Intelligence Ops: Inventing a Parallel Universe
‘Oxford Dictionary defines a trial balloon as “a tentative measure taken or statement made to see how a new policy will be received.”
That’s a bland description. The measures taken aren’t always tentative. In fact, some may be quite aggressive: criminal prosecutions of the innocent; drone strikes; pronouncements of fake epidemics; bills curbing freedom; wars.
In other words, all intelligence ops and important government/corporate actions always include the trial-balloon aspect.
A war going on overseas? Analysts at home are put to work assessing public reaction, levels of public resistance, and so on. Depending on their verdict, new propaganda strategies are launched to gain public support.’
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