tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18418196708227164342024-03-12T22:31:41.163-07:00PSYOP Regimental BlogAuthoritative source of information on Psychological Operations (PSYOP) or as it is now called Military Information Support Operations (MISO). Written by a retired senior Army Officer and former Honorary Colonel of the PSYOP Regiment.Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.comBlogger604125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-63682767503162088892023-12-04T17:37:00.000-08:002023-12-04T17:37:08.962-08:00POVA LEAFLET DROP - September 2023 <p> <b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 138.80196380615234pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 184px; overflow: hidden; width: 205px;"><img height="184" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/z0OjhrjnebBXXj8vgiAl65ZEeiRRgviPNGZAHTg22ixkkawCZJIDnnAbY_yeWooy9p4t4F-hnPS20bhK5-n6r6wu7R_g7Fgtb130KG3gxfrgS3GBNb-bt2BvZihCyI90wHwtitxmCF90DkK-dcxwIBc" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="205" /></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.6617050170898438pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POVA LEAFLET DROP - September 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 135.71977996826172pt; margin-top: 35.591064453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495002746582031; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7398147583007812pt; margin-right: 21.096588134765625pt; margin-top: 15.61676025390625pt; text-indent: 0.43021392822265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and welcome to the expanded September Leaflet Drop. In addition to the PSYOP News, this edition features two interesting articles from our members and an announcement about the upcoming PSYOP Ball in Fayetteville on 18 November. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-right: 24.04522705078125pt; margin-top: 15.109771728515625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1597900390625pt; text-indent: -0.1597900390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This month’s PSYOP news features articles about disinformation, deepfakes and the unfortunate demise of the creator of PowerPoint. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494999885559082; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1085739135742188pt; margin-right: 29.343170166015625pt; margin-top: 15.109771728515625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.22125244140625pt; text-indent: -0.22125244140625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our website update is in its final stages. Thanks to those of you who sent in photos and suggestions. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your Board of Directors held our monthly meeting on 20 September. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 52.845184326171875pt; margin-top: 15.616790771484375pt; text-indent: 0.9095993041992188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mike Rogers, Hammond Salley, Dan Wood and I were present for duty. Anyone who would like a copy of the minutes can email me at: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will send a copy. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495014190673828; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8996124267578125pt; margin-right: 11.2388916015625pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; text-indent: 0.7620925903320312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I am also pleased to report that POVA received a very generous donation from Lindsay London in honor of SGT Ryan Knauss. Thanks for your invaluable support! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249503993988037; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5677261352539062pt; margin-right: 13.2567138671875pt; margin-top: 15.109710693359375pt; text-indent: 0.5408477783203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our Life Member roster has increased with the very welcome addition of Albert Viator. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.5019073486328125pt; margin-top: 15.109695434570312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Here are the Statistics for the August Leaflet Drop </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.766769409179688pt; margin-top: 1.020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sends: 584 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.80133819580078pt; margin-top: 1.14849853515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Opens: 342 (59%) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.824386596679688pt; margin-top: 1.1484909057617188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Clicks: 22 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 32.08943176269531pt; margin-top: 1.1485519409179688pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bounces: 1 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 32.1585693359375pt; margin-top: 1.1484909057617188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unsubscribes: 1 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249498701095581; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-right: 13.6302490234375pt; margin-top: 15.745121002197266pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1597900390625pt; text-indent: -0.1597900390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There is nothing significant to report on our discussions with PRA or setting up a virtual office call with the CG of SWC. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.6617050170898438pt; margin-top: 15.109800338745117pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the August Leaflet Drop, you can find it at:</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3298263549804688pt; margin-right: 21.816802978515625pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.0069122314453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/45OTK3n</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">O</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">ur next virtual Board meeting is 15 November at 1900 Eastern Time. If you are interested in attending, please email me for an invite.. All POVA members in good standing are welcome to attend. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-top: 29.70635986328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thank you for your continued support! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">All the best, </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7231674194335938pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',sans-serif; font-size: 24.58371543884277pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Larry </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4158706665039062pt; margin-top: 0.50396728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lawrence D. Dietz, President </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 103.45365142822266pt; margin-top: 47.11468505859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2023</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3597869873046875pt; margin-top: 16.385009765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP Events</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Psychological Operations Ball 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">18 November 23, Embassy Suites, Fayetteville, NC </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6222763061523438pt; margin-right: 12.48968505859375pt; margin-top: 16.51324462890625pt; text-indent: 0.7720794677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">November 18th for the PSYOP Ball where Active, Reserve and Retired members of the PSYOP Regiment will celebrate the past year. Social hour starts at 4:30 with dinner service starting at 6:30. Uniform for military is the ASU/AGSU. This will be a formal attire event. We look forward to seeing you as we celebrate our Regiment! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.5989609718322755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 72.42453002929688pt; margin-top: 15.238067626953125pt; text-indent: 0.8873214721679688pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Details at: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.tickettailor.com/events/prancevents/1005092</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Articles of Interest</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; 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white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Beyond ChatGPT: Experts say generative AI should write - but not execute - battle plans </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.266157579421997; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.025604248046875pt; margin-right: 11.6917724609375pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0115203857421875pt; text-indent: -0.0115203857421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON — Chatbots can now invent new recipes (with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">mixed success</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">plan vacations</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, or write a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">budget-conscious grocery list</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. So what’s stopping them from summarizing secret intelligence or drafting detailed military operations orders? </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661592960357666; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8642730712890625pt; margin-right: 16.0826416015625pt; margin-top: 0.5133056640625pt; text-indent: 0.783599853515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nothing, in theory, said AI experts from the independent </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Special Competitive Studies Project</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. The Defense Department should definitely explore those possibilities, SCSP argues, lest China or some other unscrupulous competitor get there first. In practice, however, the project’s analysts emphasized in interviews with Breaking Defense, it’ll take a lot of careful prep work, as laid out in a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">recently released SCSP study</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.266157579421997; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6683731079101562pt; margin-right: 21.03955078125pt; margin-top: 0.5131607055664062pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.19589996337890625pt; text-indent: -0.19589996337890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">And, they warned, you’ll always want at least one well-trained human checking the AI’s plan before you act on it, let alone wire the AI directly to a swarm of lethal drones. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661580085754394; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4263763427734375pt; margin-right: 13.57879638671875pt; margin-top: 0.5133056640625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6798934936523438pt; text-indent: -0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Right now you can go on ChaGPT and say, you know, ‘Build for me a schedule for my kids’ lunch boxes for like the next five days,’” said </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ylber Bajraktari</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, a veteran Defense Department staffer now serving as a senior advisor to SCSP. With a little more programming, he added, “it could connect to Instacart or whatever [and] can order all of those</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">instantaneously, and that will get shipped to you.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.266157579421997; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.14862060546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“The technology is there,” Bajraktari said. “The question is plugging those in.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.51318359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; 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color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">mail</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 29.8345947265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">14 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">NSA, FB I warn of expanding use of ‘deepfakes’ in new report. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Criminals and intelligence services are expected to increase the use of “deepfakes” — manipulated and misleading audio and video images — to target government and the private sector for disinformation operations or financial gain, according to a new joint intelligence report. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327965259552002; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.641510009765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Deepfakes are a particularly concerning type of synthetic media that utilizes artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to create believable and highly realistic media,” wrote the authors of the joint report by the National Security Agency, FBI, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.641571044921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The 18-page </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">report</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, “Contextualizing Deepfake Threats to Organizations,” was published Wednesday. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/14/nsa-fbi-warn-expanding use-deepfakes-new-report/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">13 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PowerPoint creator, unwitting pioneer of military lethality dies </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 16.51348876953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dennis Robert Austin, one of most significant — and unintentional — contributors to fury-fueled lethality in military history, passed away Sept. 1 at his home in Los Altos, California, family members announced. He was 76. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6417236328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As the principal software developer of PowerPoint when it debuted in 1987, Austin intended the platform to facilitate improved presentations that would simultaneously put an end to the tediousness of overhead projectors. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6414642333984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">And while the Pittsburgh native’s mission was indeed a success, the software soon took on a painfully banal role in workplace environments, one that pits employee against boss, student against teacher, and perhaps most pronounced, junior service member against officer. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6416473388671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/09/13/powerpoint creator-unwitting-pioneer-of-military-lethality-dies-at-76/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">12 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pentagon Funded Study Wars Dementia Among US Officials is National Security Threat </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328003883361816; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.23770523071289pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As the national</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> security workforce ages, dementia impacting U.S. officials poses a threat to national security, according to a first-of-its-kind study by a Pentagon-funded think tank. The report, released this spring, came as several prominent U.S. officials trusted with some of the nation’s most highly classified intelligence experienced</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.256072998046875pt; margin-right: 25.177703857421875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.02304840087890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">public lapses, stoking calls for resignations and debate about Washington’s aging leadership. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 34.9586181640625pt; margin-top: 15.2379150390625pt; text-indent: 0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://theintercept.com/2023/09/12/national-security-dementia-mcconnell feinstein/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">11 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0947418212890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2676010131835938pt; margin-right: 19.10247802734375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.09218597412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Beijing’s influence campaign using artificial intelligence is a rapid change in tactics, researchers from Microsoft and other organizations say. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 59.96435546875pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6222763061523438pt; text-indent: -0.6222763061523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When wildfires swept across Maui last month with destructive fury, China’s increasingly resourceful information warriors pounced. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327972412109375; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 22.40008544921875pt; margin-top: 0.6412353515625pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The disaster was not natural, they said in a flurry of false posts that spread across the internet, but was the result of a secret “weather weapon” being tested by the United States. To bolster the plausibility, the posts carried photographs that appeared to have been generated by artificial intelligence programs, making them among the first to use these new tools to bolster the aura of authenticity of a disinformation campaign. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.967987060546875pt; margin-right: 22.43951416015625pt; margin-top: 0.64166259765625pt; text-indent: 0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">For China — which largely stood on the sidelines of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections while Russia ran hacking operations and disinformation campaigns — the effort to cast the wildfires as a deliberate act by American intelligence agencies and the military was a rapid change of tactics. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">11 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Treat AI as you ‘crazy drunk friend’ no like ‘peanut butter’: CIA tech chief </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661604404449462; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4263763427734375pt; margin-right: 8.9307861328125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.610748291015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON — Can intelligence agencies trust artificial intelligence? From ChatGPT’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">plausible but erroneous answers to factual questions</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, to Stable Diffusion’s photorealistic human hands with way too many fingers, to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">some </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">facial recognition algorithms’ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">inability to tell Black people apart</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, the answer is looking like “hell no.” But that doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">use </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">it, as long as officials take its insights and outputs with a healthy grain of salt. And even when it’s wrong, the CIA’s chief technology officer said this week, in some situations AI can be useful if its answers — regarded with appropriate suspicion — do nothing more than force analysts to examine the problem a different way and push them out of what he called “conceptual blindness.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1062698364257812pt; margin-right: 30.72882080078125pt; margin-top: 0.513031005859375pt; text-indent: 0.1843719482421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In those cases, treat AI, he said, not as an infallible oracle but “what I call the crazy drunk friend.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; 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white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bootlegged Barbie defeats Kremlin propaganda movie </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 35.763702392578125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.495513916015625pt; text-indent: -0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The hit</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">American film Barbie</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">has taken Russia by storm, beating a dour propaganda blockbuster produced by the Kremlin to promote its war in Ukraine. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2676010131835938pt; margin-right: 20.20892333984375pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; text-indent: 0.13828277587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Despite failing the Kremlin’s morality test, bootlegged versions of Barbie have now been dubbed into Russian. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.99102783203125pt; margin-right: 31.89849853515625pt; margin-top: 15.2379150390625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.3687591552734375pt; text-indent: -0.3687591552734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Let’s go!” the company that has produced the new Russian-language version of Barbie said on Thursday. “From today, the movie of the year is dubbed.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6222763061523438pt; margin-right: 15.010498046875pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; text-indent: 0.81817626953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Hollywood film studios pulled out of Russia last year after the invasion of Ukraine, but with Russian cinemas on the brink of collapse and determined to sustain an air of normality, the Kremlin has turned a blind eye to bootlegged versions of American films. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3021697998046875pt; margin-right: 25.36761474609375pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">But now this strategy risks undermining the Kremlin’s</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">propaganda message</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/bootlegged-barbie-defeats-kremlin propaganda-movie/ar-AA1gJiR9</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.99102783203125pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0947418212890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">CIA seeks to recruit Russian officials with video about truth </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 10.83184814453125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.81817626953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, which is trying to recruit more Russians as spies, has released a video targeting Moscow officials with an appeal to tell the truth about a system it said is riddled with lying sycophants. CIA Director </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">William Burns</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">said in July that disaffection among some Russians over the war in Ukraine was creating a rare opportunity to recruit spies, and that the CIA was not letting it pass. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 9.87939453125pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The agency released the video in Russian entitled "Why I made contact with the CIA - for myself" on social media which shows what is clearly supposed to be a Russian official walking through the snow of what looks like a Russian city. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cia-seeks-recruit-russian-officials-with silky-video-about-truth-2023-09-08/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.99102783203125pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 9.20062255859375pt; margin-top: 1.91693115234375pt; text-indent: 0.36875152587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">China Unleashes AI-Powered Imanage Generation for Influence Operations China has unveiled a new cyber capability powered by artificial intelligence, enabling the automatic generation of images for influence operations. These operations aim to mimic US voters across the political spectrum, fueling controversy along racial, economic and ideological lines. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 12.71649169921875pt; margin-top: 0.64141845703125pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The findings come from a new report released by Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Thursday. Titled “Sophistication, scope, and scale: Digital threats from East Asia increase in breadth and effectiveness,” the research underscores the expanding threat of influence operations and cyber activities in the East Asia region. In particular, China-affiliated actors are employing AI-generated media to target politically divisive topics such as gun violence and disparaging US political figures and symbols. This technology surpasses previous campaigns with eye-catching content. The extent and timing of its mass deployment remain uncertain. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Microsoft emphasized</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the urgency of addressing the weaponization of AI technology by cyber and influence threat actors.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.5989609718322755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/china-ai-image-generation/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3.0791015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Air Force Chief of Staff issues warning of PLA recruitment of US Air Force members, veterans </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- In a memorandum released Sept. 8, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., issued a stark warning about a growing threat to national security - the recruitment and exploitation of current and former Air Force members by the People's Liberation Army of China, or PLA. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.64141845703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The memorandum also explains that individuals who accept contracts with foreign companies may be imposing risks to national security that could have legal and criminal implications. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6419677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"Our vastly superior capabilities and overwhelming airpower are key in deterring increasingly aggressive behavior in the Indo-Pacific and, if necessary, defeating threats," Brown said. "I have made it clear since publishing the original CSAF Action Orders that I am committed to ensuring Airmen have what is required to compete, deter, and win in a high-end fight." </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332835292816162; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Brown stated that the PLA is seeking to exploit the expertise of current and former U.S. Airmen to bridge capability gaps throughout their ranks. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.64105224609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; 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color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 29.8348388671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">6 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russian Disinformation Campaigns Influence Sweden’s NATO Aspirations </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 16.51287841796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Just to show how</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russian disinformation campaigns</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">reach all parts of the globe, look no farther than the meddling going on in Sweden currently. Two events have played a part in the concerted false narrative that actually are real: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661258220672607; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sweden has overtly joined a desire to join NATO which has manifested since the Russian invasion of Ukraine </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.51361083984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">An Iraqi refugee in Sweden burned copies of the Quran in front of one of the country’s largest mosques twice this summer, a few months after a similar event took place in another part of Sweden </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.2812652587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">What does one have to do with the other? NATO membership requires all 30 nations who belong to organization must agree to a new country becoming a member. Turkey, a predominately-Muslim nation, has shown opposition to Sweden’s membership, mainly due to the Quran burning incidents and a perceived lack of action by Sweden’s government. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6413726806640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/09/06/russian-disinformation-campaigns influence-swedens-nato-aspirations/?_hsmi=273187479&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">_1L8OVc-nvPiLueLVUQPIg_jkrrF4s-w9X </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.5989609718322755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6414642333984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">rR8xI54bsjax8FbIsFrPBEo23DPZs8Ni1q3MyaUDaPPHVepyO1867dTPA</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">4 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.59896183013916; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3.0791168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A psychological weapon: inside a Ukrainian factory making decoy kit n a dusty workshop, a unique group of Ukrainian weapons experts race to produce</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332835292816162; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.93341064453125pt; margin-right: 24.63751220703125pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.34571075439453125pt; text-indent: -0.34571075439453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">artillery guns that will never be fired, radar trucks that cannot detect anything, and missiles without explosives. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 13.4453125pt; margin-top: 0.64105224609375pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The pieces are decoys that aim to draw Russian fire, wasting enemy ammunition, missiles and drones while protecting real equipment and the soldiers manning it. The team’s skill, honed over more than a year, is shaping plastic, scrap wood, foam and metal into copies of advanced weapon systems, precise enough to convince Russian operators of drone cameras and battle-seasoned troops on the ground that they are real military targets. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6914215087890625pt; margin-right: 36.701324462890625pt; margin-top: 0.6419677734375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.09218597412109375pt; text-indent: -0.09218597412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">They measure success by how quickly their products are destroyed. “When the military come to us and says ‘we are out of these’, it means we were totally successful in our job,” says one. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-right: 37.491424560546875pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0115203857421875pt; text-indent: -0.0115203857421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/a-psychological-weapon inside-a-ukrainian-factory-making-decoy-kit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 29.8348388671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Sep 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Welcome to the Military Meta-verse: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 19.3782958984375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4839935302734375pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.4839935302734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The environment in which our militaries are operating is changing at pace. Rapidly proliferating, increasingly multipolar threats means the battlespace of tomorrow will be more contested and congested than ever before. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332798957824707; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 17.603271484375pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.93341064453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It is a shifting picture which will increasingly require a connected, multi-domain response, with assets from the outer reaches of space to the depths of the ocean seamlessly networking to ensure superiority and mission readiness in a world dominated by growing volumes of data. Those who are able to successfully harness, interpret and use that data on the battlefield will hold a critical advantage. With the need to operate in new ways to combat the emergence of new environments and new threats comes the need to train the militaries of tomorrow in new ways too. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2330245971679688pt; margin-right: 12.547607421875pt; margin-top: 0.64190673828125pt; text-indent: 0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.defensenews.com/native/BAE/2023/09/01/welcome-to-the-military meta-verse/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 20.736297607421875pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; text-indent: 0.7029342651367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Editor’s Note: Wherever people go, they are influenced. PSYOP needs to be there too! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0025558471679688pt; margin-top: 29.8348388671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">30 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Dark Side of LinkedIn: China’s Espionage Playground </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 9.53546142578125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.8642654418945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It has been said many times and warrants saying again, China will never take its foot off the accelerator when it comes to nation state espionage, they are running full throttle, no brakes. The UK media is all abuzz with headlines on how an </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">individual</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">located in China over the course of five years used several personas on</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">LinkedIn</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">to engage and attempt to compromise individuals with access to information of interest. To readers of Clearance Jobs for the past ten years, that is a bit like saying “water is wet.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3597869873046875pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">LinkedIn is fertile hunting ground </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 9.86083984375pt; margin-top: 1.9166831970214844pt; text-indent: 0.7375106811523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">For years the UK, U.S., Australia, Germany and other security services have been publishing their annual counterintelligence reports, studies and warnings highlighting the use of the “commercial recruiter” or “commercial consultant” ploy by China to</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4263763427734375pt; margin-right: 12.3216552734375pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5185623168945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">entice the unsuspecting. To China’s credit, they are using the tools provided by LinkedIn to populate their targeting matrix. One need only review the case of Dickson Yeo (aka Jun Wei Yeo) a Singaporean now sitting in a U.S. prison for his work with the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) who used the LinkedIn algorithm to “aggressively target and build contact for Chinese </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">intelligence</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">.” </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/08/30/the-dark-side-of-linkedin-chinas espionage-playground/?