public believe that this program is THEIRS! They thought it up! They took part in its development! Their input was recognized! If people believe that the program is theirs, they will support it. If they get the slightest hint that the program is being imposed upon them, they will resist.

This VERY effective technique is being used, over and over and over, to change our form of government from the representative republic, intended by the Founding Fathers, into a “participatory democracy.” Now, citizens chosen at large, are manipulated into accepting preset outcomes while they believe that the input they provided produced the outcomes which are now THEIRS! The reality is that the final outcome was already determined long before any public meetings took place, determined by individuals unknown to the public. Can you say “Conspiracy?”

These “Change Agents” or “Facilitators” CAN be beaten! They may be beaten using their own methods against them. Because it is SO important, I will repeat the suggestions I gave in the last previous column.

ONE: Never, NEVER lose your temper! Lose your temper and lose the battle, it is that simple! Smile, if it kills you to do so. Be courteous at all times. Speak in a normal tone of voice.

TWO: Stay focused! Always write your question or statement down in advance to help you remember the exact manner in which your question or statement was made. These agents are trained to twist things to make anyone not acceding to THEIR agenda look silly or aggressive. Smile, wait till the change agent gets done speaking and then bring them back to your question. If they distort what you said, simply remind those in the group that what he or she is saying is NOT what you asked or said and then repeat, verbatim, from your notes the original objection.

THREE: Be persistent! Wait through any harangues and then repeat the original question. (Go back and re-read the previous column.)

FOUR: (I wish to thank a reader of the previous column for some EXCELLENT suggestions.) DON’T go alone! Get as many friends or relatives who think as you do, to go along with you to the meeting. Have each person “armed” with questions or statements which all generally support your central viewpoint. DON’T sit together as a group! Spread out through the audience so that your group does not seem to be a group.

When the facilitator or change agent avoids answering YOUR question and insists that he must move on so everyone may have a chance to speak, your own agents in the audience can then ask questions, worded differently, but still with the same meaning as yours. They can bring the discussion back to your original point. They could even point out, in a friendly manner, that the agent did NOT really answer your question. The more the agent avoids your question, and the more your friends bring that to the attention of the group, the more the audience will shift in your favor.

To quote my informant: “Turn the technique back on them and isolate the change agent as the kook. I’ve done it and seen steam come out of the ears of those power brokers in the wings who are trying to shove something down the citizen’s throats. And it’s so much fun to watch the moderator squirm and lose his cool, all while trying to keep a smile on his face.”

Now that you understand how meetings are manipulated, you yourself can not be manipulated.

The left also invents new "rights"that arent in the - constitution. Sadly, many

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forget, reject, or never learned about the purpose of the Constitution so they resort to an eisegetical biased approach to interpreting it.

Winning a propaganda war is only effective if it is recognized - as such. Many of us recognize it, but

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low information types don't. It’s for the masses, not you or me.

They have cried wolf so often and so loudly we could now all be eaten by wolves and people still would not believe there were any.

The fact that the phone conversation was illegally recorded (probably - by holdover member of the US

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intelligence community) and then illegally leaked to the press is the real issue here.

These guys have been leaking Trump's private calls to foreign leaders as well. Trump knows it and I hope he will find them and send them to jail...

Seriously, drain the swamp really does mean something. If you can trust people in your own administration...

What's happening to this country now with all the leaks in the - White House, the media like sharks

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that smell blood, the organized riot groups paid that are already bought and paid for and organized at any given moment, etc. is similar to the body and how white blood cells attack invaders in response to any danger they might bring to our bodies. It's like AIDS. Eventually the white blood cells (our Constitution, what used to together) are being destroyed and the whole body is destroyed.

This is being done on purpose.

Leaks will be coming from Obama loyalists. - They want to undermine Trump

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as much as they can.

“This is the stuff police states do. They work to destroy the reputations of good people using information that is classified and private against individual citizens, and it should frighten anybody.” Laura Ingraham.

They need to be prosecuted. We have more enemies - domestic now than foreign.

