A week-end nugget to ponder: Kremlin and US media.

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1. So, we get active measures by now, right? We get how good Russia is...
2. at infiltrating social media platforms with their tactics and message. We get the idea of Kremlin spies - that their goal is...
3. to infiltrate USIC, LE, industry sectors. We get all that right? It& #39;s confirmed by history, by recent efforts, by reality.
4. The Kremlin sends assets into our institutions to infiltrate them for two reasons: to gather intel &/or to spread their own message.
5. Even better method? TURN an asset already within the institution.

We get this, right? There is no DISPUTE over this tactic, whatsoever.
6. So, I ask: Do you really believe that U.S. journalism is not a Kremlin target?

Think about it.
7. If you were Putin (or any of his predecessors), wouldn& #39;t U.S. journalism/ media be a prime target for infiltration? To both thwart...
8. investigation of your own dealings &/or influence your enemy& #39;s population to be sympathetic - if not outright helpful to your intentions?
9. This is the whole point of active measures.

Next question in line: If you& #39;re Putin, which reporting sources would U target first...
10. ... & foremost? Would it be bottom of the barrel Brietbart & Enquirer? Sure. Why not. But you would also go after the crown jewels, no?
11. You& #39;d seek 2 influence the REAL sources of investigative journalism. Get your "guys" in there...
12. Get your message to come from the most respected voices in MSM.
Have top-level insiders feed U info on stories being pursued...
13. Influence. Thwart. Redirect.
Influence. Thwart. Redirect.
That& #39;s the goal, if you& #39;re Putin.
14. So, every time you watch a little CNN, or read a little NYTimes, I want you to think of that.
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CODA (& #39;cuz you knew it was coming& #39;)

15. What& #39;s the most sophistication tactic within active measures? To hit your own asset...
16. ...as if they& #39;re your enemy.

Who does Trump target hardest? Fake News CNN & Failing NYTimes get the tweets, memes, & sound bites...
17. But every time I turn them on/open their pages, I get plenty of Trumpian apologists.

Active Measures is an art form, & Putin is Picasso
(That& #39;s supposed to be "sophisticated" in thread above. Damn you auto-spell!)
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