_hsmi=272333658&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">_gVjDuCCse1KpzWhgPOKExfZT6jV2pAVWY_CstiyacvOkOjGI7qzgrpU_SRUx4</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">VCvhOOodbQtP4ch1ozaQcVCuMnTCgw</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">29 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6222763061523438pt; margin-right: 8.000244140625pt; margin-top: 1.91717529296875pt; text-indent: 0.1613311767578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Texas Guardsman spied on migrants via WhatsApp, mishandled secret docs When officers from the Texas National Guard showed up to their 7 a.m. meeting with federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations in El Paso, they didn’t arrive empty-handed. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 9.26068115234375pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.380279541015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Six military intelligence officials turned over a list of names at the February 2022 meeting. The Texans were part of an intelligence directorate supporting Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott’s state-run border mission. The officers, which included the group’s top two leaders, told federal agents they’d secretly infiltrated invite-only WhatsApp group chats filled with migrants and smugglers and wanted their help investigating the targets they’d identified, according to a sworn statement attached to a whistleblower complaint filed later that month. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 15.6226806640625pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; text-indent: 0.23047637939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Homeland Security officials in the meeting rebuffed the Texans on the spot — with one official saying that they were an investigative body and “not an intelligence agency,” the whistleblower recalled. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8988418579101562pt; margin-right: 27.456756591796875pt; margin-top: 0.641265869140625pt; text-indent: 0.380279541015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/08/29/texas-guardsmen-spied on-migrants-via-whatsapp-mishandled-secret-docs/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">29 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.428924560546875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russian Disinformation in Africa: No Door on this Barn </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.64019775390625pt; margin-top: 0.38018798828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15.36482238769531pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bottom Line </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661258220672607; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 32.008766174316406pt; margin-right: 15.22528076171875pt; margin-top: 1.27569580078125pt; text-indent: 0.14980316162109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Recent gains by Russian disinformation in Africa make up one of the quickest propaganda victories in history. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.248207092285156pt; margin-right: 9.86083984375pt; margin-top: 0.51361083984375pt; text-indent: 0.13828277587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wagner Group-Kremlin narratives work to Russia’s material advantage, and to Africa’s strong disadvantage. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.9857177734375pt; margin-right: 57.155731201171875pt; margin-top: 0.513214111328125pt; text-indent: 0.1728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Understandably, Western governments are skittish toward employing underhanded tactics to counter Russian lies. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.248207092285156pt; margin-right: 26.689910888671875pt; margin-top: 0.5127105712890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">An alternative to inaction could be to marry Western government resources with the work of non-governmental organizations in Africa and elsewhere. As is sometimes said about climate change, it may already be “too late” to mount efforts to remedy the situation. But that is hardly a reason for doing nothing. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9795074462890625pt; margin-right: 22.85882568359375pt; margin-top: 1.2812652587890625pt; text-indent: 0.35723114013671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/08/russian-disinformation-in-africa-no-door on-this-barn/</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">29 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.371307373046875pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Meta’s ‘Biggest Single Takedown’ Removes Chinese Influence Campaign </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 9.8248291015625pt; margin-top: 16.513362884521484pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6798934936523438pt; text-indent: -0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0716934204101562pt; margin-top: 15.238147735595703pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On Feb. 27, an article claiming that the United States was behind the</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">bombing of</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6914138793945312pt; margin-right: 42.12701416015625pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.34571075439453125pt; text-indent: -0.34571075439453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the Nord Stream</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">underwater pipelines in the Baltic Sea was published on the Substack and Blogspot blogging platforms. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 18.37127685546875pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Within 24 hours, the article — and other versions of it — had been posted to more websites, including Reddit, Medium, Tumblr, Facebook and YouTube. Translations of the article in Greek, German, Russian, Italian and Turkish also began appearing online. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 15.98150634765625pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.23047637939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The posts were part of a Chinese influence campaign that stands out as the largest such operation to date, researchers at Meta said in a report on Tuesday. The effort, which the company said had started with Chinese law enforcement and was discovered in 2019, was aimed at advancing China’s interests and discrediting its adversaries, such as the United States, Meta said. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0025558471679688pt; margin-right: 54.76483154296875pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.3341827392578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/technology/meta-china-influence campaign.html</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 29.8348388671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">26 Aug 23 From SOF News </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327976703643798; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 10.52105712890625pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.5185623168945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOTG-C, MC-130Js, and JASSMs. U.S. Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) service members demonstrated the capability for the MC-130J Commando II to load, unload, forward arm, and arm the aircraft with the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, or </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AGM-158 JASSMs</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">(</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOF News)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, as part of Rapid Dragon, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 6, 2023. JASSM is a low observable standoff air-launched cruise missile, intended to keep aircrews out of range of hostile air defense systems without compromising lethality. Rapid Dragon is a precision munitions capability for medium-sized or larger cargo aircraft that allows U.S. forces a flexible rapid response option. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“AFCENT Special Operations Task Group prepares JASSM</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">capabilities”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, by Jennifer Zima, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S. Air Force Central</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, August 26, 2023. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7078018188476562pt; margin-top: 27.530059814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.828339576721191pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP Bulletin Board - September 2023</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.828339576721191pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.9382705688476562pt; margin-top: 13.82354736328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16.901304244995117pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Near death @ 2,000 feet </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.9382705688476562pt; margin-top: 0.25079345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16.901304244995117pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">By Albert Viator </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8058853149414062pt; margin-right: 41.285736083984375pt; margin-top: 14.84698486328125pt; text-indent: 1.13238525390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 16.901304244995117pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">From his book, An Accidental (PSY) Warrior Published April 2021 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.752105712890625pt; margin-right: 29.200469970703125pt; margin-top: 15.8779296875pt; text-indent: 0.9925689697265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Early on a Sunday morning I had driven my Jeep out to the airstrip on the outskirts of the base camp at Lai Khe, home of the 1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 7.682411193847655pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">st </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Infantry Division and formerly a rubber plantation owned by the French tire maker, Michelin. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7520980834960938pt; margin-right: 9.6217041015625pt; margin-top: 14.981582641601562pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0146026611328125pt; text-indent: -0.0146026611328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A long narrow swath had been cut out of the tall trees and paved with interlocking metal grids that provided traction and a firm runway for small, fixed wing aircraft and helicopters. It was quiet and still. The faded orange windsock hung limply from its pole atop the control tower. “Control tower” perhaps gives the structure more credit than it deserves. It was not much more than a two-story metal flight of stairs with a wooden box on top that had windows on all sides. There was</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">nobody up there. In fact, there was nobody anywhere around but me. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.4638671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I sat in my Jeep and waited. This was my first PSYOP mission and I had been briefed the day before on what to expect. As the new PSYOP Specialist for the Big Red One, my job was to put a prerecorded cassette into a player that was connected to an array of speakers that was hung below the overhead wing on the small aircraft that was coming to pick me up. The equipment had been installed and tested before the pilot took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base about 45 miles to the southeast, outside Saigon. All I had to do was push the play button when the pilot told me to. Easy enough I thought. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.98114013671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Breaking the silence, I could hear a small aircraft approaching the landing field. It flew overhead and floated in slow motion toward me along the metal grid. As it pulled up next to me the pilot leaned over and pushed open the passenger door. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9815673828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">My previous year’s Army training kicked in immediately as I spotted the rank insignia on his shoulders and I snapped to attention, delivered a smart salute, and called over the roar of the engine, “Good morning, Sir!” to the Air Force Colonel in the pilot’s seat. He returned my formality with a casual two-finger wave, just touching his forehead as if to say, “Hey kid, thanks, but let’s skip the formality, it’s Sunday morning and I’m just up for a nice flight to log some air miles and flesh out my flight pay”. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.38494873046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lai Khe was situated on a hill, which probably added to its value as a defensible position. The runway ran right up to the perimeter so as we lifted off, we didn’t have to climb much as the land fell off gently below and in just minutes, the pilot decelerated a bit so we could talk. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 17.286407470703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We would be flying in support of a rifle company in the jungle below and we would drop down from 3,000 feet a bit and he’d tap me on the arm when I was to hit the play button. We were broadcasting a Chieu Hoi (“open arms”) message, a program designed to encourage Viet Cong combatants to surrender. After the tape played its 2-minute run he’d pull up, we’d circle, and then do it again a few more times. He reached over to the radio controls in front of me and, clicking the small knob that located the frequencies, he showed me the “freq” he’d be on. “If you need me, I’ll be right here…click…click, on 756. (I forget the actual number). He then clicked over to Armed Forces Vietnam Radio; “Up, Up and Away, in my beautiful balloon” by the pop group, 5</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 7.682411193847655pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">th </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dimension was playing in my headsets. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.38445281982421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Again, I thought to myself, easy enough. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.463836669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We arrived at the coordinates we’d been assigned. The Colonel checked his map and gave me a thumbs-up to say we were about to go into action. I reviewed in my mind what I had learned in my briefing the</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">previous day. (I call it a briefing because that was what the sergeant from the operations tent had called it). Really it was about a 10-minute session on what I was supposed to do on my first mission that amounted to: 1. Show up at the airstrip early. 2. Make sure my seat belt was secure as I belted into the plane and 3. Do what I was told. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.981689453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It seemed surreal that while we cruised comfortably at 3,000 feet, safely out of the range of small arms fire, a full-blown life and death firefight was raging below. (It’s an experience that I would become all too familiar with only a few weeks later). </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9810791015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Music was still playing in my headset. The pilot tapped me on the arm as we dove to make our first run and I hit the play button: The message played; calling out in a loud voice over screeching background music that the Vietcong below should throw down their weapons, raise their arms above their heads and they would be treated humanely, fed well, and reunited with their families. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9815673828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We did this a couple of times, and I was growing confident that I had a handle on this whole PSYOP thing and that maybe it wouldn’t be all that bad… </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.3839111328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">That thought quickly exploded in my head as we finished another run, and I looked out the window and down to the jungle…an F100 fighter jet was just pulling up and blasting straight toward us at whatever rate of speed they travel after completing a strafing run. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9815673828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I screamed at the pilot, but he didn’t respond, as it was near impossible to hear me over the sound of our own engine and the wind noise. And he was probably still listening to Sunday Morning Music from AFVN Radio in Saigon. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9815673828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I tried the intercom, clicking back and forth from one freq to the other in vain but gave up on that and looked out the window. The F100 was way closer…I could clearly see the fighter’s pilot, his green visor flipped up over the top of his helmet. His arms reaching down and forward as he gripped the jet’s controls. His eyes wide open. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.980606079101562pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I turned to my pilot and threw him a hard chop to the ribs with my elbow screaming, “Jet, Jet”, and pointing. I knew he could not possibly see the oncoming jet as I had to look out and down from my small window to see it, but I guess he could see from my face and gestures that this was a very serious situation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.981582641601562pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I remember him pulling back full on the wheel and turning to the left in one rapid motion. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.981578826904297pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Suddenly I was hanging upside down, held only in place by my seat belts</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">as we were buffeted violently by the backwash from the fighter as it screeched by just feet above us. Even with my headset and the roar of our own engine the jet’s engine was deafening, and our small plane took huge, erratic jumps in the air as the force of the jet’s exhaust hit us. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9815673828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Neither of us said a word or even looked at each other and after he righted our plane we headed back to Lai Khe and floated to a landing on the metal grid where I climbed out, shut the door, latched it with a half turn and walked away without looking back…without a salute. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.98187255859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I sat in my Jeep, all alone at the airstrip and watched as the Colonel turned the plane, revved up and headed down the runway, lifting slightly as the ground sloped down gently below him. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.3848876953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Albert Viator served on a 3-man PSYOP field team in Vietnam during the years 1968 and ’69. After his discharge in 1970 he began a 35-year career shooting and producing news and documentaries for most of the US news and cable TV networks such as CNN, PBS, and The National Geographic Channel. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.9815673828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As a result of publishing his book, An Accidental (PSY) Warrior Albert has participated in a number of national podcasts and was recently a guest speaker at the 6</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 7.682411193847655pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">th </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP Battalion at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 17.286712646484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1649908393/ref=sr_1_1?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.0206298828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">dchild=An+Accidental+%28PSY%29+Warrior&qid=1619805908&sr=1-1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 30.2130126953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ray’s Story </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.0206298828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Major Raymond P. Ambrozak, U.S. Army, Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495127201080323; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.6163330078125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Major Raymond P. Ambrozak was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania and entered the Army in 1957 after attending Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. In 1959 he was commissioned as a 2LT Infantry officer via OCS at Fort Benning, Georgia. His first assignment was with the 1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 7.682411193847655pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">st </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Leaflet and Loudspeaker Company at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494997024536132; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.109176635742188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Major Ambrozak’s 21 year Army career included over ten years in Psychological Operations (PSYOP) at both unit and theater levels long before either the PSYOP branch or Regiment were formed. He planned and executed operations involving extensive interface with foreign counterparts and every U.S. governmental agency operating overseas. Since the 10th Special Forces Group, granddaddy of current Special Forces units, was organized in 1952 under the Psychological Warfare Center, two of his many PSYOP assignments may be of particular interest to Chapter 78 members: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494938373565674; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.110282897949219pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In 1961 he deployed to Laos as part of U.S Special Forces mission known as OPERATION WHITE STAR, training Royal Lao forces combating the Communist Pathet Lao. He was directly responsible for completion of a radio station dedicated to the King of Laos – airing the country's first nationwide broadcast of a live event and designing and implementing a retraining program</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249452781677246; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6291885375976562pt; margin-right: 11.31353759765625pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.110626220703125pt; text-indent: -0.110626220703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">for Pathet Lao P.O.W.'s. He was directly involved with "Operation Genie" with this story told below. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5677261352539062pt; margin-right: 8.41314697265625pt; margin-top: 15.1107177734375pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1.0939788818359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In 1964 he deployed to Vietnam for his first tour as part of a PSYOP Detachment assigned to MACVSOG where he played a key role in establishing and putting on the air the Voice of Freedom radio station broadcasting to North Vietnam. He was managing station operations when the Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-top: 15.1103515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This is Ray's story about how he became involved in "Operation Genie": </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494995594024658; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-right: 8.33660888671875pt; margin-top: 15.6163330078125pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5285491943359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"In 1961 I was a member of a PSYOP team that was deployed to support Operation White Star in Laos. The team was organized on a voluntary basis and established a six week training program to prepare for the mission. The most impactful training was provided by Special Forces soldiers just returning from a tour. One of those soldiers was a Col. “Bull” Simons who we peppered with questions for two hours. Training took place in an abandoned WWII building in a remote area of Ft. Bragg, in order to maintain as much secrecy as possible. Our first departure date was postponed due to a Coup d'état in country. After another six weeks of training, we finally had wheels up. When we arrived in Bangkok, we had two days of briefings before departing for Vientiane. During the briefings, we learned that the concept for our employment in Laos was not as we had been briefed at Ft. Bragg. Instead of the team operating together from a central location, individual advisors were to locate in each of four military regions. This meant that as a butter bar Lt. I was to be the information consultant with frequent contact to the MR-1 Cmdr. General Bounlut in Luang Prabang. Fortunately, we were in civilian clothes, since foreign military personnel were not allowed in country, so my youth and experience level was not as noticeable. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494998455047608; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.481689453125pt; margin-right: 7.34967041015625pt; margin-top: 15.109283447265625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.03687286376953125pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.03687286376953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As it turned out, being assigned to duty in Luang Prabang was like winning the advisor assignment lottery. All of the US personnel were seasoned pros truly devoted to their work as US foreign officers and genuinely interested in assisting the Lao government in their effort to remain non-communist. The US effort was anchored by two individuals who were my closest working team mates. Stewart Methven (Stu) was the CIA case officer and Frank Corrigan was the USIS representative both of whom are on my personal hero list to this day. There was very little break-in period because there simply wasn’t time to take the new guy by the hand and slowly familiarize him with the area. Most of the knowledge of the area was dispensed in jeep rides between villages or in helicopters or STOL aircraft while on leafleting missions. The thing that surprised me most, for which I was grateful, was that I was immediately being accepted as a team member expected to contribute and help carry the load. The other welcome aspect of our activity was that nothing was undertaken without considering directly or indirectly the psychological impact of a proposal. There was also no limit on how audacious a particular action could be before considered for implementation. You didn’t have to worry about thinking outside the box, because we were never in the box to begin with. A good example of this was “Genie” which we managed to make happen about a month after my arrival.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0716934204101562pt; margin-right: 8.40863037109375pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Some of what happened was chronicled by Stu in his book “Laughter in the Shadows”. Below is an excerpt from Stu's book. Some names of Laotian people and places are altered to meet security requirements." </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495004177093505; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0225296020507812pt; margin-right: 8.3126220703125pt; margin-top: 15.109375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.110626220703125pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.110626220703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Operation Genie” was the brainchild of Frank Corrigan. Although USIS was prohibited from engaging in covert activities, Frank wasn't bothered by bureaucratic constraints and liked to skirt these by playing spy. Operation Genie centered around the “Pi,” the mystical spirits revered and feared by the Cham. The Pi were invisible but were believed to be omnipresent in clouds, rain, forests, and the breezes wafting over the rice paddies. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495004177093505; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6660614013671875pt; margin-right: 8.7447509765625pt; margin-top: 15.1102294921875pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.8604354858398438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Frank's plan called for collecting all the bottles we could find in Luang Prabat. We would then stuff them with leaflets before air-dropping them over villages known to be under Pathet Cham control. On the way down, the bottles would sound like the Pi making a whistling noise. The would break open and scatter the leaflets when they hit the ground, illustrated leaflets urging the villagers to “break” from the Pathet Cham like the “imprisoned” Pi had done. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495057106018066; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-right: 9.5009765625pt; margin-top: 15.8778076171875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1597900390625pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.1597900390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The proprietor of the Palace Hotel supplied us with all the bottles we needed. Since most Cham couldn't read, Frank drew caricatures of fang-toothed Pathet Cham, and Voran ran off the leaflets on his mimeograph machine. I requested a small plane from Viensiang to drop the leaflets. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-right: 8.420654296875pt; margin-top: 15.109222412109375pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.110626220703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When the plane arrived, we briefed the pilot, and at dusk, when the villagers would have returned from the rice fields, we took off. Once over a target village, the pilot would throttle back the engine and the plane would glide almost silently as we threw out the bottles. He would then gun the engine and fly on to the next village to repeat the operation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-right: 8.87677001953125pt; margin-top: 15.1103515625pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.110626220703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We dropped bottles over twelve villages before returning to Luang Prabat. It was dark when we returned, but Colonel Nelson's team had set out flares on the airstrip to guide the pilot. We had jettisoned our entire supply of Pi bottles. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495014190673828; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6783599853515625pt; margin-right: 8.48065185546875pt; margin-top: 15.109375pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.34416961669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Genie” was a one-shot operation, and its success was hard to gauge. We did get some feedback, however. An itinerant rice merchant told the province chief he ha been stopped by a Pathet Cham patrol, which warned him that American planes were dropping poison gas in the area. Another source reported that a village chief had called for a goat sacrifice to appease the wounded Pi that had crashed through his roof. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494939804077148; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 8.98480224609375pt; margin-top: 15.110260009765625pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.9095993041992188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">MAJ Ambrozak retired from the Army in 1978 and worked in Department of the Army civilian assignments at Fort Hood, Texas for 11 years. Included among Major Ambrozak's many awards are the Silver Star, Distinguished Member of the PSYOP Regiment and recipient of the McClure Gold Medal, and his 2018 induction into the USSOCOM Special Operations Hall of Fame. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4527435302734375pt; margin-top: 15.110343933105469pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #161d26; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Notes on Pictures: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249533462524414; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-right: 18.41973876953125pt; margin-top: 1.0196609497070312pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1597900390625pt; text-indent: -0.1597900390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #161d26; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The first picture below is Ray and a Pathet Lao POW taking a break sitting on an antenna. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495333194732665; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-right: 9.04052734375pt; margin-top: 0.5122756958007812pt; text-indent: 0.9095993041992188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Picture Back Story: Frank Corrigan had promised the king a radio station. Parts were coming in to include an antenna field.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18.57184600830078pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Frank was killed in a plane crash </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18.53496551513672pt; margin-top: 1.0196533203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">USIS director asked me to run their station in L.P. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.0206298828125pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I got a work force from the local POW camp to help build the antenna field </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495323181152342; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7152328491210938pt; margin-right: 12.56048583984375pt; margin-top: 15.6163330078125pt; text-indent: 0.0860443115234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The second picture is at the funeral of King Sisavang Vong, who ruled for 50 years. We arranged to make a live broadcast of the event to the entire country. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2182820796966551; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9119033813476562pt; margin-right: 32.068023681640625pt; margin-top: 15.10894775390625pt; text-indent: 0.5777130126953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ray is standing in front of the carrier used to transport the King’s body, in a gold-leaf encrusted sarcophagus guarded by the naga dragons, from the palace to the cremation site</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.59658145904541pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0716934204101562pt; margin-top: 15.4290771484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Some background on Operation White Star: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3912811279296875pt; margin-top: 1.0206298828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-f04b3afb-7fff-dcd2-ab18-8c647a4546dd" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; 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color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POVA LEAFLET DROP - August 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 135.3118438720703pt; margin-top: 35.591064453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7620925903320312pt; margin-top: 15.61676025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and welcome to your August Leaflet Drop. