Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog [7],
“It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion.”
“We shall go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time, or as the greatest criminals”
- Joseph Goebbels, Head of Hitler’s Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Only under the Obama Presidency, in which every appointment, minor or major, is handed only to the most corrupt, devious crony to be found, can a man like Cass Sunstein be appointed to serve on the NSA oversight panel. Cass is a noted propagandist, who has advocated that government agents should infiltrate groups and discussions that push “conspiracy theories” (read my article on how to know if you are a conspiracy theorist [8]) in order to delegitimize them. But don’t take my word for it. The Washington Post wrote the following [9] a couple of days ago:
The Obama administration is reportedly proposing Cass Sunstein as a member of a panel to review the surveillance practices of the National Security Agency (NSA), among other former White House and intelligence staffers [10]. Sunstein was the head of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs until last year, when he returned to teaching at Harvard Law School.
While at Harvard in 2008, Sunstein co-authored a working paper [11] that suggests government agents or their allies “cognitively infiltrate” conspiracy theorist groups by joining ”chat rooms, online social networks or even real-space groups” and influencing the conversation.
The paper also suggests that the government “formally hire credible private parties to engage in counterspeech.” That sounds an awful lot like the 50 Cent Party of online commentators [12] who are paid per comment by the Chinese communist party to sway public opinion.
This is a great time to watch one of my favorite We are Change [13] videos. The one where Luke Rudkowski corners Sunstein and he tried to squirm away. Enjoy!
What a guy. Just make Summers head of the Federal Reserve and get it over with already.