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and it's all political based on hating Trump.

How come story about the three Muslims working for dozens of - Democrats and hacking into intelligence

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computers is not been reported anywhere on cable? They were the ones who hacked Wasserman Schultz computer.

There are no Obama loyalists around Trump - Resist

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These are his own people springing the leaks.

Resist - mt

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That makes no sense at all, just like most of your posts.

Meant to 'like' your comment, not dislike... - aint that the truth

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n/t

Democrats right on cue will oppose anything or anyone - Trump does/nominates. It's predictable.

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Because - Indivisible

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so many of them are unfit, incompetent, inexperienced and, in the case of Flynn, have engaged in criminal actions. And by the way, did you forget that Mitch McConnell's grand plan was to make Obama a one-term president by opposing everyone and everything? Merrick Garland is a well-respected judge (by both sides) and they wouldn't even give him a hearing.

That's true - anonon

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and they can't stop squawking about the Democrats slowing the process on the cabinet appointees even though many of them left out important info on their paperwork. Fire all of them (both sides) and start over with rational people please!

Talk about a swamp - Indivisible

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I hope at least Puzder gets shot down. And then there is Ben Carson who has absolutely no experience running a large government agency. Can't wait to see what he does.

Democrats right on cue.... - NOMAN

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This is exactly what the Republicans did to Obama for 8 years, up to and including refusing for a year to consider a supreme court candidate.

Don't let the MSM distract from what's happening. The real issues are - possible illegal wiretapping, leaking

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classified information, publishing classified information.

I'm glad Trump fired Flynn.

The forces that Obama allowed to take over this country the last 8 years are very dark and powerful and they are thick in the walls of Washington and the Whitehouse. And yes, Bush and many of the Republicans are equally culpable in the rise of these forces either through ignorance or their own lust for power.

I do not think any one man is strong enough to overcome these forces alone. But who can Trump trust? I don’t know. What can we do to help? Try to give him reliable honest people in Congress and let him know he has our support to plow ahead regardless of how daunting things appear.

The authoritarian elites believe that they are entitled to their power, constitution be damned, and they are in the process of ripping apart the very fabric of this country to make sure we are feeling that right now. “How dare we reject them”

This is really a great post! nm - mt

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Trump is using that to - distract

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from the investigation into his administration.

This is not America anymore. It's a Soviet State style of - spying and subterfuge.

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Yes. nm - mt

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The real reason the Democrats hate Fynn is they were afraid he - would spill the beans on the Iran deal.

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He had been a huge thorn in the Dems side over thee secret Iran side deals, and that there will be the payback to those who got Flynn out - his replacement will expose the whole deal, secrets and all - then the public will turn against them and the deal itself. In a perfect world, even Obama himself but the media will make sure that doesn't happen.

The free press has become so corrupt. - "If you happen to watch CNN, you'll

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know that the network has become a front for the Clinton Campaign and a bastion for spreading liberal nonsense. Now, a report by one of its own journalists has found that CNN has also taken bribes from foreign countries.

The CNN reporter who blew the lid on this issue was none other than Amber Lyon, formerly employed by CNN and an "award winning reporter." Yesterday, Lyon “blew the cover” on the network’s suspicious business practices.

Lyon claims that CNN "is paid by the U.S. government for reporting on some events, and not reporting on others." Lyon also told us that the network is a tool for the Obama Administration to manipulate the information the American Public gets to see.

Lyon claims that Obama has been controlling what we know through CNN, her former employer.

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Lyon's findings suggesting that the network acted as an information filter for the Obama Whitehouse has confirmed the suspicions of many that government corruption reaches far into supposedly non government sectors of America.

A few years ago, Lyon was interviewed by Joe Rogan, and revealed some very shocking testimony concerning her reporting of the 2011 Arab Spring Protests in Bahrain.