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25812530517578125pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We have two exciting developments that I am pleased to share with yout. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.1597900390625pt; margin-right: 18.3597412109375pt; margin-top: 15.616790771484375pt; text-indent: 0.233551025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The first is that we are in the process of updating our Website. As you know, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">www.usapova.com </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">is our primary information medium and an update is long overdue. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.14749908447265625pt; margin-right: 9.85968017578125pt; margin-top: 15.87799072265625pt; text-indent: 0.24584197998046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This is a work in progress, and we would like your photos to include on the site. Please send them to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">dietz.pova@gmail.com </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will forward them on to our web team. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.22125244140625pt; margin-right: 30.203155517578125pt; margin-top: 15.109771728515625pt; text-indent: 0.4425048828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Secondly, as ‘the voice of the PSYOP soldier”, we will expand next month’s Leaflet Drop with a new section: PSYOP Bulletin Board. This section will feature PSYOP related articles and information about PSYOP books and events. If you would like to contribute an article, or an event or book information please send it my way. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.14749908447265625pt; margin-top: 15.109725952148438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your Board of Directors held our monthly meeting on 16 August. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495015621185301; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5285491943359375pt; margin-right: 32.18695068359375pt; margin-top: 15.616836547851562pt; text-indent: 0.553131103515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unfortunately only Herb Friedman, Hammond Salley and I were present for duty.Anyone who would like a copy of the minutes can email me at: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will send a copy. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494989871978759; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7006378173828125pt; margin-right: 58.252777099609375pt; margin-top: 15.109710693359375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.22125244140625pt; text-indent: -0.22125244140625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our next Board meeting is 23 August at 1900 Eastern Time. All POVA members in good standing are welcome to attend. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495015621185301; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.393341064453125pt; margin-right: 40.529296875pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.8604278564453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I am also pleased to report that POVA received donations in August from: Barbara Bodenstien, Anna Trujillo, Jody Turner and Barbara Bodensten. Thanks for your invaluable support! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25812530517578125pt; margin-top: 15.10971450805664pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Welcomed serving member Stephen McDuffie. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0939712524414062pt; margin-top: 15.616825103759766pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Here are the Statistics for the July Leaflet Drop</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.35883331298828pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sends: 580 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.393402099609375pt; margin-top: 1.916748046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Opens: 336 (58.6) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.41645050048828pt; margin-top: 1.916748046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Clicks: 22 (3.8%) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.681495666503906pt; margin-top: 1.916748046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bounces: 7) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.750633239746094pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unsubscribes: 1 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.393341064453125pt; margin-right: 13.6302490234375pt; margin-top: 15.74505615234375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1597900390625pt; text-indent: -0.1597900390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There is nothing significant to report on our discussions with PRA or setting up a virtual office call with the CG of SWC. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494999885559082; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.22125244140625pt; margin-right: 10.88140869140625pt; margin-top: 15.10968017578125pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.4793853759765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our next virtual POVA Board meeting is scheduled for 1900 Eastern time on16 Sepember via Google Meet. If you are interested in attending, please email me for an invite. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2537689208984375pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the June Leaflet Drop, you can find it at: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-top: 1.78851318359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/44Q1EcY </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-right: 25.88592529296875pt; margin-top: 16.5133056640625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.2189483642578125pt; text-indent: -0.2189483642578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We are looking forward to our expanded September Leaflet Drop and urge you to send contributions and photos for the website. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">All the best, </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3152313232421875pt; margin-top: 1.148468017578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',sans-serif; font-size: 24.58371543884277pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Larry </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0079345703125pt; margin-top: 0.5040283203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lawrence D. Dietz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.057098388671875pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">President </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 115.72169494628906pt; margin-top: 47.11474609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP NEWS - AUGUST 2023</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4448089599609375pt; margin-top: 30.98162841796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">25 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0209884643554688pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Editor’s Note: Put tongue firmly in cheek before reading. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9518508911132812pt; margin-right: 24.678466796875pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kremlin Claims It Wasn’t Involved in Plane Crash Believed to Have Killed Wagner Boss </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327995300292967; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31805419921875pt; margin-right: 8.564453125pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the plane crash near Moscow that is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group that ran afoul of President Vladimir Putin by launching a short-lived mutiny against Russia's top army brass over how the war against Ukraine was being conducted. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told a news conference on August 25 that tests to identify the 10 victims and an investigation were still being carried out into the crash, a day after Putin broke his silence on the August 23 accident, referring to Prigozhin in the past tense while sending his condolences to the families of those who perished. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332800245285034; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.46785736083984375pt; margin-right: 20.172119140625pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt; text-indent: 0.553131103515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russia's Investigative Committee on August 25 said the plane's flight recorder and all 10 bodies had been recovered, with DNA testing now under way. Prigozhin's name was on the plane's manifest but it has not yet been officially confirmed that he was on the plane, which mysteriously crashed north of Moscow. Britain's Defense Ministry said on August 25 that while there is not yet "definitive proof" that Prigozhin was onboard and he is known to exercise "exceptional" security measures, "it is highly likely that he is indeed dead."</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.26043701171875pt; margin-right: 12.58575439453125pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.7375106811523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Putin called Prigozhin "a talented man," who made "serious mistakes," though he didn't elaborate on the miscues made by the man who just two months earlier led a short-lived mutiny against the Russian military and presented the most serious challenge to the Russian leader in his more than two decades in power. Prigozhin, for years a close ally of Putin, was not arrested or detained at the time of the mutiny, but the president denounced the insurrection as a "stab in the back" and vowed to punish all "traitors" involved. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-right: 10.48480224609375pt; margin-top: 0.64154052734375pt; text-indent: 0.3917999267578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"There is now a great deal of speculation surrounding this plane crash and the tragic deaths of the plane's passengers, including Yevgeny Prigozhin. Of course, in the West, all this speculation is presented from a well-known angle," Peskov said. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2023/08/russia 230825-rferl02.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e3700%2erg0ao0ejdg%2e3fqu </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4448089599609375pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">23 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0209884643554688pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.49090576171875pt; margin-right: 16.46270751953125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.46094512939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin’s forces launching another bombardment of Ukrainian grain storage depots in what have recently become signature tactics in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">almost 18-month war</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5370025634765625pt; margin-right: 15.154296875pt; margin-top: 0.641510009765625pt; text-indent: 0.41484832763671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Later Wednesday, the Ukrainian intelligence agency claimed it had destroyed a key Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system in occupied Crimea. If confirmed, it would be another embarrassing blow for Moscow, as Ukraine increasingly </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">targets Russia’s assets </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">far behind the front line in southern and eastern Ukraine. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9057540893554688pt; margin-right: 40.06024169921875pt; margin-top: 0.64154052734375pt; text-indent: 0.02304840087890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2023/08/23/russia-and ukraine-trade-drone-attacks/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4448089599609375pt; margin-top: 15.2379150390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">21 Aug 23 How to protect critical infrastructure in the quantum-computing era </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328003883361816; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.37567138671875pt; margin-right: 6.67987060546875pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.2880859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One of the most infamous cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, or CI, occurred in May 2021, when the Colonial Pipeline was hit with ransomware. The breach resulted in shutdown of pipeline operations, a gasoline shortage and a spike in fuel prices. But the attack, which targeted billing systems, didn’t cause the shutdown. Rather, the pipeline’s operators turned off pumping systems over concerns the attackers could gain control of operational technology, or OT, and place public safety at risk. The incident illustrates the unique issues that are involved in cybersecurity for CI such as petroleum pipelines, power stations, electric utilities, water treatment plants, dams, ports, and mass transport systems. Exploits that target IT might result in exposed data or business disruption. Attacks involving OT could result in injury, illness, or worse across cities or regions. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-right: 24.119232177734375pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0115203857421875pt; text-indent: -0.0115203857421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.federaltimes.com/it-networks/2023/08/21/how-to-protect-critical infrastructure-in-the-quantum-computing-era/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">18 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9979476928710938pt; margin-top: 1.9169235229492188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Don’t ditch soldiers for machines, combine them, Rainey says </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328038215637206; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.0069122314453125pt; margin-right: 30.59112548828125pt; margin-top: 16.51311492919922pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1037139892578125pt; text-indent: -0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AUGUSTA, Ga. — The idea of completely replacing soldiers, tanks and other familiar trappings of war with robots, autonomy and computer-derived strategy is misguided, according to the leader of U.S. Army Futures Command. Instead, the military’s largest service should strive to strike a careful balance of human and machine, something </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Gen. James Rainey </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">said is possible right now.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2143402099609375pt; margin-right: 15.26910400390625pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.36875152587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“As we go down this path, very aggressively, as fast as we can, we’ve got to make sure that we’re aiding commanders’ decision-making, not trying to make decisions for the commander, because that will be disastrous,” he said Aug. 17 at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference in Georgia. “I think what we need to do — and all this can be done today — is take the right combination of human beings and machines and build formations that optimize both.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-right: 15.1763916015625pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2023/08/18/dont-ditch-soldiers for-machines-combine-them-rainey-says/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 29.8343505859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">16 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0209884643554688pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Retiring with a Clearance: Navigating Classified Information Obligations </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-right: 20.772308349609375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.2765655517578125pt; text-indent: -0.2765655517578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We will all retire one day. When that day comes, we’ll have a line of well-wishers, and most will have one question. ‘So, what are you going to do in retirement?’ The answer you provide is something to consider well if you are currently a clearance holder. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-right: 65.62826538085938pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/08/16/retiring-with-a-clearance navigating-classified-information-obligations/? </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.01844024658203125pt; margin-right: 10.95428466796875pt; margin-top: 0.6417236328125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.46094512939453125pt; text-indent: -0.46094512939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">_hsmi=270527101&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--1KnV4LjIeHwn4HVbp5CMMnqCMxmXp eRrmUGldRwAo8YKzgnrc3ZmxR72pv4OllE5d5v3uGPnmxUZ8F5sqKIrNhWutQ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">15 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 30.97552490234375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.9103622436523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US Army set to test combined cyber, jamming, signal intelligence tool AUGUSTA, Ga. — One of the U.S. Army’s electronic-warfare weapons will get a demonstration later this year. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.37567138671875pt; margin-right: 33.057098388671875pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.18437957763671875pt; text-indent: -0.18437957763671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The service in September plans to study its </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">in a test of its combined cyber, jamming and signals intelligence capabilities, according to Brig. Gen. Ed Barker, the program executive officer for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5254745483398438pt; margin-right: 11.37310791015625pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“They’re on this Stryker and they’re going through as many functions, from EW and SIGINT, as they can, based on the limitations of the range and the threat emitters,” Barker said in an Aug. 15 interview on the sidelines of the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference in Georgia. “They’re basically characterizing the system, how it performs against those threat emitters, and an ability to conduct mission threads.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2023/08/15/us-army-set-to-test combined-cyber-jamming-signal-intelligence-tool/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.238082885742188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">11 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494939804077148; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0202255249023438pt; margin-right: 64.93435668945312pt; margin-top: 15.745132446289062pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">From information war to emerging tech: new IC strategy centers ‘competition’ with China, Russia </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249503993988037; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5285491943359375pt; margin-right: 8.8167724609375pt; margin-top: 0.5131759643554688pt; text-indent: 0.14749908447265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"In addition, shared global challenges, including climate change, human and health security, as well as emerging and disruptive technological advances, are converging in ways that produce significant consequences that are often difficult to predict," DNI Avril Haines writes in the 2023 National Intelligence Strategy. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494936943054198; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.29500579833984375pt; margin-right: 19.2353515625pt; margin-top: 0.5130691528320312pt; text-indent: 0.6883392333984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/from-information-war-to-emerging tech-new-ic-strategy-centers-competition-with-china-russia/?</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495124340057373; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.393341064453125pt; margin-right: 13.06634521484375pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5654220581054688pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=269960154&_h senc=p2ANqtz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.01229095458984375pt; margin-right: 13.42779541015625pt; margin-top: 0.512939453125pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.6023025512695312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8qo43RwkLD7jfoRlEe3eB1RyejTvRxMOP_6qjBjfNBAj9HQ8_QipvvuCq0B POknJkbC990q2UL74Z9_58M1IGuiJSP3A&utm_content=269960154&utm _source=hs_email </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.87811279296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">11 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9979476928710938pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pennsylvania Air Guard Gets New Special Ops Aircraft </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.42176055908203125pt; margin-right: 24.613525390625pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.5416107177734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 193rd Special Operations Wing accepted a new MC-130J Commando II military aircraft during a July 27 ceremony. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.06453704833984375pt; margin-right: 10.07666015625pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.31113433837890625pt; text-indent: -0.31113433837890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The 193rd SOW is the first — and currently the only — ANG unit to receive the MC 130J Commando II mission, a core, flagship mission of Air Force Special Operations Command. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 13.73809814453125pt; margin-top: 0.6417236328125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.207427978515625pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.207427978515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">According to military officials, the aircraft’s capabilities put the 193rd SOW — one of the most deployed wings in the National Guard — at the forefront of the battlespace to meet today’s special operation needs. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">View/Article/3491014/pennsylvania-air-guard-gets-new-special-ops-aircraft/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">10 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6291885375976562pt; margin-top: 1.91693115234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.37567138671875pt; margin-right: 54.610931396484375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1267547607421875pt; text-indent: -0.1267547607421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2143402099609375pt; margin-right: 12.1402587890625pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; text-indent: 0.8412246704101562pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Facing a tsunami of disinformation about the treatment of Muslims that has in recent months fueled protests from Stockholm to Baghdad, Sweden decided it needed to fight back. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5254745483398438pt; margin-right: 8.10125732421875pt; margin-top: 0.6417236328125pt; text-indent: 0.6568450927734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It turned to the Psychological Defense Agency, a part of the Ministry of Defense that its government created last year. The agency has become the first line of defense for a country facing a sustained information attack from abroad. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5830917358398438pt; margin-right: 82.87765502929688pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt; text-indent: 0.34571075439453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/sweden-combat disinformation.html </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.237945556640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">10 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6291885375976562pt; margin-top: 16.51312255859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCOM: The Best Result of America’s Worst Special Ops Fail </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327985286712647; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -0.0968017578125pt; margin-right: 9.83685302734375pt; margin-top: 1.91693115234375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.207427978515625pt; text-indent: -0.207427978515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As if special operations and operators weren’t cool enough, SOCOM also gets the coolest name in the Department of Defense. How is INDOPACOM supposed to compete with a name like that? How is TRANSCOM supposed to hype its mission to sound SOCOM-level cool? What’s so special about special operations, anyway? If your experience with special operations is logging hundreds of hours of playing </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, you might not understand how special ops come together. The alphabet soup of special operations commands probably doesn’t help. Knowing the difference between JSOC and SOCOM is just the beginning. Many moving parts make up SOCOM, and each branch with special operations</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 17.902099609375pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1037139892578125pt; text-indent: -0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">forces plays a role. At this point, some of you may be wondering what these words mean. If they don’t make sense right now, I’m about to make their meaning clearer. By the end of this piece, even the most civilian reader will have a firm grasp of all the SOCs. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-top: 0.64141845703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://coffeeordie.com/socom </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5830917358398438pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Why the China cyber threat demands an airtight public-private </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.14519500732421875pt; margin-right: 9.8848876953125pt; margin-top: 1.91693115234375pt; text-indent: 1.0371246337890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It may not be a household name to most Americans, but the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is vital to our national defense, responsible, in its own words, for leading “the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31805419921875pt; margin-right: 9.932861328125pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.24199676513671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">cyber and physical infrastructure that Americans rely on every hour of every day.” So, what did CISA’s director tell lawmakers about the cyber threat posed by China? “This, I think, is the real threat that we need to be prepared for, and to focus on, and to build resilience against,” Jen Easterly </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">told </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the Aspen Institute in Washington in June. “Given the formidable nature of the threat from Chinese state actors, given the size of their capability, given how much resources and effort they’re putting into it, it’s going to be very, very difficult for us to prevent disruptions from happening.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2023/08/08/why-the-china-cyber-threat demands-an-airtight-public-private-response/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5830917358398438pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0555648803710938pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Future wars will turn on space-cyber-special operations triad: Army SOF chief </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31805419921875pt; margin-right: 9.091064453125pt; margin-top: 17.28143310546875pt; text-indent: 0.36875152587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Commercial space communications, cyber effects, and influence operations are key to preventing or winning conflicts, Lt. Gen. John Braga, who leads U.S. Army Special Operations Command, said Tuesday. The United States must continue to develop each of those capabilities—and joint concepts for deploying them together—a concept modeled partially off of Ukraine, he said. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-right: 15.20233154296875pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6222763061523438pt; text-indent: -0.6222763061523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">With news of high casualties emerging from areas like the Donbas, another statistic has escaped public attention, Braga said. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328022480010986; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2143402099609375pt; margin-right: 11.93048095703125pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.36875152587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Sixteen thousand Russian soldiers have deserted. Sixteen thousand have been taken off the battlefield without having to expend kinetic rounds. That's probably a combination of effects," he said during the Space Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. "I would suggest that have been assisted by space capability, cyber capability, human capability, and just old-school information operations there.” “The importance of information ops, I think, it's the most important lesson learned from Ukraine right now. And it does apply to Taiwan or the INDOPACOM scenario,” he said, referring to the effort to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2023/08/space-cyber-special-operations triad-critical-future-wars-says-army-special-operations-head/389243/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6522369384765625pt; margin-top: 15.238052368164062pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Why a US Navy admiral says China won’t pick up the military hotline </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.266160011291504; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5946197509765625pt; margin-right: 17.785888671875pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt; text-indent: 0.1613311767578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Over the last few months top Pentagon officials have</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">sounded the alarm </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">that their counterparts in China are </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">ignoring their calls</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. But a senior US Navy official said he suspects that behind the diplomatic cold shoulder is Beijing’s belief that the US sees the hotline as a “safety net,” and that not answering could curb US actions in the region in the first place.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2756799221038817; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.01844024658203125pt; margin-right: 13.83197021484375pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6798934936523438pt; text-indent: -0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“They… believe that if you have a hotline, that we’re more prone to risky behavior because that’s our kind of safety net,” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Rear Adm. Mike Studeman </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">said during an </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">event at the Hudson Institute </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">today. If a crisis emerges, “then they [the US] want an out. They want the ability to negotiate their way out of it. Just don’t give them a safety net, and then maybe they’ll be more conservative with their forces and their behavior.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/08/why-a-us-navy-admiral-says-china-wont pick-up-the-military-hotline/? </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332835292816162; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.39871978759765625pt; margin-top: 1.18994140625pt; text-indent: 0.5070343017578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=269362178&_hsenc=p 2ANqtz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4793853759765625pt; margin-right: 8.9908447265625pt; margin-top: 0.64105224609375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.48398590087890625pt; text-indent: -0.48398590087890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">94grAwWuoQqSLU3I_6vihZloefpkwmP7JOQJEiR81ef_skFDZN2LcQsD1XZLi5n NluYIWiv713ZL20QCSh2w </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.871185302734375pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">bYJdoTQ&utm_content=269362178&utm_source=hs_email </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31805419921875pt; margin-right: 16.3958740234375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.36875152587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Command and control in the ‘gray zone’ of global military competition From the Cold War period (1945-1989) through present-day globalization, the importance of maintaining reliable security coalitions and positive international relationships cannot be overstated. As modern-day warfare relies on technology for achieving military readiness and strength, collaborating on interoperable technological advancements remains an enduring mission for the U.S. and its coalition partners. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5830917358398438pt; margin-right: 32.401824951171875pt; margin-top: 15.238067626953125pt; text-indent: 0.34571075439453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2023/08/01/command-and-control-in-the gray-zone-of-global-military-competition/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2799780368804932; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.49090576171875pt; margin-right: 13.08990478515625pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 1.1577377319335938pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 19.974267959594727pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Latest in Ukraine: Russia Reports Ukrainian Drone Hits Government Offices in Moscow </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russian officials said Tuesday that a Ukrainian drone hit the 21st floor of a high-rise building in Moscow but that the country's air defenses shot down two other drones on the outskirts of the Russian capital. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.46785736083984375pt; margin-right: 39.2821044921875pt; margin-top: 0.161407470703125pt; text-indent: 0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that the building hit was the same one struck during a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.37567138671875pt; margin-top: 0.6414642333984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There were no injuries reported from the Tuesday attack. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.39871978759765625pt; margin-right: 36.20703125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.5300827026367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2023/08/ukraine 230801-voa02.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e3683%2erg0ao0ejdg%2e3f5x </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0209884643554688pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Editor’s Note: Is this a cool PSYAct or what! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4448089599609375pt; margin-top: 31.11004638671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9864273071289062pt; margin-right: 47.757293701171875pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0115203857421875pt; text-indent: -0.0115203857421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Proposed U.S. Cyber Force Would Recognize Cyber as ‘Domain of Warfare’ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.828339576721191pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">News of a proposed United States Cyber Force moved closer to reality last week when the U.S. Senate passed the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 15.08148193359375pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.45633697509765625pt; text-indent: -0.45633697509765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.828339576721191pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">An amendment in the bill directs the Defense Department to tap the National Academy of Public Administration to conduct an assessment of establishing a seventh, cyber-specific military service.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.828339576721191pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.828339576721191pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The U.S. Cyber Force is a proposed new military service that would be responsible for conducting offensive and defensive cyber operations. The force would be modeled on the U.S. Space Force, which was established in 2019. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 2.43255615234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/us-cyber-force-warfare? utm_campaign=Industry%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=268981760&_hs enc=p2ANqtz- </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6412353515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">_7P4nyUFv2Kp4lp63JCuIpnDaF5wF4yRFTJo4cOzIO5zlQJJFvZxOheWuxx_RKlk r0JPAYgiHoDs-_G0Ys4d-- </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5CMJuw&utm_content=268982003&utm_source=hs_email </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Aug 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US Military targets deepfakes, misinformation with AI-powered tool. WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is testing an artificial intelligence tool that can trawl social media and other open-source information and spot misleading content, such as bots or deepfakes, to better inform commanders of the region they are operating in. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The program, dubbed Data Robot, was part of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the Cyber Quest trials </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">held throughout July at Fort Gordon in Georgia. It was previously put through its paces during the Pacific Sentry exercise in Hawaii, officials said. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6419677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/information-warfare/2023/08/01/us-military-targets deepfakes-misinformation-with-ai-powered-tool/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">31 July 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Intelligence Community Releases Data Strategy Emphasizing Better Interoperability and Agility Needed for Critical Missions </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">With “opportunities and vulnerabilities” posed by digital transformation that “cross every facet of the IC,” the Intelligence Community released a new data strategy that aims to respond to current and future threats with “significant agility and refinement of data-driven activities.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327976703643798; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.641326904296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Embracing the complexity of the challenges in front of us, we will focus on data curation and advanced analytics to ensure data is consumable by both humans and machines,” the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">IC Data Strategy 2023-2025 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">states. “We must reduce the time from collection and data acquisition to mission insight based on a foundation of end-to end data lifecycle management. Improving our capabilities and the associated outcomes requires changes to historical, system-centric paradigms, years of legacy practices, culture, critical partnerships across organizations, and disciplines.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.hstoday.us/featured/intelligence-community-releases-data strategy-emphasizing-better-interoperability-and-agility-needed-for-critical missions/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 29.83477783203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">31 July 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AI-enabled social media tool ‘promising’ new tech for Army: Officials </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661541461944579; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON — As the military explores how it can best use</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">artificial intelligence </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">to enhance operations on the battlefield, the Army is testing how one specific AI-enabled social media tool can help commanders make better informed decisions. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661685943603516; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.5133399963378906pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The technology, called Data Robot, was one of 17 technologies tested during this year’s Cyber Quest, an experiment aimed at emerging technologies, at Fort Gordon, Ga. Led by the US Army Cyber Center of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.45633697509765625pt; margin-right: 10.26019287109375pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.783599853515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Excellence, soldiers tested several technologies from 11 different industry vendors spanning from electronic warfare to networking to cyber this past month. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-right: 17.68524169921875pt; margin-top: 0.51318359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/07/ai-enabled-social-media-tool-promising new-tech-for-army-officials/? </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5830917358398438pt; margin-right: 4.975341796875pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.322662353515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Networks%20%26%20Cyber&utm_me dium=email&_hsmi=268590125&_hsenc=p2ANqtz- </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.01844024658203125pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">_qqmt28ccZ0b94QRAIohesiuU8ZJOgneniAm4v9Ncfknn </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5830917358398438pt; margin-right: 7.54412841796875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.01152801513671875pt; text-indent: -0.01152801513671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">dnlx8xQH1uP0G2e1vGPjcvFhvjzNUy6JA2uXXuNGTcshrw&utm_content=26859 0125&utm_source=hs_email </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5946197509765625pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">30 July 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5370025634765625pt; margin-right: 52.1141357421875pt; margin-top: 1.91717529296875pt; text-indent: 0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">How is the FBI preparing to Combat AI Disinformation Threat ahead of 2024 election? </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661258220672607; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.600830078125pt; margin-right: 34.7567138671875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.18437957763671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">FBI expresses grave concerns about the use of AI in influencing the 2024 presidential election. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.41645050048828pt; margin-right: 31.424591064453125pt; margin-top: 0.51361083984375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.18437957763671875pt; text-indent: -0.18437957763671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">China's interest in stealing U.S. AI technology and data raises alarms over potential influence operations. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661468505859375; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.289695739746094pt; margin-right: 40.205108642578125pt; margin-top: 0.51318359375pt; text-indent: 0.1267547607421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Criminals and terrorists utilize AI to craft dangerous substances, conduct cyberattacks, and spread synthetic AI-generated content, posing unprecedented challenges for detection and mitigation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 14.3623046875pt; margin-top: 1.281463623046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As the 2024 presidential election approaches, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is expressing grave concerns about the potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) in influencing and manipulating the electoral process. In a rare background briefing call with reporters, a senior FBI official unveiled a daunting “threat landscape,” highlighting China’s interest in stealing U.S. AI technology and data to further their own AI programs and potentially sway American opinions. Also, the FBI is closely monitoring the rising risk of disinformation campaigns fueled by AI and the alarming spread of deep fake videos. The agency also sheds light on how criminals and terrorists are capitalizing on AI to devise dangerous substances, exploit cyber vulnerabilities, and create synthetic AI-generated content that poses a formidable challenge to detection and mitigation efforts. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.928802490234375pt; margin-top: 15.238067626953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.cryptopolitan.com/fbi-ai-disinformation-threat-2024-election/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5946197509765625pt; margin-top: 31.11004638671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">30 July 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.37567138671875pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Lucrative Legal Danger Lurking for American Vets </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.29500579833984375pt; margin-right: 15.17852783203125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.76055908203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">For U.S. Marine Corps veteran Daniel Duggan, the offer was innocent enough: put your skills as a military pilot to use </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">training foreign aviators</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. Duggan accepted the invitation, in this case from a South African flight school, where he provided training to who he calls Chinese “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">civilian </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">test pilots.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31805419921875pt; margin-right: 9.22467041015625pt; margin-top: 0.6414642333984375pt; text-indent: 0.6453170776367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">More than a decade later, however, Duggan now finds himself fighting extradition to the United States from a maximum-security Australian prison. Duggan and the flight school both say the training he provided was unclassified and open source. He strenuously insists that he has done nothing wrong, and that he was wrongfully lured to Australia from China so that he could be arrested at the behest of U.S. authorities. He argues that he is the victim of a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">deepening geopolitical crisis </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– what some call a new cold war – between the U.S. and China. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9518508911132812pt; margin-right: 42.67034912109375pt; margin-top: 0.6418914794921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0460968017578125pt; text-indent: -0.0460968017578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">But a federal grand jury indictment</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">alleges something far more sinister</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">: that Duggan trained Chinese military pilots to land fighter jets on aircraft carriers, in</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 11.145263671875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.149810791015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">violation of arms trafficking laws, and engaged in a conspiracy to launder money. According to the feds, the South African flight academy maintains a presence in China. They say Duggan failed to obtain the necessary approval from the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls to export defense services or provide training to Chinese nationals. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24890899658203125pt; margin-right: 16.40081787109375pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/07/30/the-lucrative-legal-danger-lurking for-american-vets/?_hsmi=268309747&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-- </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.17977142333984375pt; margin-right: 2.7186279296875pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1728515625pt; text-indent: -0.1728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">xNHhiEcoH8S50M3ZDumkhdP162GicgqoSiitkifEHZ_WvSCzFrocK9VsXNxKaEc1 TzvnxhQjdfvDa_kGrMcHc7kkLHg </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5254745483398438pt; margin-right: 26.522125244140625pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; text-indent: 0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Editor’s Note: For no-longer serving PSYOPers - I wonder if this legal logic would apply to our skills which, thanks to the Internet, are no longer restricted by borders. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4448089599609375pt; margin-top: 15.2374267578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">28 July 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332835292816162; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.37567138671875pt; margin-right: 20.124114990234375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6453170776367188pt; text-indent: -0.6453170776367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Are Preparing for a Global War with Large Scale Exercise 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.28348541259765625pt; margin-right: 9.20062255859375pt; margin-top: 0.64105224609375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.09218597412109375pt; text-indent: -0.09218597412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The United States military’s involvement in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">First World War </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">was almost entirely in Europe; and while the subsequent Second World War saw U.S. forces engaged in combat around the globe, there was still little coordination in the different theaters of operation. World War II was really the U.S. military fighting multiple wars at the same time. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.110626220703125pt; margin-right: 15.32989501953125pt; margin-top: 0.6419677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A future conflict could require greater synchronization of U.S. forces, which is why some 25,000 personnel from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines will engage in the aptly named Large Scale Exercise 2023. The event, which is scheduled to run from August 9 to 18, will involve six maritime component commands, and seven numbered fleets spread across 22 time zones. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.46785736083984375pt; margin-right: 10.64190673828125pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.4839935302734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">LSE 2023 will further merge real-world operations with virtually constructed scenarios that were designed to create a realistic training environment that will allow sailors and marines to train the way they could fight, regardless of geographic boundaries. It will further feature nine Maritime Operations Centers, six carrier strike groups, and three amphibious readiness groups. That will include the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Nimitz</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">-class carriers USS </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dwight D. Eisenhower</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, USS </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">George H.W. Bush</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, and USS </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Harry S. Truman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.14519500732421875pt; margin-right: 13.71405029296875pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt; text-indent: 0.437896728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“The ability to command and control our operations across 22 time zones is how we will fight and win in a global environment against our competitors,” explained Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, during a July 24 media event. “To do so, we have to globally synchronize precision and timing in order to conduct high-end modern warfare.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.01844024658203125pt; margin-right: 29.80902099609375pt; margin-top: 0.6413726806640625pt; text-indent: 0.9103622436523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/07/28/the-u-s-navy-and-marine-corps are-preparing-for-a-global-war-with-large-scale-exercise-2023/? _hsmi=268164798&_hsenc=p2ANqtz- </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.01844024658203125pt; margin-right: 8.492431640625pt; margin-top: 0.6419525146484375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8066482543945312pt; text-indent: -0.8066482543945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">_wzRwDy5wJ6x4qZvqnGAXOpnAr7h8Lyi7Q6MjX6Q1HC66zRyjrsATJgWJr2uyy m1m21vxdhdqlgIoyIt45PUPWDfK3Gg </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4448089599609375pt; margin-top: 29.834823608398438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">27 July 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.5487747192382812pt; margin-right: 76.772216796875pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0199737548828125pt; text-indent: -0.0199737548828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 19.974267959594727pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US intelligence: Beijing has increased Russia support</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2143402099609375pt; margin-right: 13.37664794921875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.8066482543945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Released Thursday by the office of Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, the report says Beijing has pursued "economic support mechanisms for Russia that mitigate both the impact of Western sanctions and export controls" meant to financially strangle Moscow. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4793853759765625pt; margin-right: 9.3927001953125pt; margin-top: 0.6419677734375pt; text-indent: 0.16132354736328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"The PRC has increased its importation of Russian energy exports, including oil and gas supplies rerouted from Europe," it says, calling China "an increasingly important buttress for Russia in its war effort" and saying it is "probably supplying Moscow with key technology." </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.2143402099609375pt; margin-right: 32.199615478515625pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.42636871337890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"Beijing has also significantly increased the use of its currency, the yuan, and its financial infrastructure in commercial interactions with Russia, allowing Russian entities to conduct financial transactions unfettered of Western interdiction," the nine-page report says. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6407089233398438pt; margin-right: 26.869964599609375pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.5416107177734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It says that China has since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine become "Russia's most important trading partner, although as of April 2023 it had not fully replaced Western trade volumes" before the war. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.39871978759765625pt; margin-right: 50.275421142578125pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.5300827026367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2023/07/russia 230727-rfa01.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e3679%2erg0ao0ejdg%2e3f1b </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.36669921875pt; margin-top: 15.2386474609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">19 July 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495323181152342; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25812530517578125pt; margin-right: 26.78570556640625pt; margin-top: 1.14794921875pt; text-indent: 0.7252197265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://irregularwarfare.org/articles/reaching-the-tipping-point-lessons from-combining-kinetic-and-information-operations/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495323181152342; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7006378173828125pt; margin-right: 19.752166748046875pt; margin-top: 0.51226806640625pt; text-indent: 0.38104248046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Reaching the Tipping Point: Lessons from Combining Kinetic and Information Operations </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494995594024658; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 11.2041015625pt; margin-top: 0.51324462890625pt; text-indent: 1.6471099853515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This article is part of a series hosted by Maj. Iain Cruickshank, Ph.D., that explores the idea of combining cyber operations with information operations to produce effects well beyond what each capability can accomplish alone. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One dark night in a far-off country, a circling drone launches a Hellfire missile. The missile strikes its target, destroying a vehicle carrying an insurgent leader who was attempting to move from one safe house to another. At roughly the same time, a military public affairs team releases a series of messages, giving a detailed description of the successful strike and tagging several key media outlets and local social media influencers. Later, as the sun rises, the insurgent group starts posting its own messages, calling the strike “a targeted attack on innocent civilians,” while remaining silent about the death of the group’s leader. But the insurgents’ messages fall flat and fail to generate significant online engagement or to inflame the local population. Instead, social media chatter remains focused on the insurgent leader’s death and the precision strike that killed him. The military public affairs team’s intentional pairing of kinetic and information operations, in the physical and information dimensions, has served its purpose: to deny the insurgent group the effects they typically generate when they have uncontested control of the narrative. As a result, support for the counterinsurgency effort is untarnished by the kinetic strike, and the insurgency suffers a serious setback with the loss of a key leader.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328176975250243; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 2.1664352416992188pt; margin-right: 10.7362060546875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP Veterans Association | 117 Bernal Road, Suite 70-338, San Jose, CA 95119 408-270- 1800 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 116.532958984375pt; margin-top: 14.34130859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Update Profile</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> |</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Constant Contact Data</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 201.52500915527344pt; margin-top: 1.5335693359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Notice</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 118.25074768066406pt; margin-top: 12.2884521484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sent bydietz.pova@gmail.compowered by </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 153.75885009765625pt; margin-top: 14.59326171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 46px; overflow: hidden; width: 164px;"><img height="46" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/WUmPRn5bRrtgmT95K2ssB2sBv-GGV35Zh2enWOFij1SDJ2ZLPyek-Y9a5DTKHGY-k_6YNgGEinW8EtPNr4ATgO9GqVRsAIlZ3zXa3tkcIF5X-o7WC2mQk6BtjEqXSaU06L8A1fVrxSz_Lkm9DOViCTQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="164" /></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 154.14297485351562pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a73b13ae-7fff-e286-b1a9-d17326a22fee" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 6.914169788360596pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Try email marketing for free today!</span></b></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><p></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-38517322312920957682023-12-04T17:35:00.000-08:002023-12-04T17:35:03.732-08:00POVA LEAFLET DROP - JUNE 2023 <p> <b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 138.80196380615234pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 184px; overflow: hidden; width: 205px;"><img height="184" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/dWgg9MZEvD4eyzLihWPToSfdte6j4Gnn32TdeiEcc2Fk7KbQNDWuGE9Jc3gQSJoF9gkH3ArYIqeeePCT0-Fi0bpHMCHTx6_T8duMJw5F1iT5tHADnlI8RTrbBdDi1JunV6cQ1m6By58FdX1ju3wdsj0" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="205" /></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.6617050170898438pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POVA LEAFLET DROP - JUNE 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 35.591064453125pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1700286865234375pt; margin-top: 15.61676025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and welcome to your June Leaflet Drop. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-right: 6.422119140625pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5777206420898438pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5777206420898438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your Board of Directors held our monthly meeting on 28 June. Attending: Brett Cox, Larry Dietz, Jesse Manning, Mike Rogers, Ham Salley, and Daniel Wood. Ray Ambrozak attended as a guest. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 15.9141845703125pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4425048828125pt; text-indent: -0.4425048828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Anyone who would like a copy of the minutes can email me at: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will send a copy. Our next meeting is 26 July at 1900 Eastern Time. Members are welcome to attend. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.5019073486328125pt; margin-top: 15.109771728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Here are the Statistics for the May Leaflet Drop </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.67691802978516pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sends: 578 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.71379852294922pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Opens: 56% </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.7383804321289pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Clicks: 2%) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 69.0210952758789pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bounces: 9 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 69.09484100341797pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unsubscribes: 0 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1085739135742188pt; margin-top: 15.616790771484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On June 1 we welcomed Jacob Mellberg as a new serving member. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494989871978759; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1085739135742188pt; margin-right: 42.914947509765625pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.22125244140625pt; text-indent: -0.22125244140625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On June 16 I had the pleasure of meeting with BG (R) Ed Burley, a Life Member of POVA and a member of the Board the PRA for a cordial and productive discussion about the two organizations. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494989871978759; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6660614013671875pt; margin-right: 6.8076171875pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.233551025390625pt; text-indent: -0.233551025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We have been unable to schedule a virtual office call with the CG of SWC who serves as the PSYOP Regiment Home Base Commander. If you are able to help in this effort, please contact me. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495015621185301; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6660614013671875pt; margin-right: 6.08740234375pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.28271484375pt; text-indent: -0.28271484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We continue the transition from our Michigan roots by establishing our banking relationship with the national firm, Edward James. Our end of June 2023 quarter balance was $11,063. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249498701095581; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0716934204101562pt; margin-right: 27.560760498046875pt; margin-top: 15.10971450805664pt; text-indent: 0.0368804931640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our new official mailing address is: POVA, 117 Bernal Road, Suite 70-338, San Jose, CA 95119.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7398147583007812pt; margin-right: 9.5565185546875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.3687591552734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our Scholarship committee is exploring ways to streamline our scholarship process. If you are interested in helping out with this worthwhile effort feel free to contact Dan Wood at </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">DWood1180@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.328415012359619; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 3.0982666015625pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.075286865234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) awarded the Soldiers of the Year and the Senior NCO’s of the Year from the commands in the St. Louis Region. POVA is pleased to congratulate SPC Christina Huff of the 318th POC and !SG Michael McCarty (not pictured) of the 308</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 7.682411193847655pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">th </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POC on their amazing accomplishments and being designated as the best of the best to represent their Battalion in 2023. Hooah! </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5554351806640625pt; margin-right: 21.800323486328125pt; margin-top: 14.4698486328125pt; text-indent: 0.110626220703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We would like to expand our coverage in the Leaflet Drop. If you have any appropriate military events coming up or information you would like to share with the PSYOP Community, please send the information to me at: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will include it in our next issue. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8750228881835938pt; margin-right: 5.55810546875pt; margin-top: 15.8780517578125pt; text-indent: 0.233551025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our next virtual POVA Board meeting is scheduled for 1900 Eastern time on 26 July via Google Meet. If you are interested in attending, please email me for an invite. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.6617050170898438pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the May Leaflet Drop, you can find it at: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3912811279296875pt; margin-top: 1.020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/3N0tviW </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7231674194335938pt; margin-top: 30.213409423828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',sans-serif; font-size: 24.58371543884277pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Larry </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4158706665039062pt; margin-top: 15.1004638671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lawrence D. Dietz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4650344848632812pt; margin-top: 1.020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">President </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 61.7113037109375pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP NEWS - JUNE 2023</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 60.17474365234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">26 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Trojan Horse Smartwatches Target Military Personnel </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327993869781494; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 9.46026611328125pt; margin-top: 16.51324462890625pt; text-indent: 0.87579345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Using a ploy as old at the days of Troy, when the Greeks gifted the people of Troy with a magnificent hollow wooden horse in which Greek soldiers were hidden, an adversary of the U.S. is employing a modern-day slant to the infamous “Trojan Horse”. Both the United States Army and Navy are advising all U.S. military personnel that unsolicited smartwatches are being sent to personnel and that these devices contain malware targeting the information on servicemember’s devices. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328038215637206; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2330245971679688pt; margin-right: 9.57818603515625pt; margin-top: 15.238082885742188pt; text-indent: 0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/06/26/trojan-horse-smartwatches-target military-personnel/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.238048553466797pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">25 June</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4058837890625pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Poll finds continued public support for Ukraine, Taiwan aid </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 4.12591552734375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.35723114013671875pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.35723114013671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A new </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">poll on national security issues </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">finds three-quarters of respondents believe it is important for Ukraine to win its war against Russia’s invasion, but not all of them support </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">providing Ukraine military aid</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 33.92181396484375pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt; text-indent: 0.553131103515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/06/25/poll-finds-continued-public support-for-ukraine-taiwan-aid/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">24 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 3.48248291015625pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.7190704345703125pt; text-indent: -0.7190704345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 19.974267959594727pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Vladimir Putin Addresses Russia l Reports of Civil War, PsyOps, and CIA Involvement Saturate The Information Space </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.725982666015625pt; margin-right: 15.186065673828125pt; margin-top: 2.94622802734375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1037139892578125pt; text-indent: -0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Just a few hours ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech describing an ongoing operation led by “external forces” who seek to “split the unity of the Russian people.