Lyons being interviewed by Joe Rogan about her experience reporting the 2011 Arab Spring in Bahrain

During Lyon's interview with Joe Rogan, she explained that she and another female colleague were part of a 4 person team sent by CNN to Bahrain in 2011. Arriving in Bahrain, Lyon noticed something very odd- the United States government had been supplying over $1 billion worth in weaponry- including tear gas- to the oppressive Bahraini regime looking to suppress popular protests in the country.

Lyon was threatened by United States government personnel while staying on a U.S. Navy base in Bahrain. She was told not to report the incident, or face grave consequences.

Instead, CNN told her to be quiet and not report the Bahraini government's suppression of peaceful protests, but was forced to report complete lies.

The Guardian confirms much of Lyon's testimony, and tells us that the CNN journalists themselves were victims of oppression from the Bahraini authorities:

"The CNN crew itself was violently detained by regime agents. As they described it after returning to the US, "20 heavily-armed men", whose faces were "covered with black ski masks", "jumped from military vehicles", and then "pointed machine guns at" the journalists, forcing them to the ground. The regime's security forces seized their cameras and deleted their photos and video footage, and then detained and interrogated them for the next six hours."

Right now, Amber Lyon is trying to get the word out that the Obama Administration and CNN have worked together to support a brutal, repressive regime and silence journalists who are only doing their jobs to report the truth.

Please share this article so that we can raise awareness for the injustices suffered by Amber Lyon, and for the outright corruption in the mainstream media.

Lyon came clean though. The Left intimidates and - threatens their own, so I'd say

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she deserves some praise for shining some light on these fascists (accurate description) at CNN.

Where's your proof of this? - truthplease

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Your word means nothing. Let's have proof like an article or interview, etc.

House Intelligence committee chair said leakers of Flynn belong in jail. - One sane person is a start.

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That’s nine leakers that all belong in jail,” Nunes said. “Those nine people broke the law, clearly, by leaking classified information to anybody.”

Nunes said he also wanted to know how U.S. intelligence agencies were wiretapping Flynn’s calls, which he said may also have been illegal.

The chairman said there are only two ways that intelligence agencies can listen in on an American’s phone call — after obtaining a warrant, or inadvertently, such as in the case of Flynn speaking with a foreign official being spied on, which the report suggests was the case.

Nunes said “it’s pretty clear” that there was no warrant.

“It’s pretty clear that’s not the case,” he said. “I’m pretty sure the FBI didn’t have a warrant on Michael Flynn … To listen to an American’s phone call you would have to go to a court, there’d be all that paperwork there. So I’m guessing that doesn’t exist.”

What did Obama know and when did he know it? - They ares so desperate to get at

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Trump they lose all rationality.

Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates … or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes … any classified information … obtained by the processes of communication intelligence from the communications of any foreign government … shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

I believe they can do whatever they want. - mt

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Same is true in the UK, I believe, because Princess Diana felt that she was under surveillance, like someone was watching and listening to her in her home. Also, she predicted her death by auto accident about 10 months before it happened (read the butler's book).

They can make regular people in the US extrajudicial and under surveillance for life.

This stuff is going on in all NATO countries.

Difference - Jesus

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"The Times updated its report with a correction after the mistake was noticed."

And here is the difference between legitimate media, and all the fake conservative 'news' sites that so many Trump fans accept as gospel. When legit sites get it wrong, they acknowledge it.

I monitored a number of the conservative 'news' sites during the election, and the sheer quantity of outright and obvious lies was stunning. And their intended audience lapped it up like manna. And when their stories turned out to be false they just ignored it, didn't bother with anything as honest as a retraction, and churned out more nonsense for the hordes.

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Dec 07, 2016
Somebody needs to put a muzzle on his fingers. ...

Jan 09, 2010
Face it, honey. Prince Charming isn't coming. He's living with Mr. Right and one more: This is your life and you have absolutely no idea what you are doing, do you? ...

Apr 14, 2012
Wow, keeping it classy, I see. I hope they fix this soon. Kind of embarassing, don't you think? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/14/obama-twitter-account-caught-following-celebrity-sideboob The verified Twitter account of President Barack Obama has been found to be a follower of the Twitter account @sidebooborg, representing a blog which collects and posts pictures of celebrities whose unadorned breasts are visible in profile. According to the individual who ru ...