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2676010131835938pt; margin-right: 11.380859375pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.1728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">His speech comes after </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">news </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">that PMC Wagner Group Commander Yevgeny Prigozhin has seized control of the port city of Rostov-on-Don while demanding the resignation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2791213989257812pt; margin-right: 8.32977294921875pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/vladimir-putin-addresses-russia-l reports-civil-war/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">22 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">White House mum on jailed Defense News correspondent </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8988418579101562pt; margin-right: 3.08624267578125pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt; text-indent: 0.13828277587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Senior White House officials said press freedom would be among the topics discussed this week by President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in private meetings, but would not commit to specifically intervening in the case of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Defense News contributor Vivek Raghuvanshi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-right: 10.10845947265625pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; text-indent: 0.5185623168945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Raghuvanshi, a journalist and freelancer to Defense News for more than three decades, was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">jailed in mid-May by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">on charges of espionage. The Indian government has released minimal information on his arrest. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 28.748199462890625pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; text-indent: 1.3367385864257812pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2023/06/22/white-house-mum-on jailed-defense-news-correspondent/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.237945556640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">20 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0947418212890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Chinese Next Generation Psychological Warfare </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6222763061523438pt; margin-right: 3.6744384765625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.47246551513671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">China views psychological warfare, centered on the manipulation of information to influence adversary decisionmaking and behavior, as one of several key components of modern warfare. The U.S. military's increased focus on China and preparations for a potential U.S.-China conflict mean that it is important to understand how Chinese psychological warfare capabilities may evolve and what they would mean for Chinese strategic behavior in a crisis or conflict. The author explores Chinese military thinking about next-generation psychological warfare. China is interested in both advanced computing, such as big data, and brain science for their potential military applications to improve future psychological warfare capabilities. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2791213989257812pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA853-1.html </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">20 June 23</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0371246337890625pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCKOR Change of Command </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.967987060546875pt; margin-right: 21.306671142578125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.3917999267578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Brig. Gen. Derek Lipson replaced Maj. Gen. Michael Martin as the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command – Korea (SOCKOR) during a change-of command ceremony at Camp Humphreys, South Korea on June 12, 2023. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://sof.news/news/sockor-change-of-command-june-2023/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">17 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0947418212890625pt; margin-top: 1.91693115234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Chinese Intelligence Army Quietly Operates ‘Service Centers’ in 7 US Cities </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31113433837890625pt; margin-right: 2.4140625pt; margin-top: 16.51312255859375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.207427978515625pt; text-indent: -0.207427978515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A Chinese intelligence agency quietly operates “service centers” in seven American cities, all of which have had contact with Beijing’s national police authority, according to state media reports and government records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-right: 36.071319580078125pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.437896728515625pt; text-indent: -0.437896728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/17/china-intelligence-service-centers-ccp/ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">16 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8988418579101562pt; margin-right: 11.42889404296875pt; margin-top: 0.6412353515625pt; text-indent: 0.5070419311523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Putin is prioritizing control over efficiency, and it’s not going to serve him well in the long run. It’s going to take weeks, or even months, before Ukraine and allies can confidently assess the status of Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive. But in the interim, Putin is responding to the increased military pressure by further tightening control over his population- both in terms of the military and civil society. He’s also doubling down on political alliances that might sound promising but are unlikely to offer Russia any long-term economic or political benefit. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://thearkingroup.com/highlights/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 31.11004638671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">16 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.5902557373046875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Intelligence analysts confront the reality of deepfakes </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 4.6934814453125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The rise of AI — and what it means for the future of intelligence — was a hot topic at the recent GEOINT 2023 conference held in St. Louis. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.93341064453125pt; margin-right: 3.8902587890625pt; margin-top: 0.6417236328125pt; text-indent: 0.47247314453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">During a panel discussion, officials from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency hailed the value of AI tools and machine learning to analyze thousands of satellite images and quickly unravel critical insights. They also alluded to the dark side of AI and the danger it creates when it’s exploited for misinformation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8296966552734375pt; margin-right: 5.05487060546875pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; text-indent: 0.1613311767578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“The future of geoint is about going faster; it’s about using artificial intelligence,” said James Griffith, NGA’s director of source operations and management. He noted that NGA is responsible for collecting, analyzing and distributing data in support of national security as well as civilian agencies. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://spacenews.com/intelligence-analysts-confront-the-reality-of-deepfakes/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">15 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-top: 1.91693115234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Dynamics of the Ukrainian IT Army’s Campaign in Russia </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8988418579101562pt; margin-right: 12.594970703125pt; margin-top: 16.51312255859375pt; text-indent: 0.1728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our understanding of cyber operations is almost entirely driven by defenders. Reports from cybersecurity companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies offer a view into what and whom cyber operations target, but this perspective is partial, only catching bits and pieces of the overarching campaign. Leaked documents, most notably Edward Snowden’s leak of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Presidential Policy Directive 20 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">other documents </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">from the National Security Agency, and the occasional </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">statement </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">from U.S. Cyber Command offer some visibility into how and</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38027191162109375pt; margin-right: 13.2774658203125pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.17285919189453125pt; text-indent: -0.17285919189453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">where offensive operations are conducted, but still leave many gaps in understanding the landscape. However, the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ukrainian IT Army</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, a hacktivist group organized in response to the ongoing Russian invasion and likely affiliated with the Ukrainian government, offers a unique viewpoint into the decisions and actions of the offensive side and how cyberspace can be leveraged during a war. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.lawfareblog.com/dynamics-ukrainian-it-armys-campaign-russia </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">15 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9979400634765625pt; margin-right: 29.5809326171875pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.23969268798828125pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.23969268798828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #292b2c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 19.974267959594727pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Space Force Could Get a Guard Force and Part-Time Guardians, If House Lawmakers Get Their Way </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8012771606445312pt; margin-right: 15.294281005859375pt; margin-top: 16.7745361328125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1597900390625pt; text-indent: -0.1597900390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #292b2c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00529b; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Space Force </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #292b2c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">could soon have a Space</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00529b; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">National Guard </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #292b2c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">-- as well as the addition of part-time Guardians -- if two different legislative proposals are approved by Congress. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7398147583007812pt; margin-right: 11.85980224609375pt; margin-top: 0.5130615234375pt; text-indent: 0.06146240234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #292b2c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The House's proposed defense authorization bill for the coming year aims to turn more than a dozen Air National Guard units into a Space National Guard. It's the third year that the move has been pushed forward in the annual policy bill, but the first time it has been included in the draft itself instead of being included as a separate amendment. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494991302490235; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6291885375976562pt; margin-right: 9.15899658203125pt; margin-top: 0.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.172088623046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #292b2c; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The draft legislation would also give the Space Force the option of a part-time, active-duty status for Guardians, replacing the conventional idea of a reserve force as a way to offer flexibility in serving. Getting it passed into law is one of the top priorities for the service. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 12.80718994140625pt; margin-top: 1.281341552734375pt; text-indent: 0.6798934936523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/06/15/space-force-could-get-guard force-and-part-time-guardians-if-house-lawmakers-get-their-way.html </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">15 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0371246337890625pt; margin-right: 42.254302978515625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.0576171875pt; text-indent: -0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Passes Intel Act, Including Security Clearance and Classification Reform </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6222763061523438pt; margin-right: 21.6318359375pt; margin-top: 15.237945556640625pt; text-indent: 0.1613311767578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Senate Select Committee on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Intelligence </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">unanimously approved the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (IAA)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, providing necessary funding, legal authorities, and enhanced oversight for the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2791213989257812pt; margin-right: 16.03619384765625pt; margin-top: 15.237838745117188pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://news.clearancejobs.com/2023/06/15/senate-select-committee-on intelligence-passes-intel-act-including-security-clearance-and-classification reform/?_hsmi=262645044&_hsenc=p2ANqtz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8873214721679688pt; margin-top: 0.6413726806640625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4609375pt; text-indent: -0.4609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9z6mY9ae528hwX4cv78BYsIPq0KVzY_OHJy5SbAJdeIVSqYfh4NxaTJzkRx_6rwi DK-41r_k7hUeTiaHcywEdv0ZTLWw </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.237945556640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">14 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332800245285034; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 7.13128662109375pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt; text-indent: 0.7720794677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Exposed: Disturbing details of the Pentagon “Perception Management” Office Despite its low-key rollout, IPMO looks set to be a hugely influential new DoD agency in the future, waging ceaseless information warfare at home and abroad. What makes the new venture all the more sinister is that such capabilities are nothing new; the Pentagon has managed multiple similar, if not identical, operations in the past and continues to do so, despite significant controversy and public backlash.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.93341064453125pt; margin-right: 13.949676513671875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.6568450927734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Indeed, the DoD’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">official dictionary </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">has a dedicated definition of “perception management”, linking the practice to “psychological operations,” which are defined as actions intended to influence the “emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior” of target governments, organizations, groups, and individuals: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327959537506102; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 2.4140625pt; margin-top: 0.64166259765625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.380279541015625pt; text-indent: -0.380279541015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Actions to convey and/or deny selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning as well as to intelligence systems and leaders at all levels to influence official estimates, ultimately resulting in foreign behaviors and official actions favorable to the originator’s objectives. In various ways, perception management combines truth projection, operations security, cover and deception, and psychological operations. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://mronline.org/2023/06/14/exposed-disturbing-details-of-the-pentagon perception-management-office/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">14 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3597869873046875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Let’s Stop Pretending Spying is a Big Deal </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-right: 23.624725341796875pt; margin-top: 1.91717529296875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.25351715087890625pt; text-indent: -0.25351715087890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When U.S. officials </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">complained </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore early this month that a Chinese naval vessel had dangerously cut off a U.S. destroyer in international waters as it passed through the Taiwan Strait, China’s defense minister had a ready-made answer for how such hazards could best be avoided in the future. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6683731079101562pt; margin-right: 3.88348388671875pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.32265472412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“For China, we always say mind your own business, take good care of your own vessels, your fighter jets, take good care of your own territorial airspace and waters,” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">said </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Gen. Li Shangfu. “If that is the case, then I don’t think there will be future problems.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5646591186523438pt; margin-right: 37.763031005859375pt; margin-top: 0.641326904296875pt; text-indent: 0.7720794677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/14/us-china-spying-cuba-international waters-taiwan/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">10 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332835292816162; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 7.89849853515625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.345703125pt; text-indent: -0.345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Role of Special Operations Forces in Irregular Warfare within the Framework of Great Power Competition </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 8.17584228515625pt; margin-top: 0.64105224609375pt; text-indent: 1.0371246337890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In an era defined by increasing geopolitical tensions and evolving threats, irregular warfare emerges as a salient component of global conflict. The United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) stand at the crux of this irregular warfare landscape, uniquely equipped to respond to diverse challenges and ensure national security interests. However, the question arises whether SOF should be the leading effort in American irregular warfare across the globe within the context of great power competition. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5646591186523438pt; margin-right: 40.31982421875pt; margin-top: 0.6414031982421875pt; text-indent: 0.7720794677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/role-special-operations-forces-irregular warfare-within-sal-artiaga/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0025558471679688pt; margin-top: 0.6414642333984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 6.84344482421875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.87579345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US cyber experts sent to Latin America on hunt-forward’ mission McLEAN, Va. — U.S. cyber specialists were sent south to identify digital weaknesses on foreign networks and expose tools hackers employ, according to an official with Cyber Command. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 6.87945556640625pt; margin-top: 0.6413345336914062pt; text-indent: 0.23047637939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The so-called hunt-forward mission, handled by experts on the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Cyber National Mission Force</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, was conducted inside Southern Command’s area of responsibility, which comprises more than two-dozen countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica and Nicaragua. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 11.19342041015625pt; margin-top: 0.6419601440429688pt; text-indent: 0.99102783203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“We had our first defend-forward mission, a hunt-forward mission, in SOUTHCOM just recently, which is amazing,” Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny said June 8 at the Potomac Officers Club’s Cyber Summit in McLean, Virginia. “The whole point of the</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.87579345703125pt; margin-right: 9.6092529296875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.03456878662109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">defend-forward mission is to learn something on someone else’s network, a partner network, another nation’s network, so we can bring back that information and make sure our networks are more secure.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.93341064453125pt; margin-right: 31.35302734375pt; margin-top: 0.6412353515625pt; text-indent: 0.40332794189453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2023/06/09/us-cyber-experts-sent-to-latin america-on-hunt-forward-mission/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0601730346679688pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2517494678497314; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6660614013671875pt; margin-right: 13.589752197265625pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.428680419921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Chinese ‘Volt Typhoon’ hack underlines shift in Beijing's targets, skills </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON — For </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">decades</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, Chinese hackers focused on wholesale and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">often ham-handed </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">theft of Western trade secrets, what then-NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander called in 2012 “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the greatest transfer of wealth in history</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">.” But in recent years, the NSA and independent experts agree, the Chinese have gotten a lot subtler — and some of their best hackers have changed tactics, moving from using cyberspace for theft to using it to prepare the battlefield of a future conflict. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494991302490235; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.70294189453125pt; margin-right: 4.89764404296875pt; margin-top: 0.51312255859375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.09833526611328125pt; text-indent: -0.09833526611328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This shift, years in the making, became unmistakable last month, when news broke of a widespread security breach of US critical infrastructure, particularly around the strategically crucial island of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Guam</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. While it’s not not a harbinger of impending apocalypse or a major breakdown in an increasingly fraught relationship, experts told Breaking Defense that the activity serves as a scary sign of a kind of new normal, where both superpowers are using cyber capabilities to prepare for a potential open war. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-top: 1.281341552734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://tinyurl.com/3j9eu8hc </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9564590454101562pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">6 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6568450927734375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">What ChatGPT Can and Can’t Do for Intelligence </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 4.142578125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.0576171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The prospects of ChatGPT for intelligence are mixed. On the one hand, the technology appears “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">impressive</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">,” and “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">scarily intelligent</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">,” but on the other hand, its own creators </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">warned </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">that “it can create a misleading impression of greatness.” In the absence of an expert consensus, researchers and practitioners must explore the potential and downsides of the technology for intelligence. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.5989609718322755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0025558471679688pt; margin-right: 38.389373779296875pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt; text-indent: 0.3341827392578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-chatgpt-can-and-cant-do-intelligence </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5 June 23 Special Operations Forces News Update </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0947418212890625pt; margin-right: 12.665283203125pt; margin-top: 3.0791168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">CA Officer Assignment. Brig. Gen. Andree G. Carter, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will be assigned as the commander, 350th Civil Affairs Command, Pensacola, Florida. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9449386596679688pt; margin-right: 1.76580810546875pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt; text-indent: 0.8296966552734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">193rd SOW and ACE. Agile Combat Employment or ACE is a concept that the 193rd Special Operations Wing is incorporating into its training program. The wing is exploring expansion of its course offerings at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania. Read more in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Wing eyes Regional Training Site as location for national Agile Combat Employment instruction”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">193rd SOW</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, June 2, 2023. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8873214721679688pt; margin-right: 19.89129638671875pt; margin-top: 15.238048553466797pt; text-indent: 0.5761795043945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">FBNC Now Fort Liberty. A big chunk of Airborne and Special Forces heritage has gone away as the long-time name of Fort Bragg </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">has now been struck from the history books</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Military.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, June 2, 2023).</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495004177093505; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8504409790039062pt; margin-right: 6.7716064453125pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.28271484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Chinese PSYOP. A report by RAND Corporation provides information on the psychological warfare capabilities of the Chinese military and some of its emerging operational concepts. China views the manipulation of information to influence adversary decisionmaking and behavior as a key component of modern warfare. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Chinese Next</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">–</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Generation Psychological Warfare, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">RAND, June 2023, PDF, 224 pages. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3912811279296875pt; margin-top: 0.5130615234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA853-1.html </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 30.98175048828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.5902557373046875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Information Operations and the new Commandant Marine Corps (CMC) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 5.2696533203125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.36875152587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Compass Points reported yesterday on the nomination of General Eric Smith to be the next Commandant of the Marine Corps. Perhaps as a part of his preparation for confirmation hearings and meetings, the incoming Commandant might want to broaden his preparation by reviewing the nearly three-hundred prior posts on Compass Points, all of which encourage broader thinking, deeper understanding, and better decisions, for a stronger Marine Corps. If the next CMC is looking for better answers to tougher Congressional questions, Compass Points is here to help. In the upcoming weeks, Compass Points will feature a variety of issues – old and new – the incoming Commandant may want to explore. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/45YUB2D </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.428924560546875pt; margin-right: 25.087860107421875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1613311767578125pt; text-indent: -0.1613311767578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S., ROK Agencies Alert: DPRK Cyber Actors Impersonating Targets to Collect Intelligence. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.87579345703125pt; margin-right: 6.1217041015625pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.58770751953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">FORT MEADE, Md. - The National Security Agency (NSA) is partnering with several organizations to highlight the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) use of social engineering and malware to target think tanks, academia, and news media sectors. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-right: 49.389739990234375pt; margin-top: 15.238006591796875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4839935302734375pt; text-indent: -0.4839935302734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">To help protect against these DPRK attacks, NSA and partners are publicly releasing the Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">North Korea Using Social Engineering to Enable Hacking of Think Tanks, Academia, and Media</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 12.074951171875pt; margin-top: 15.238143920898438pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.81817626953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release View/Article/3413621/us-rok-agencies-alert-dprk-cyber-actors-impersonating targets-to-collect-intell/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 29.834823608398438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 June 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4058837890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Private Eyes: China’s Embrace of Open-Source Military Intelligence </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332800245285034; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6798934936523438pt; margin-right: 15.3697509765625pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1037139892578125pt; text-indent: -0.1037139892578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is using new collection, processing, and analysis technologies to exploit the massive amount of open-source information available from the internet and other sources for military intelligence purposes. A growing ecosystem of private companies, state-owned enterprises, state-run research organizations, and universities is supporting the PLA’s push to leverage open-source intelligence (OSINT) by providing research services, platforms, and data. The PLA almost certainly views OSINT as an increasingly valuable source of</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-right: 16.626251220703125pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.3687591552734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">military intelligence that can support decision-making and necessitates the use of new collection, processing, and analysis technologies, which the PLA and China’s defense industry are actively developing. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/45IYiZW </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0025558471679688pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">30 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3943557739257812pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">NATO intel chief: Russia’s war on Ukraine and a hybrid war aimed at us </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 3.92523193359375pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.81817626953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Military Times’ Senior Managing Editor Kimberly Dozier sat down with</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">David Cattler, NATO’s assistant secretary general for intelligence and security</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, on the sidelines of the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2023 Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, earlier this month. Cattler started as a naval surface warfare officer, patrolling the Pacific and taking part in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Operation Southern Watch</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, aimed at keeping Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein from harming U.S. Iraqi Shiite allies in the south of his country. Cattler now wrangles some 80 intelligence organizations from 31 NATO members, organizing their efforts somewhat like the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">director of national intelligence provides guidance to U.S. intelligence agencies</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. His main focus right now? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and its hybrid war against Ukraine and NATO, as well as the rest of Europe. This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2023/05/30/nato-intel-chief-russias-war-on ukraine-and-a-hybrid-war-aimed-at-us/ </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8527450561523438pt; margin-top: 15.238067626953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">24 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7836074829101562pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Case for a Deepfake Equities Process </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328006744384766; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7259902954101562pt; margin-right: 7.74346923828125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.7029342651367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Experts around the world are concerned with the explosive growth of deepfakes: digitally altered videos and audio that change a person’s appearance and words to spread false information or are otherwise created with malicious intent. Most deepfakes are harmless, such as </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AI-generated images of the Pope</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. Other uses, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">such as non-consensual deepfake pornography</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, are far more disturbing. A Congressional Research Service </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">report </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">predicts that hostile intelligence services might use deepfakes to embarrass adversary political leaders and create false “evidence” of war crimes, among other dangers. Academic experts Robert Chesney and Danielle Citron </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">warn </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">that the spread of deepfakes may allow dishonest leaders to dismiss genuine evidence of fraud or other criticisms as a deepfake. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence have made deepfakes far easier to create, and they are spreading rapidly throughout the internet. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3WzdmoN </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332798957824707; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 3.59014892578125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.3341827392578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">24 May 23 China Hacks US Critical Networks in Guam, Raising Cyberwar Fears As state-sponsored hackers working on behalf of Russia, Iran, and North Korea have for years wreaked havoc with disruptive cyberattacks across the globe, China's military and intelligence hackers have largely maintained a reputation for constraining their intrusions </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">to espionage</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. But when those cyberspies breach critical infrastructure in the United States—and specifically a US territory on China's doorstep—spying, conflict contingency planning, and cyberwar escalation all start to look dangerously similar. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328145503997801; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 25.135894775390625pt; margin-top: 0.6414146423339844pt; text-indent: 0.5185623168945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On Wednesday, Microsoft </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">revealed in a blog post </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">that it has tracked a group of what it believes to be Chinese state-sponsored hackers who have since 2021 carried out a broad hacking campaign that has targeted critical infrastructure</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.87579345703125pt; margin-right: 7.19024658203125pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.092193603515625pt; text-indent: -0.092193603515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">systems in US states and Guam, including communications, manufacturing, utilities, construction, and transportation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3367385864257812pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3qlW823 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.7746353149414062pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">15 March 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A year of Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 3.78741455078125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.852752685546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion ofUkraine on February 24, 2022, many observers expected that a Russian-led hybrid war, like that observed when Russia invaded Donbas and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, would involve marrying cyber weapons, influence operations, and military force to swiftly overrun Ukrainian defenses. Now, one year after its full-scale invasion, Russia’s military has indeed wrought physical devastation in Ukraine but has not achieved its objectives—in part because Moscow’s parallel cyber and influence operations have largely failed. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.967987060546875pt; margin-right: 14.92034912109375pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt; text-indent: 0.31113433837890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-insider/wp content/uploads/2023/03/A-year-of-Russian-hybrid-warfare-in-Ukraine_MS-Threat Intelligence-1.pdf </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328132629394531; 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color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sent bydietz.pova@gmail.compowered by </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 154.16678619384766pt; margin-top: 14.59375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-2109a98b-7fff-dbbd-13c4-aab2278ebab2" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 46px; overflow: hidden; width: 164px;"><img height="46" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/qU_jE7sYBgA9fxXqWJPYuPTP63hC7ik0YU5DLAzgIURN1Q3Ej1YtXT2_atoJYgPUjoh7HqF5rKal19mvSJZtAffwW-6lVkqtfgCLF7eQ0WWA0-ndW4hpFqKN468SbQd99q8uXxfoFJwzMjgPGtNVbYE" style="margin-left: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 143.9pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-c7a72f52-7fff-b631-6bab-f0a47b9cf932" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 184px; overflow: hidden; width: 204px;"><img height="184" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Mcg9h73Na0T_uRBvIXWUlZ9VK7nFbXxJAIkhi7CK9WVP842UimBQ_JFKU2amPuLZN6lipm6PkWuaLrAHzznr7xecixgvGEBWY2Uo2ea2w88oukpsXUKYhai5kQ-Noew97fucLeAPSCwLLeHkqjNIbQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="204" /></span></span></b></p><b id="docs-internal-guid-c7a72f52-7fff-b631-6bab-f0a47b9cf932" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 5.3pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POVA LEAFLET DROP - October/November 2023</span></h1><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 74.55pt; margin-right: 82.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 4.85pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and welcome to the expanded September Leaflet Drop. In addition to the PSYOP News, this edition features two interesting articles from our members and an announcement about the upcoming PSYOP Ball in Fayetteville on 18 November.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This month’s PSYOP news features articles about disinformation, deepfakes and the unfortunate demise of the creator of PowerPoint.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our website update is in its final stages. Thanks to those of you who sent in photos and suggestions.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your Board of Directors held our monthly meeting on 20 September.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mike Rogers, Hammond Salley, Dan Wood and I were present for duty. Anyone who would like a copy of the minutes can email me at: </span><a href="mailto:Dietz.POVA@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0462c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0462c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will send a copy.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I am also pleased to report that POVA received a very generous donation from Lindsay London in honor of SGT Ryan Knauss. Thanks for your invaluable support!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our Life Member roster has increased with the very welcome addition of Albert Viator.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Here are the Statistics for the August Leaflet Drop</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 1.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sends: 584</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 1.4pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Opens: 342 (59%)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 1.35pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Clicks: 22</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 1.4pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bounces: 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 1.35pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unsubscribes: 1</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There is nothing significant to report on our discussions with PRA or setting up a virtual office call with the CG of SWC.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the August Leaflet Drop, you can find it at:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 1.8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><a href="https://conta.cc/45OTK3n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/45OTK3n</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our next virtual Board meeting is 15 November at 1900 Eastern Time. If you are interested in attending, please email me for an invite.. All POVA members in good standing are welcome to attend.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 229.85pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thank you for your continued support! All the best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 3.1449999999999996; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',sans-serif; font-size: 24.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Larry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3050000000000002; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lawrence D. Dietz, President</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 75.9pt; margin-right: 82.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP NEWS - OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2023</span></h1><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 4.65pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Articles of Interest</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 4.65pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">21 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">How Israel's shift CENTCOM is paying off during Gaza Conflict</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON and JERUSALEM — During a media roundtable this morning, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official was asked about the Defense Department’s assistance for </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/tag/israel/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Israel</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. And while material concerns and reports of a potential ceasefire were touched on, Deputy Defense Secretary </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/tag/kathleen-hicks/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kathleen Hicks</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">also pointed to the importance of an inside baseball change to Israel’s relations to the US.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“We are seeing some of the benefits of having [US Central Command] CENTCOM looking both at defense of Israel issues and the overall picture in the region,” Hicks said at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington. “So much of what we do in and around Middle East security is about working with our Arab partners and CENTCOM … bringing in the Israelis to that structure, I think has helped to broaden the picture.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 10.15pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“In this crisis, at this time, I think that has been opportune: CENTCOM can help advise on the range of what is happening in the region,” she later added. </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/how-israels-shift-to-centcom-is-paying-off-during-gaza-conflict/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=283479831&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Da4iqkKdB-naPWeyJDX0o39dDXvWpEEPS2n5YAf3arjUtAjFW4db4_IxoWqJiVYcLzrszKx6nGWLEVqnDTxyQnDZMYg&utm_content=283479831&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/how-israels-shift-to-centcom-is-paying- off-during-gaza-conflict/? utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=283479831&_h senc=p2ANqtz-8Da4iqkKdB- naPWeyJDX0o39dDXvWpEEPS2n5YAf3arjUtAjFW4db4_IxoWqJiVYcLzrszKx6n GWLEVqnDTxyQnDZMYg&utm_content=283479831&utm_source=hs_email</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">13 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/new-tech-plays-roll-in-gaza-war-but-not-to-level-israel-once-envisioned/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">New tech plays role in Gaza war, but not to level Israel once envisione</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">d </span><a href="https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/dado-center/vol-28-30-military-superiority-and-the-momentum-multi-year-plan/going-on-the-attack-the-theoretical-foundation-of-the-israel-defense-forces-momentum-plan-1/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">JERUSALEM — In 2020, Israel launched a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">new military doctrine and modernization effort </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">commonly referred to as the “Momentum” plan.</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> The concept relies on a rapid war of maneuver, blending quick strikes and the highest technological capabilities the IDF can bring to the front.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 9.4pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The grinding war in Gaza — four weeks of aerial bombardment followed by the slow taking of territory — resembles nothing like what was laid out in that 2020 document. Instead, Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks has relied heavily on classic military tactics and, in some cases, older military hardware that the developers of</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 20.3pt; margin-top: 2.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Momentum expected to consign to history. </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/new-tech-plays-roll-in-gaza-war-but-not-to-level-israel-once-envisioned/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Land&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=282676966&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8BTk7wvNOHGTNXqICHMxmECoS5oSOcIxTxI3NMiN-fO342IrWjdCk4wU7ef1j-Qfyvx5DuqsAHL7j1QhmJtRz83VldYQ&utm_content=282676966&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/new-tech-plays-roll-in-gaza-war-but-not- to-level-israel-once-envisioned/?</span></a></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 5.05pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/new-tech-plays-roll-in-gaza-war-but-not-to-level-israel-once-envisioned/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Land&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=282676966&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8BTk7wvNOHGTNXqICHMxmECoS5oSOcIxTxI3NMiN-fO342IrWjdCk4wU7ef1j-Qfyvx5DuqsAHL7j1QhmJtRz83VldYQ&utm_content=282676966&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Land&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=282 676966&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-</span></a></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/11/new-tech-plays-roll-in-gaza-war-but-not-to-level-israel-once-envisioned/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Land&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=282676966&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8BTk7wvNOHGTNXqICHMxmECoS5oSOcIxTxI3NMiN-fO342IrWjdCk4wU7ef1j-Qfyvx5DuqsAHL7j1QhmJtRz83VldYQ&utm_content=282676966&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8BTk7wvNOHGTNXqICHMxmECoS5oSOcIxTxI3NMiN-fO342IrWjdCk4wU7ef1j- Qfyvx5DuqsAHL7j1QhmJtRz83VldYQ&utm_content=282676966&utm_source=h s_email</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">85% of people worry about online disinformation, global survey finds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">More than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation and 87% believe it has already harmed their country’s politics, according to a global survey, as the </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/unitednations" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">United Nations</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">announced a plan to tackle the phenomenon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 15.75pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Audrey Azoulay, director general of the UN’s culture body, Unesco, told reporters on Monday that false information and hate speech online – accelerated and amplified by social media platforms – posed “major risks to social cohesion, peace and stability”.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 39.45pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/07/85-of-people-worry-about-online-disinformation-global-survey-finds" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/07/85-of-people-worry</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/07/85-of-people-worry-about-online-disinformation-global-survey-finds" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">about-online-disinformation-global-survey-finds</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 9.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Old Dogs, New Tricks: Why PSYOP Needs to Take Primacy Ocver Specail Forces in Great Power Competition</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The global geopolitical landscape has witnessed a paradigm shift from warfare emblematic of the post-9/11 era, to a new frontier defined by information warfare, underpinning great power competition. China and Russia, as formidable adversaries in this arena, have strategically integrated information warfare within their military doctrines, thereby changing the rules of engagement. Against this backdrop, the United States stands at a pivotal juncture, necessitating a radical recalibration of its Army Special Operations Force structure, from a Special Forces-centric approach to a pronounced emphasis on Psychological Operations (PSYOP). This shift is not merely a tactical repositioning, but strategically supported by the US Code Title 10 Section 167j, which recognizes PSYOP as a special operations capability in its own right.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 9.55pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/old-dogs-new-tricks-why-psychological-operations-psyop-brad-carr-okwze/?midToken=AQHgtbxXAIdREQ&midSig=2bUoGo7RRAaX01&trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_content_preview-0-headline_&trkEmail=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_content_preview-0-headline_-null-3zij~looav407~1b-null-null&eid=3zij-looav407-1b&otpToken=MTMwZDFiZTkxYjJiYzNjNWIyMjcwY2U5NDMxN2UxYjE4N2NlZDg0MDkzYWM4NjYyNzJjMjAzNmM0NjViNTY4ODkwYjA5Zjk1NzNmYWMxYjFhOWQ0OWUwMDQ2Y2JjMTViZGIyNzg1ZmJkNmQ5MjIsMSwx" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/old-dogs-new-tricks-why-psychological- operations-psyop-brad-carr-okwze/? midToken=AQHgtbxXAIdREQ&midSig=2bUoGo7RRAaX01&trk=eml- email_series_follow_newsletter_01-newsletter_content_preview-0- headline_&trkEmail=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01- newsletter_content_preview-0-headline_-null-3zij~looav407~1b-null- null&eid=3zij-looav407- 1b&otpToken=MTMwZDFiZTkxYjJiYzNjNWIyMjcwY2U5NDMxN2UxYjE4N2NlZDg 0MDkzYWM4NjYyNzJjMjAzNmM0NjViNTY4ODkwYjA5Zjk1NzNmYWMxYjFhOW Q0OWUwMDQ2Y2JjMTViZGIyNzg1ZmJkNmQ5MjIsMSwx</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">6 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 military operations that sound like Taylor Swift songs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pop queen Taylor Swift is known for her vague, oft ethereal-sounding song titles. Her most recent album, “Midnights,” boasts tracks with names like “Lavender Haze,”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Vigilante Sh-t” and “Midnight Rain.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Reading such titles makes it hard not to liken the naming pattern to the U.S. military’s own operation naming conventions, which are typically indistinct adjective- noun combinations that evoke anything from absurd patriotism to complete confusion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As such, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite U.S. military operation monikers that could easily pass as Taylor Swift song titles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.7pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/11/06/9-military-operations-that-sound-like-taylor-swift-songs/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/11/06/9-military</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/11/06/9-military-operations-that-sound-like-taylor-swift-songs/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">operations-that-sound-like-taylor-swift-songs/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">IDF intel. Starts to open up on October 7 failure - analysis</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The scale and scope of the </span><a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-771419" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Israeli intelligence and defense establishmen</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">t </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">failure on October 7 will likely only become clear several months down the road, when evidence starts being presented before a commission of inquiry.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-753633" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Jerusalem Post </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">has garnered some of the pieces of the fiasco from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">IDF intelligence officials</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, from what they have said and what they have not sa</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">id.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 9.4pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One of the primary causes was extremely high confidence that Hamas was deterred from starting a war with Israel in the foreseeable future.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Several pieces of information were used t</span><a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-768739" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">o</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">prove this deterrence</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, including the</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 10.15pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">fact that Hamas stayed out of multiple rounds of fighting between Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Israel, twice over the last two years.It was costly for its reputation within Gaza that Hamas stayed out of these fights, something that seemed to support deterrence even further.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-771806" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-771806</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">How an AI company parsed misinformation early in Israel-Hamas war</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON — When Hamas militants raided Israel in early October, killing and abducting more than 1,000 people, videos, images and text flooded social media. Rumors and shoddy information proliferated, blurring the line between fact and fiction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 20.65pt; margin-top: 0.1pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Artificial intelligence and data analysis firm Primer monitored the situation from afar using its Command software. It demonstrated its AI-enabled parsing capabilities at </span><a href="https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conventio</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">n </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">in Washington days later, promising to identify kernels of truth among the chaos in the Middle East.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Just aggregating lots of data, particularly if it’s a really noisy environment and the facts have yet to be established, can be really problematic because you’re just making a big pile for the user to go through,” Primer CEO Sean Moriarty told C4ISRNET on the show floor. “As you might imagine, data is all over the place.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 44.45pt; margin-top: 0.1pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There’s all sorts of open-source intelligence data. The question is: What can a professional do with it, using their knowledge and experience? And that comes down to speed, power and accuracy.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 17.7pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.c4isrnet.com/information-warfare/2023/11/01/how-an-ai-company-parsed-misinformation-early-in-israel-hamas-war/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.c4isrnet.com/information-warfare/2023/11/01/how-an-ai-company- parsed-misinformation-early-in-israel-hamas-war/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Nov 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Army needs to invest in psychological operations, not cut them</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The United States, as a global superpower, finds itself at a critical juncture in the evolving landscape of international security and geopolitics. The post-Cold War era,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 20.3pt; margin-top: 2.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">characterized by U.S. preeminence as the lone superpower has given way to a world where great power competition, which refers to the competition between the U.S., Russia and China, has reemerged. In this complex and volatile environment, the United States faces a myriad of threats ranging from traditional military challenges to asymmetric warfare, cyber threats, and operations in the information environment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A crucial yet underutilized tool in the U.S. strategic arsenal can help counter the multifaceted threats sophisticated adversaries pose: military information support operations, or MISO, carried out by psychological operations forces. In layman’s terms, MISO is designed to develop and convey messages and devise actions to influence select foreign groups and promote themes to change those groups’ attitudes and behaviors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 13.9pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2023/11/01/the-army-needs-to-invest-in-psychological-operations-not-cut-them/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2023/11/01/the-army-needs-to-invest-in- psychological-operations-not-cut-them/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">31 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCOM: United States Special Operations Command</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">George Englehart has penned an </span><a href="https://news.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f6fa55ce0e459e2f060ddda0b&id=4dfb22a30c&e=1ff69a6062" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007b88; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">article that describes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #007b88; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">the history, purpose, core operations, organization, and mission of the United States Special Operations Command. (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Grey Dynamics</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, Oct 31, 2023).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://greydynamics.com/socom-united-states-special-operations-command/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://greydynamics.com/socom-united-states-special-operations-command/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">20 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">353rd CACOM expands capabilities to include psychological operations</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">FORT WADSWORTH, N.Y. –</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.45; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.7pt; margin-top: 2.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The 353rd Civil Affairs Command assumed mission command of the 2nd Psychological Operations Group this week in Fort Wadsworth, New York. The 2nd POG will maintain the same mission, but with the added support of being administratively assigned to a versatile one-star command entity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.45; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 13.9pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The 2nd POG is the largest Psychological Operations Group in the United States military. It consists of four battalions arrayed across the country. Its soldiers are specially trained to perform psychological operations that influence the behaviors of designated foreign target audiences at the direction of military commanders, American ambassadors, and other</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S. government entities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 24.7pt; margin-top: 1.55pt;"><a href="https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3564368/353rd-cacom-expands-capabilities-to-include-psychological-operations/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3564368/353rd-cacom</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3564368/353rd-cacom-expands-capabilities-to-include-psychological-operations/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">expands-capabilities-to-include-psychological-operations/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">16 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 56.15pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">IntelBrief: Past as Prologue: The Challenge of Urban Warfare in Gaza Bottom Line Up Front</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has extensive experience fighting in Gaza,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3199999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 1.35pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">but even with prior experience, the challenges of urban warfare are still monumental.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3199999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Given the methodical planning involved in the October 7 attack, it seems likely that Hamas will have devoted significant time planning for the next phase of this conflict, conducting extensive preparation of the battlefield in Gaza that will complicate IDF operations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3199999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0.2pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ground mobile drones, uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), and other intelligence assets may be used to map the tunnels and identify booby traps before sending soldiers to clear them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Hezbollah can tie up IDF resources without having to fully commit to the fight,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3199999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36.35pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 1.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">instead relying on occasional rocket or missile strikes to prevent the Israelis from growing complacent and forcing the IDF to commit manpower and materiel along the northern border.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.9pt;"><a href="https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2023-october-16/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2023-october-16</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">/</span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">14 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Analysis: Propaganda, deception, and fake news in the Israel-Hamas conflict -</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The last thing that matters in any propaganda operation is whether there is any truth in it.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Hamas Authority for Refugee Affairs has called Israel’s already notorious directive that all civilians should evacuate the northern part of the Gaza Strip “fake propaganda”.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 14.45pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Whoever wrote that is dead wrong, and was certainly not involved in the planning of last week’s armed incursion into Israel carried out by the Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades. The last thing that matters in any propaganda operation is whether there is any truth in it. </span><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/14/analysis-propaganda-deception-fake-news-and-psychological-warfare" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/14/analysis-propaganda-deception- fake-news-and-psychological-warfare</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">13 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOF and Multidomain Operations - TRIAD leaders Update AUSA at Warrior’s Corner</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 9.4pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Lt. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command; and Lt. Gen. Maria B. Barrett, commanding general,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S. Army Cyber Command, spoke during the Association of U.S. Army’s Warriors Corner event –“Special Operations, Space, and Cyber Operations: A Modern-Day Triad” – in Washington D.C. on Oct. 11.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">They discussed how their commands provide the joint force with an enhanced capability to see, sense, stimulate, strike and assess across spectrums of conflict.