Jun 15, 2016
The world is fighting Islamic terrorism, starvation, and disease, but democrats are fighting for men to pee in the ladies' room. #insanity. ...

Sep 01, 2012
Eastwood sparked a parody Twitter account, @invisibleObama, which drew thousands of followers immediately after the incident -- but now it seems to have disappeared. Obama didn't like it - wiped it clean. Thin skinned narcissist that he is. ...

Jan 29, 2017
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tweeted an anti-American, anti-Trump message in support of criminal illegal alien "dreamers." It is inappropriate for a CEO of a consumer service to make such a political statement. I am cancelling my Netflix account (don't ever watch it anyway) and encourage my fellow Trump supporters to do the same (and spread this far and wide!). The Tweet that will cost this company a LOT of customers: Reed Hastings 9 hours ago Trump's actions a ...

Sep 06, 2014
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/workers-who-were-witnesses-provide-new-perspective-on-michael-brown/article_14a3e5f8-6c6a-5deb-92fe-87fcee622c29.html ...

Jan 07, 2015
I'm thinking of deleting my account. This isn't due to any kind of drama or anything like that. I only use my facebook to communicate with family and a few friends in other states and to share pictures and updates about our kids and family. I'm sure part of me will miss that, but I am considering deleting it. I often go to it expecting to spend 10 minutes at most, and an hour goes by. Any advice? Thanks in advance! :) ...

Feb 11, 2011
think this is a lot or not much? DS lived at home 6 months of last year, after that just DH and I. About 12K is what was spent on the misc. stuff. ...

Aug 24, 2012
Fake, fake, fake, fake, fake - Elaine ...

Jan 01, 2014
According to Ari Fleischer, Twitter lets President Obama use more than 140 characters in his tweets. Count'em and weep. ...

Apr 10, 2015
Just a poster... ...

Jan 18, 2012
Here's why. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsopastrike.com%2F&h=xAQGcCNRsAQF5vVDEsxhBmGs4a-y67wHbPLCxWLZpzkhrgQ ...

Sep 27, 2016
sad ...

Jun 10, 2010
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/10/mccain-snooki-talk-tanning-on-twitter/?fbid=-_7xPr5vs0l Why, oh, why, is TV getting so desperate that it will air a show giving this brainless tramp a forum to highlight such ignorance? She is such a waste of grossly tanned skin. And why, oh, why, would John McCain even take the time to respond to such a nitwit? ...

Aug 22, 2016
between a private e-mail account (protected against hacking) and a private email SERVER which had absolutely no protection from hacking. I can't believe these are reports for CNN and other top news sources that keep saying that Colin Powell had a personal e-mail account while he was Secretary of State.. yes he did - but he didn't keep his own server in the basement of his house to use for ALL his e-mail.......theres a difference ...

Nov 26, 2012
Below is an "AP" article discussing the death of a 16-year-old at the Mexican border previously discussed in posts below. The incident actually occurred on October 10, 2012. I also agree it is horrific that a 16-year-old lost his life under any circumstances. Unfortunately, if you read the article, the incident was not iniated because of rock throwing, but rather because a truck load of narcotics was abandoned by two individuals and the individuals were running back to Mexico.&n ...

Oct 22, 2014
Maybe more facts and truth will calm things down for good. ...

Dec 03, 2014
Well, well, well! ...

Dec 05, 2016
Things are looking up. Maybe the Nuance California lay-offs will have a chance again. ...

Mar 03, 2017
"Vice President Mike Pence used a private e-mail account that was later compromised while he served as governor of Indiania, his office confirmed Thursday." From a news brief in today's Denver Post. Please do not say there are no national security issues involved because terrorism exists in the states as well. "The paper reported that Pence used the account to conduct government business including corresponding about potentially sensitive issues....." (Indianapolis Star) ...