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 14.55pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Two years ago, if we were doing an exercise and we were doing our mission analysis and running up to the exercise, we never would have thought about how we organize space, cyber and SOF. Now, it’s automatic,’ Karbler said. “Mission analysis within my team is how are we leveraging the triad capabilities as part of our mission analysis? That is at the forefront now where as two years ago, we did not necessarily think that way. How does intel integrate the intel enterprise to get after the multidomain or multi-capability approach we all bring?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“We might have cobbled it together along the way, but now it’s really a part of the formal mission analysis,” he added.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/455756/triad-leaders-update-ausa-warriors-corner" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.dvidshub.net/news/455756/triad-leaders-update-ausa-warriors</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/455756/triad-leaders-update-ausa-warriors-corner" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">corner</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">13 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US Army special ops chief on ‘most important’ lesson from Ukraine: Information</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Operations</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US Army Special Operations Command's Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga credits successful information operations with the defection of 17,000 Russian soldiers. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AUSA 2023 — Of the </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/05/cyber-lessons-from-ukraine-prepare-for-prolonged-conflict-not-a-knockout-blow/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">many</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2022/06/us-army-secretary-5-lessons-from-the-ukraine-conflict/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">many</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #397fd6; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">lessons American military leaders and tacticians are taking from Ukraine’s fight against Russian invaders, one stands above the rest for the head of US Army special operations: the criticality of information operations. “I think [information ops] … could be the most important lesson learned from the crisis in Ukraine,” Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commanding general of US Army Special Operations Command, said today. “I mean, the world has rallied to support the Ukrainian armed forces, in my belief, because of information operations and gathering support.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 5.35pt; margin-top: 0.25pt;"><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/us-army-special-ops-chief-on-most-important-lesson-from-ukraine-information-operations/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=278284142&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ZDJGOU7hPZ_qXRd-wpc4Qrb1fhfKY-ocWMx7an_NMFpRsu7ielazVvOcDt0MK-f00RPc51Tej8SMtpblXOQqJMq8m-A&utm_content=278284142&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/us-army-special-ops-chief-on-most- important-lesson-from-ukraine-information-operations/? utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=278284142&_hsenc=p 2ANqtz--ZDJGOU7hPZ_qXRd-wpc4Qrb1fhfKY- ocWMx7an_NMFpRsu7ielazVvOcDt0MK-f00RPc51Tej8SMtpblXOQqJMq8m- A&utm_content=278284142&utm_source=hs_email</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">11 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Forget PowerPoint, and move faster on planning, Army 2-star says</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 10.15pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">WASHINGTON, D.C. — The days of units organizing their operations around a 24- hour cycle, with a short list of targets and procedures, and walking through each at a comfortable pace are over.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Right now, the way we organize ourselves is in a 24-hour </span><a href="https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/10/11/army-leaders-see-latin-america-as-backyard-testbed-for-military-tech/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">battle rhythm</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, and that has to change,” said Maj. Gen. Charles Costanza, special assistant to the commanding general of Army Forces Command. “[Large-Scale Combat Operations] are not going to let you do that,” he said.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 33.7pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/10/11/forget-powerpoint-and-move-faster-on-planning-army-2-star-says/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/10/11/forget-powerpoint</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/10/11/forget-powerpoint-and-move-faster-on-planning-army-2-star-says/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and-move-faster-on-planning-army-2-star-says/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 OCT 20</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In Wake of Hamas attack, Israel may have to change intel, tech strategy</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 19.55pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">JERUSALEM and WASHINGTON — With active fighting still ongoing along the Israeli-Gaza border, it is still too early to know how exactly Hamas pulled off the biggest assault on Israel in 50 years, killing hundreds and capturing dozens of hostages. But analysts agree that the Israeli security establishment is going to have to ask itself hard questions about why it didn’t see the assault coming, and whether its bet on high-tech defenses is enough.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 18.95pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“I would imagine there will be a very, very major and deep-rooted inquiry,” Jonathan Spyer, director of research at the Middle East Forum told Breaking Defense. “And I assume heads will roll, because what just happened is a very, very major event.” </span><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/in-wake-of-hamas-attack-israel-may-have-to-change-intel-tech-strategy/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=277645761&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yMdCkkWW2Ex0hzdm8YLT8B6wu0V50lsFxxZcDeisrD5-k0ApA0oS01N2jHJJ3HMfJLUippHOHpoPHz2IjDmxUnmKFug&utm_content=277645761&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/in-wake-of-hamas-attack-israel-may- have-to-change-intel-tech-strategy/?</span></a></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 5.35pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/in-wake-of-hamas-attack-israel-may-have-to-change-intel-tech-strategy/?utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=277645761&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yMdCkkWW2Ex0hzdm8YLT8B6wu0V50lsFxxZcDeisrD5-k0ApA0oS01N2jHJJ3HMfJLUippHOHpoPHz2IjDmxUnmKFug&utm_content=277645761&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">utm_campaign=BD%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=277645761&_hsenc=p 2ANqtz-8yMdCkkWW2Ex0hzdm8YLT8B6wu0V50lsFxxZcDeisrD5- k0ApA0oS01N2jHJJ3HMfJLUippHOHpoPHz2IjDmxUnmKFug&utm_content=277 645761&utm_source=hs_email</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></a></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 4.65pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 Oct 20</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">US Helps Israel Defend Against Hamas Attack</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Hamas attack on Israel out of Gaza is at a different level than in the past, a senior defense official said today.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Hundreds of Israelis have been killed in the attacks that also killed 11 Americans, President Joe Biden said in a written release. Hamas terrorists have also kidnapped people in Israel and taken them to Gaza.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 15.75pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"While we are still working to confirm, we believe it is likely that American citizens may be among those being held by Hamas," Biden said. "I have directed my team to work with their Israeli counterparts on every aspect of the hostage crisis, including sharing intelligence and deploying experts from across the United States government to consult with and advise Israeli counterparts on hostage recovery efforts."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 29.15pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The senior defense official said the unprecedented Hamas attack is notable for its violence. "I want to differentiate this from other times we have seen conflicts between Israel and Hamas in Gaza," the official said. "This is ISIS-level savagery that we have seen committed against Israeli civilians — houses burned to the ground, young people massacred at music festivals." </span><a href="https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/israel/2023/israel-231009-dodnews01.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e3738%2erg0ao0ejdg%2e3h1l" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/israel/2023/israel-231009- dodnews01.htm?_m=3n%2e002a%2e3738%2erg0ao0ejdg%2e3h1l</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 Oct 20</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Activist Hackers are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War for Both Sides</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">After an attack </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-war-surveillance/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">on Israel by Hamas on Saturday</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, Israel declared war and fighting escalated throughout the weekend. As the death toll mounts on both sides and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) prepares an offensive, hacktivists in the region and around the world have joined the fight.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 13.9pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Within hours of Hamas militants and rockets entering Israel, such “hacktivist” attacks started to spring up against both Israeli and Palestinian websites and applications. In the short period since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks, attempts to overload targets with junk traffic and bring them down. Some groups claim to have stolen data, attacked internet service providers, and hacked the Israeli missile alert service known as Red Alert.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.15pt;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-war-hacktivism/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-war-hacktivism</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">/</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 Oct 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Israel-Hamas War is Drowning X in Disinformation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In the wake of </span><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/israel-hamas-war-surveillance/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israe</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">l </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">this weekend—and the Israeli military’s response—journalists, researchers, open source intelligence (OSINT) experts, and fact-checkers rushed to verify the deluge of raw video footage and images being shared online by people on the ground. But users of X (formerly Twitter) seeking information on the conflict faced a flood of disinformation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">While all major world events are now accompanied almost instantly by a deluge of disinformation aimed at controlling the narrative, the scale and speed at which disinformation was being seeded about the Israel-Hamas conflict is unprecedented</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">—particularly on X.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/?bxid=5c74687efc942d5f0c7095da&cndid=25726349&esrc=OIDC_SELECT_ACCOUNT_&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_101023" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.wired.com/story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/? bxid=5c74687efc942d5f0c7095da&cndid=25726349&esrc=OIDC_SELECT_ACCO UNT_&mbid=mbid%3DCRMWIR012019%0A%0A&source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_N</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></a></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 2.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">EWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_101023</span></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">23 Sep 20</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">X, formerly Twitter, has the biggest proportion of disinformation of six big social networks, a European Commission study has suggested.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It examined over 6,000 unique social media posts across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and YouTube.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The study analysed content in three countries deemed particularly at risk to disinformation - Spain, Poland and Slovakia.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The BBC has approached X for comment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 2.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"My message for [X] is: you have to comply with the hard law. We'll be watching what you're doing," the EU's Values and Transparency Commissioner Vera Jourova warned</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The disinformation study which prompted Ms Jourova's comments covered Spain, Poland and Slovakia, countries at risk of being targeted by disinformation due to elections or proximity to the war in Ukraine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 15.75pt; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The platform with the largest "ratio of discoverability" of disinformation - meaning the proportion of sensitive content made up of disinformation - was Twitter. YouTube had the lowest, the study suggested.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66926080" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66926080</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">23 Sep 20</span></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://mail.aol.com/d/list/referrer%3DnewMail%26folders%3D1%26accountIds%3D1%26listFilter%3DNEWMAIL/messages/AFRJJgdBOdz7ZRL_cAZooPFQH7I#TOC_407" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russian disinformation strategy in Africa: impact on Ukraine and Western relations</span></a></h2><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Africa holds a significant role within Putin’s foreign policy agenda, which is committed to dismantling an inequitable “unipolar” global order, characterized by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 9.4pt; margin-top: 0.05pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S. and European dominance, and establishing a more balanced “multipolar” framework involving major powers, including Russia. Within this narrative, Putin extends a promise of Russian support to African nations as they strive to shed the remnants of European colonialism. Furthermore, Africa stands out as the primary focal point in Putin’s efforts to counter diplomatic isolation. The backing of African allies has assumed paramount importance for Russia, especially within the United Nations (UN), where African countries collectively constitute a quarter of all votes in the General Assembly. The participation of African states plays a pivotal role in Moscow’s periodic calls for support from nations, seeking their votes – or, at least, abstentions – on critical UN resolutions.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 49.1pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.weareukraine.info/russian-disinformation-strategy-in-africa-impact-on-ukraine-and-western-relations/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.weareukraine.info/russian-disinformation-strategy-in-africa</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.weareukraine.info/russian-disinformation-strategy-in-africa-impact-on-ukraine-and-western-relations/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">impact-on-ukraine-and-western-relations/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 Sep 23</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PLC Social Media Warfare and The Cognitive Domain</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has come to recognize the important role of social media in modern conflict and peacetime operations. As such, PLA</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 15pt; margin-top: 2.25pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">researchers have begun using the term “social media warfare” (□□□□□) to describe the extension of non-kinetic military activities onto social media by two or more opposing sides. This term is part of an ongoing conceptual expansion of the scope of warfare in Chinese military thought in which social media is viewed as another space for conflict and not just another channel for distributing propaganda. While the term “social media warfare” does not represent PLA doctrine, its emergence does indicate that the Chinese military finds these activities important enough to raise awareness of them amongst its rank and file. Together with other evidence, this suggests the PLA is working to better incorporate social media into its operations.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3900000000000001; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://jamestown.org/program/pla-social-media-warfare-and-the-cognitive-domain/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1054cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://jamestown.org/program/pla-social-media-warfare-and-the-cognitive- domain/</span></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-top: 11.55pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP Bulletin Board - November 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.21; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 75.15pt; margin-right: 82.8pt; margin-top: 1.4pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">'Hell On Wheels'</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.685; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 123.35pt; margin-right: 131.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Short Story by</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7249999999999999; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 73.2pt; margin-right: 82.8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Maj. Ray Ambrozak, US Army (Ret)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 15.85pt; margin-top: 14.45pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“What the hell have you been doing?” The question was being put to me by a LTC at Infantry Branch, who had just thumbed through my records. It was late 1971. I was just coming out of my third tour in Vietnam by way of Medevac for malaria. He was of course referring to the fact that I was an infantry officer who had spent most of his career in Psychological Operations (PSYOP) units which he explained would not compete well with my Infantry contemporaries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 14.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">My orders at the time were sending me to the 2nd Armored Division, Ft. Hood, Texas. The LTC advised, that it was absolutely necessary that I have staff duty with troops at the 2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">nd </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Armored Division if there was to be any opportunity to salvage what was a flagging career.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 13.7pt; margin-top: 14.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">When I arrived in the 2nd Armored Division, I was surprised how warm the welcome was. This made me optimistic about getting into a Mechanized Infantry Battalion - which was what the LTC at Infantry Branch had told me was my last best hope at the next promotion board. My optimism proved to be unfounded. The Division G-1 told me that they had looked at my records and saw I was the perfect candidate for a special mission that the division had just been given. He listened to my protests as I explained why I didn’t want anything special. I had done special and it did not do me any good. He invited me</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 26.45pt; margin-top: 1.35pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">to return the next day, at which time I met the Division Chief of Staff who painted a picture of how well suited I was for the job about which the division was in a quandary. He proved to be as patient as the G-1 had been as I vented about my need to get staff duty with troops to which he answered that I should return to the headquarters the following day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.55pt; margin-top: 14.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On my third day in the Division, I was escorted by the aide into the office of the Commanding General of the 2nd Armored Division. As the door closed behind the aide, the CG. announced in a manner that did not invite conversation on my part, “You are going to be my Unit of Choice officer”. Without allowing time for that to sink in, he launched into an explanation of how the Army was to become an “all volunteer” force. The new Unit of Choice (UOC) program was designed to support filling out the Army’s personnel needs. The UOC allowed a recruit to select a unit that he would be assigned to upon entering the service. To assist him in making that decision, major active units were to establish their own recruiting programs. This was the task that the CG. was directing me to take on because he felt my previous PSYOP assignments made me uniquely qualified. He said he was sensitive to my wanting to be in a mechanized infantry battalion to get staff duty with troops, so he made a proposal. He would have me assigned as the Assistant G- 1 with UOC as my only duty, for six months. In that time, I was to establish the Division’s program to include all necessary memorandum SOP’s selecting Division recruiters to work in Recruiting Main Stations throughout the country, create and manage a budget to cover all operations. After six months, he said he would put me in any battalion I wanted. When he asked is six months was enough time, I told him he could start looking for my replacement in three months.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 14.15pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thus, began an intense year (yes, one year) of the use of Psychological Operations directed toward the civilian population. I knew the heart of the program was going to be the division recruiters that we sent into the field to work with the regular recruiters. They would have two target audiences – the civilian recruit and the recruiters they were to work with - face-to-face communicators.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 22.1pt; margin-top: 14.45pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One of the things I emphasized to our recruiters was to market the 2nd Armored Division name in any way they</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 10.15pt; margin-top: 1.35pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">could. This resulted in special events taking place all the way from historic Boston on the east coast to raceways on the west coast. When an opportunity arose to connect our campaign to the sport of car racing, we were eager to do so, as it targeted our key demographic 18-25 year old males.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.6pt; margin-top: 14.5pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One of the events at car racing venues involves what is known as funny cars. The front of these machines lift off the surface as they fly down the track going 100mph traveling only on the rear tires. I was contacted by a funny car racer with an idea to build a 2/3 size fiberglass tank painted with 2nd Armored Division identification. The tank would appear at raceways where it could be coordinated with recruiting efforts in the area. Bob Perry, the race car entrepreneur, came to Ft. Hood so we could discuss the details of what the tank would look like, as well as the details of the contract, which were tricky since the tank had not been built leaving a list of questions to be answered. When I told Bob that Patton called the 2nd Armored Division “Hell on Wheels”, we both agreed it would look great painted on the side. Bob suggested mounting titanium rear wheels which would contact the track, as the front came off the ground, causing a fireworks display. From that point forward, the negotiations seemed to go easier.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.45pt; margin-top: 14.3pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The inaugural run of the tank was at the Western Grand Nationals Race held in Ontario California. This race was to be featured on an upcoming ABC Wide World of Sports telecast. When I contacted the District Recruiting Command about the tank and the race, they were excited and ready to do all they could to make it a recruiting event to remember. There was an extensive static display including Armored Personnel Carriers, artillery, an Abrams tank and the “2nd Armored Division Hell on Wheels Tank”. There were two helicopters used in an aerial repelling demonstration on race day. When that day finally arrived, all of the parts seemed to know where they belonged and began to fall into place. All the things we could control were going well, except one thing we could not master– the weather – a light shower had wet the track enough to delay the beginning of the races. The delay provided me enough time to work up my courage to make a request of the ABC director Roone Arledge. The ABC operations center was in a trailer near the staging area. Inside, there were four men expressing, in very</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 1.35pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">colorful language, their disappointment about the unforeseen delay. At the earliest opportunity I introduced myself to Roone Arledge and asked him if the 2nd Armored Division tank would be shown in the telecast. His jaw was set when he answered that there were no guarantees, if anything at all would be shown from this day. My uniform was probably the only thing saving me from being tossed out of the trailer. Undaunted, I broached another question. “Mr. Arledge , if I can get the track dried off in the next twenty minutes or so will you put the tank in the telecast”? He had a smile on his face as he first shook his head, then nodded with a “you</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 13.3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">bet”. I told the chopper pilots to keep their engines running before I went to the trailer. As I exited, I gave them a thumbs up. The two choppers hovering ten feet off the deck, the length of the track, had it dry in</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5.65pt; margin-right: 16.4pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">minutes. There is little doubt that this was the only time a pair of U. S. Army choppers got a standing ovation from several thousand fans at a sports event. 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color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POVA LEAFLET DROP - MARCH 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 35.591064453125pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2045974731445312pt; margin-top: 15.61676025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and welcome to your April Leaflet Drop. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.6962738037109375pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In April we welcomed two new members: Jordan Hamilton and Bill Holland. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.311975574493408; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5876998901367188pt; margin-right: 2.20849609375pt; margin-top: 15.616790771484375pt; text-indent: 0.0023040771484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your Board of Directors held our second monthly meeting on 12 April.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Attending were Larry Dietz; Mike Robbins, Brett Cox, Herb Friedman and Dan Wood. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 18.0762939453125pt; margin-top: 14.46978759765625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8112640380859375pt; text-indent: -0.8112640380859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Anyone who would like a copy of the minutes can email me at: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will send a copy. The Board agreed to meet monthly. Our next meeting is 17 May at 1900. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.10626220703125pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Some highlights from our meeting were: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.56549072265625pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The March Leaflet Drop was sent to 578 email addresses. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494999885559082; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.30586242675781pt; margin-right: 12.566558837890625pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.651458740234375pt; text-indent: -0.651458740234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We had a 59% open rate which is well above the industry rate of between 17 and 28% </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.430274963378906pt; margin-right: 2.3153076171875pt; margin-top: 0.513153076171875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.33188629150390625pt; text-indent: -0.33188629150390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We are still evaluating moving our banking relationship and are considering Wells Fargo and Edward Jones. Anyone with input please let me know. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249503993988037; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.56549072265625pt; margin-right: 26.3336181640625pt; margin-top: 0.51318359375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6268844604492188pt; text-indent: -0.6268844604492188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Association will also be moving our official mailing address from Michigan to California in the near future. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494989871978759; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.56549072265625pt; margin-right: 16.325103759765625pt; margin-top: 0.5131378173828125pt; text-indent: 0.3072967529296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our next virtualBoard meeting is scheduled for 17 MY at 1900 Eastern Time. If you would like to attend please let me know via email. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495007038116455; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.774383544921875pt; margin-right: 7.09283447265625pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.3687591552734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our President Emeritus, Chad Spawr, has just published a memoir about his personal experience in Viet Nam. I have read it and it is a deeply moving and personal account of his time there. Interestingly enough, Chad and both spent time at Quan Loi and Dau Tieng, but our experiences were quite different. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327982425689697; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9679794311523438pt; margin-right: 28.880615234375pt; margin-top: 15.877960205078125pt; text-indent: 0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Entitled "Memoir of a Hard Time: Memories from my Time at War," the book is available on Amazon in either paperback or Kindle-reader format. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7375106811523438pt; margin-right: 0.53973388671875pt; margin-top: 15.238101959228516pt; text-indent: 0.3917999267578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Chad's book is purely personal. It is neither a war story, nor a history of the Viet Nam War. It shares several memories from his time in-country. To access the book you can visit Amazon and search for the title, or click on the following link:</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.371307373046875pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://a.co/d/cfpCggy</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">"</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494991302490235; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.835845947265625pt; margin-right: 6.8541259765625pt; margin-top: 15.74505615234375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.270416259765625pt; text-indent: -0.270416259765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thanks to our colleagues at the PSYOP Regimental Association (PRA), I was put in contact with the Director of Doctrine at JFK Special Warfare Center and School (SWC) at Fort Bragg. He is in the process of trying to get me on the SWC CG’s calendar for a virtual office visit. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.10626220703125pt; margin-right: 5.960205078125pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.2581329345703125pt; text-indent: -0.2581329345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Speaking of PRA, I had a very productive and cordial conference call with Neil Heupel, President and Ed Burley, Vice President of PRA (Both of whom are POVA Life Members). Our discussion focused on how we can best serve PSYOP soldiers and veterans. If you have any thoughts on this critical topic, please email them to me at: dietz.pova@gmail.com </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 0.66021728515625pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; text-indent: 0.7006301879882812pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We still have several Board and Committee positions vacant. Filling these positions is critical to moving the organization forward. I have put the titles and job descriptions at the end of this message. We need members to step forward and help us lead the organization. If you are interested, please send me an email @</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">dietz.pova@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1431427001953125pt; margin-right: 36.779510498046875pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.22125244140625pt; text-indent: -0.22125244140625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Our POVA FaceBook page continues to be quite popular and we have a particularly rich collection of material in our PSYOP News this month. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.6962738037109375pt; margin-top: 15.109619140625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the March Leaflet Drop, you can find it at: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3521041870117188pt; margin-top: 1.020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #365898; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/3Z40oiP </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.81817626953125pt; margin-right: 14.992523193359375pt; margin-top: 17.92156982421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1613311767578125pt; text-indent: -0.1613311767578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Together POVA we will support the PSYOP Regiment - soldiers and veterans - to ensure that we maintain our legacy of excellence. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.795379638671875pt; margin-top: 14.469879150390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #36495f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 25.35195732116699pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Larry </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3943557739257812pt; margin-top: 15.74053955078125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lawrence D. Dietz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4404525756835938pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">President </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 118.7900390625pt; margin-top: 61.83949279785156pt; text-align: right;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP NEWS - APRIL 2023</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.8929443359375pt; margin-top: 30.213394165039062pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">19 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7006301879882812pt; margin-top: 1.0202789306640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">What is Discord and Why the Platform Matters in National Security </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495001316070555; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.66375732421875pt; margin-right: 2.7205810546875pt; margin-top: 15.616836547851562pt; text-indent: 0.78668212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Last week the news broke of the</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">young airman leaking classified</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">documents</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">about Russia and Ukraine on Discord. While almost all of you are familiar with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Reddit (Hootsuite says the average person has seven social media accounts), unless you are under the age of 25 or have an affinity for a specific </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">topic such as gaming</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, Discord may be unfamiliar territory. It was originally made for gamers and up until three years ago, was focused narrowly on that subject. Truth be told, I always heard it was a much cleaner, better mannered version of 4Chan with far more features.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3opJhv5</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.167724609375pt; margin-right: 34.302459716796875pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Cyber Espionage: Israeli Mercenary Spies Attack iPhones with Malicious Calendar Invites </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.774383544921875pt; margin-right: 9.877716064453125pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; text-indent: 0.06146240234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The world of cyber espionage has experienced an increase in the sophistication and complexity of its tools. A clear example of this is the recent discovery of a group of Israeli mercenary spies that have attacked iPhones through malicious invitations to calendar events. The QuaDream company, responsible for creating these tools, has been identified as responsible for these attacks, according to reports from Microsoft and Citizen Lab. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3mS1m4f</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.553131103515625pt; margin-right: 34.413421630859375pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.9710540771484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Real-Life Spies Pick Their Top 100 Spy Books from Box 889 to the Quiet American </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; text-indent: 1.6962738037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Imagine having access to the personal bookshelves of top intelligence operatives, including CIA, FBI, Mossad, and KGB-trained agents. Well, we did just that and asked them to share their all-time favorite spy books. Get ready to discover the ultimate reading list for anyone who loves the world of espionage and covert operations. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9587631225585938pt; margin-right: 2.99951171875pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.5777130126953125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Here are the Top 100 Spy Books both fiction and non-fiction selected by spies, our True Spies team and our SPYSCAPE bookshop - you won't find another list like this anywhere in the world. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 0.51324462890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3GZ4PoK</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.8929443359375pt; margin-top: 30.21337890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">12 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.450439453125pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Leaked Pentagon Documents May Herald a New Era of Revelations </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494994163513182; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.66375732421875pt; margin-right: 1.96722412109375pt; margin-top: 15.616943359375pt; text-indent: 0.8604278564453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Researchers say the leak ranks high among other prominent recent revelations about clandestine US government activity—a list that includes information from Edward Snowden about the </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">NSA's bulk surveillance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">activity, details of the CIA's hacking capabilities in the </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Vault7 revelations</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">published by WikiLeaks, and NSA hacking tools revealed in the </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Shadow Brokers leak</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. But this latest leak has some specific characteristics reflective of the current moment: It is relatively small and contains fresh information rather than a large trove of months- or years-old data. And while it is not yet clear who leaked the documents or what their motivation was, initial indications from Discord activity suggest that the leaker may have been trying to show off to their gaming friends, and might even be a teenager or young adult. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 0.51312255859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3MHCdnn</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.1308517456054688pt; margin-top: 15.616836547851562pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249501848220825; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.774383544921875pt; margin-right: 4.06927490234375pt; margin-top: 1.0201492309570312pt; text-indent: 0.7498016357421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russians Accused of Doctoring Leaked Western Documents on Ukraine War Classified U.S. and NATO planning documents related to the war in Ukraine have appeared on social media, prompting officials in Washington to scramble to have them removed from Twitter and other online platforms. Officials in Kyiv, meanwhile, cautioned that the documents were altered by the Russians, in part to cover up the true extent of casualties suffered by</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495124340057373; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-right: 76.7626953125pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.0368804931640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Moscow’s forces and inflate the number of Ukrainians they killed. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3mholFP</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0202255249023438pt; margin-top: 15.109619140625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">6 April </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.835845947265625pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.774383544921875pt; margin-right: 7.454345703125pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt; text-indent: 0.06146240234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">To view the document outlining the key decisions and challenges surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, visit: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 15.10986328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3KmVTKD</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0693893432617188pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494991302490235; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.835845947265625pt; margin-right: 7.714111328125pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt; text-indent: 0.331878662109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">China, Russia propaganda wither as cameras multiply, US admiral says The proliferation of cameras now in use around the world make it increasingly difficult for China and Russia to control the narrative in international disputes, according to a senior U.S. Navy intelligence official. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249496555328369; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.995635986328125pt; margin-right: 8.82275390625pt; margin-top: 0.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.50396728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Photographs and other documentation of run-ins between Chinese and Russian forces and those of other countries have proven critical to debunking propaganda, establishing factual timelines and holding Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to account, </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Rear Adm. Mike Studeman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">said April 5 at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3UgTO7p</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7129287719726562pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">4 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495004177093505; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.774383544921875pt; margin-right: 1.64306640625pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt; text-indent: 0.06146240234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The US Army moves to tweak its formations for future conflicts The U.S Army plans to spend roughly the next two years finalizing key decisions on what its future formational design will look like </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">in the 2040s</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, the service’s four-star general in charge of modernization and requirements said at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium last week. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/40TAgJ6</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.8929443359375pt; margin-top: 15.109771728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.10626220703125pt; margin-right: 20.609344482421875pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.393341064453125pt; text-indent: -0.393341064453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Security News This Week: ‘Vulkan’ Leak offers a Peek at Russia’ Cyberwar Playbook </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494985580444335; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5900039672851562pt; margin-right: 4.7655029296875pt; margin-top: 0.513427734375pt; text-indent: 0.24584197998046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Russian government and military remain the most aggressive in the world when it comes to disruptive acts of cyber-sabotage against civilian infrastructure. But documents leaked by a whistleblower inside a Russian intelligence contractor seem to reveal some new and alarming pages of the Kremlin’s hybrid war playbook. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 0.51312255859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/410OWp4</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.8929443359375pt; margin-top: 15.616836547851562pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 Apr 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494939804077148; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4873123168945312pt; margin-right: 5.44970703125pt; margin-top: 1.0204010009765625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.07375335693359375pt; text-indent: -0.07375335693359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">National Counterintelligence & Security Center: Don’t Be a Paw of Repressive Foreign Governments </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494939804077148; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3521041870117188pt; margin-right: 53.559417724609375pt; margin-top: 0.5131759643554688pt; text-indent: 0.20896148681640625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Foreign intelligence entities (FIEs) and elements working on behalf of repressive </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494939804077148; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.774383544921875pt; margin-right: 25.243896484375pt; margin-top: 0.5134201049804688pt; text-indent: 0.5777206420898438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">regimes have sought to use U.S.-based persons to facilitate their efforts to threaten or </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3643951416015625pt; margin-top: 0.5131683349609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">harm perceived critics and opponents in the United States. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 1.0203895568847656pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3KsU3cw</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9095916748046875pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">27 Mar 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3643951416015625pt; margin-right: 29.52813720703125pt; margin-top: 1.0203857421875pt; text-indent: 0.1966705322265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Fast Five with Adm (Ret) William McRaven, former USJSOC Commander Ukraine, China, DOD Budget & Implosion of Silicon Valley Bank http://bit.ly/3K4VIn2 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9095916748046875pt; margin-top: 15.10986328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">24 Mar 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2240006923675537; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.941864013671875pt; margin-right: 1.23638916015625pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.8281631469726562pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.901304244995117pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dozens of graduates from Chinese 'defence universities' working in British arms firms could be spying for Beijing, new investigation reveals </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dozens of graduates from</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">China</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">s 'defence universities' – which are suspected of harvesting foreign research for its military – work for leading British companies. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4258499145507812pt; margin-top: 0.257080078125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/40SO323</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9095916748046875pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">24 Mar 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.27040863037109375pt; margin-right: 29.611907958984375pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.33188629150390625pt; text-indent: -0.33188629150390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Visualized: The Head of State of Each Country by Age & Generation Infographic showing countries by median age and the age of their head of state. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3643951416015625pt; margin-top: 0.5130615234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3Mnrb6Q </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9095916748046875pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">21 Mar 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4627304077148438pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mapped: The World’s Legal Government Systems </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494991302490235; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6268768310546875pt; margin-right: 13.23876953125pt; margin-top: 1.0203857421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.07375335693359375pt; text-indent: -0.07375335693359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">With </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">over 200 countries</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">existing across the world with unique cultures and traditions, one might assume that there are hundreds of types of government systems. But both historically and in modern times, that’s not the case. Even while political regimes across these countries have</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">changed</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">over time, they’ve largely followed a few different types of governance. Today, every country can ultimately be classified into just nine broad forms of government systems. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494925498962401; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.835845947265625pt; margin-right: 56.1055908203125pt; margin-top: 0.513092041015625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.110626220703125pt; text-indent: -0.110626220703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This map by Truman Du uses information from</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wikipedia</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">to map the government systems that rule the world today. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3643951416015625pt; margin-top: 0.513427734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/40SyCqG </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 85.52671813964844pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP Veterans Association | 3128 Walton Blvd Suite 259, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15.361679077148438pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; 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font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Update Profile</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> |</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Constant Contact Data Notice</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 7.6793060302734375pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sent bydietz.pova@gmail.comin collaboration </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 1.5335540771484375pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">with </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 14.593505859375pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.218893051147461pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 46px; overflow: hidden; width: 164px;"><img height="46" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ps-TISErThwCtJK0gw_YoRnrO16LhR2YRVE05pkZkDNCTDN5m9UXTnkd_P_JFccoE1nAzX1Xe7_BC_o-MhA33nTu_xK2PpiKlJ1JQ0cWy2zgur-b_uPnTXLUgy2eF71uXqzQ6xTVruYVTBYGNk7O5RQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="164" /></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4987a204-7fff-04fe-26f9-cd14ebbc21d5" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #5d5d5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 6.914169788360596pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Try email marketing for free today!</span></b></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><p></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-53970552603372128862023-06-29T15:28:00.000-07:002023-06-29T15:28:06.720-07:00MAY Leaflet Drop from PSYOP Veterans Association<p> <b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 184px; overflow: hidden; width: 205px;"><img height="184" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oI333SzHiNUh67Nnzp_lMY2K6iWu0ebYlNY2ZC0acfbCsi1eLlPbtYMCud_t_WbIFh0nTmHUuBDxIGvFbV3Chp01be3JsobQG_Vp32EC7wRksYsXubqTX1D-x1RW3dGmRmHpDJaWthvZhj8F3O9_MG4" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="205" /></span></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2353286743164062pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">POVA LEAFLET DROP - MAY 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 35.591064453125pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.74365234375pt; margin-top: 15.61676025390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greetings and welcome to your May Leaflet Drop. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494999885559082; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.129058837890625pt; margin-right: 6.275146484375pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.9095993041992188pt; text-indent: -0.9095993041992188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Your Board of Directors held our monthly meeting on 17 May. Attending: Larry Dietz, Mike Rogers, Ray Ambrozak, and Ham Salley. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494988441467285; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 8.176025390625pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4425048828125pt; text-indent: -0.4425048828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Anyone who would like a copy of the minutes can email me at: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dietz.POVA@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and I will send a copy. Our next meeting is 28 June at 1900 Eastern Time. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.6453170776367188pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Some highlights from our May meeting were: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.374961853027344pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Statistics for the April Leaflet Drop </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.25054168701172pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sends: 580 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.28742218017578pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Opens: 293 (51%) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.31200408935547pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Clicks: 12 (2.1%) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.59471893310547pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bounces: 5 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 68.66846466064453pt; margin-top: 1.02020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unsubscribes: 1 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494981288909912; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.10454559326172pt; margin-right: 31.9794921875pt; margin-top: 1.020233154296875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.270416259765625pt; text-indent: -0.270416259765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">To better serve the needs of our Community we have expanded the responsibilities of the Scholarship Committee to include Veterans Services, our charitable and philanthropic efforts. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494989871978759; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30.82183074951172pt; margin-right: 29.962860107421875pt; margin-top: 0.51324462890625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4793853759765625pt; text-indent: -0.4793853759765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A new official POVA financial relationship has been established with Edward Jones. Transfer of our account from Michigan should be completed in the next month or so. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249503993988037; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.10454559326172pt; margin-right: 8.76422119140625pt; margin-top: 0.51318359375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.049163818359375pt; text-indent: -0.049163818359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The new POVA mailing address is: 117 Bernal Road, Suite 70-338, San Jose, CA 95119 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30.969329833984375pt; margin-top: 0.5131378173828125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We did not welcome any new members in the past month. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495007038116455; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 4.0107421875pt; margin-top: 15.616775512695312pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8112640380859375pt; text-indent: -0.8112640380859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A very hearty well-done and congratulations to Joseph Miessner and Dennis Bartow for the outstanding issue of Perspectives that was sent out to the membership earlier this month. We had 579 sends with 330 opens for an open percentage of 57.8%. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2107467651367188pt; margin-top: 0.5131683349609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the Leaflet Drop, it’s at</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #365898; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/3q5k1uZ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.249498701095581; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.129058837890625pt; margin-right: 8.1280517578125pt; margin-top: 17.15332794189453pt; text-indent: 0.24584197998046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The industry average for newsletter email opens is only 17%, so we are doing well in the publications arena.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.23968505859375pt; margin-right: 4.95477294921875pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.33188629150390625pt; text-indent: -0.33188629150390625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We have not been able to get on the JFK Special Warfare Center (SWC) CG’s calendar for a virtual office visit, however, I am still attempting to do so. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.31343841552734375pt; margin-right: 24.04071044921875pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.06146240234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There have been no further discussions with the Psychological Operations Regimental Association (PRA) since my report last month. If you have any thoughts on this critical topic, please email them to me at: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5101089477539062pt; margin-top: 0.51324462890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">dietz.pova@gmail.com </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494999885559082; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5715713500976562pt; margin-right: 4.0107421875pt; margin-top: 15.61676025390625pt; text-indent: 0.43021392822265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Member involvement is the lifeblood of associations. While your Board continues to make progress, the organization cannot move forward without the involvement of members to replace the aging Viet Nam era leadership. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494975566864013; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.23968505859375pt; margin-right: 16.698699951171875pt; margin-top: 15.1097412109375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.29500579833984375pt; text-indent: -0.29500579833984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We need members to step forward and help us lead the organization. If you are interested, please send me an email @</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">dietz.pova@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and we can discuss the best fit for you and POVA. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2495025634765624; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 32.899505615234375pt; margin-top: 15.10980224609375pt; text-indent: 0.9710540771484375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Unless new leadership comes forward, POVA, like the VietNam Veterans Association will be forced down the path of a ‘last person standing’ organization on a slow trajectory to dissolving itself. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8419876098632812pt; margin-top: 0.5130615234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">(See: https://www.vvaveteran.org/41-6/010-11085_nov21.pdf) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.2353286743164062pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">If you missed the April Leaflet Drop, you can find it at: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5070419311523438pt; margin-top: 1.020263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://conta.cc/3WyGeO8</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #365898; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 2.5013885498046875pt; margin-top: 17.153228759765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24.58371543884277pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Larry </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9894943237304688pt; margin-top: 15.1005859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lawrence D. Dietz </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.0386581420898438pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">President </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 76.307861328125pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP NEWS - MAY 2023</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.42636871337890625pt; margin-top: 45.57829284667969pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">22 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4494171142578125pt; margin-right: 24.33160400390625pt; margin-top: 16.51324462890625pt; text-indent: 0.553131103515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ukraine War: Vast hacker ‘militias’ do little damage - but can rally mass support, says study </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.266159725189209; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24199676513671875pt; margin-right: 3.3111572265625pt; margin-top: 15.238052368164062pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.3341827392578125pt; text-indent: -0.3341827392578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A new study, due out </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">from the thinktank CSIS and previewed exclusively by Breaking Defense, delves deep into the role that non government groups have played in the ongoing cyber conflict. It grapples with how their role blurs traditional lines between civilian and non combatant, neutrality and intervention, peace and war — and, most importantly, what effect they actually have. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661580085754394; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.42636871337890625pt; margin-right: 33.150360107421875pt; margin-top: 0.5131645202636719pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.08066558837890625pt; text-indent: -0.08066558837890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">RELATED: Cyber lessons from Ukraine: Prepare for prolonged conflict, not a knockout blow</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3BPTbJM</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3482589721679688pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">16 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327993869781494; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 6.13519287109375pt; margin-top: 1.91680908203125pt; text-indent: 0.5761795043945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Combating US cyber adversaries calls for whole of government approach As the dynamics on the world stage get more complicated, our adversaries only get bolder in their attempts to bring the U.S. to its knees. And they aren’t relying on a traditional stratagem to do it. That’s why we must prepare for a new kind of warfare. The next global conflict won’t occur on the battlefield but in the “cyber field,” and we aren’t ready. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327965259552002; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.35723114013671875pt; margin-right: 5.3118896484375pt; margin-top: 0.64154052734375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1267547607421875pt; text-indent: -0.1267547607421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The last several years have shown us concerning developments in our adversaries’ approach to cybercrime. While </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">reported cyber incidents decreased last year</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, our adversaries have grown more sophisticated in their approach. As we evolve our defenses, our adversaries evolve their tactics. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.64154052734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3OD0TPa</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3482589721679688pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">12 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.251750898361206; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 1.9700927734375pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.87579345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">NATO must codify these lessons from Ukraine while motivation is there </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A year after Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine began, there are still vital lessons to be learned — with the most important question being how the alliance can encode these lessons into its collective mindset, so its leaders can avoid repetition of past mistakes. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">NATO </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">failed to deter the attack on Ukraine, and wasn’t ready to support Kyiv when the attack came. We need to look back, see what worked, what failed, and draw serious conclusions before we settle back into routine. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.4319992065429688pt; margin-top: 15.109771728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">11 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.075531005859375pt; margin-top: 1.0201416015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">How Special Operations Forces Must Meet The Challenges of a New Era </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2494989871978759; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.129058837890625pt; margin-right: 3.66119384765625pt; margin-top: 15.6168212890625pt; text-indent: 0.9095993041992188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.291857719421385pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Discussions and debates about how U.S. and allied SOF must become more capable and ready for an era of growing strategic tensions and conflicts are central to this year’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida. For U.S. SOF, the National Defense Strategy priorities of integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building enduring advantages highlights the direction we must take, but it is our people, and partners, who must ensure our thinking, investments, training, and mindset are optimal for the demands of this strategy: to win without fighting when we can and prevail in combat when we must. Here is our start point for SOF Week. History shows SOF is at its very best when we define ourselves by “how well” we solve extraordinarily complex, wicked, and sometimes lethal problems. Some of these require us to win by fighting, but in today’s environment, the challenges our nation faces globally are often not solved by kinetic power alone. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 15.878036499023438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3I4ZsVt</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5646514892578125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328141212463378; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 21.06658935546875pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8873214721679688pt; text-indent: -0.8873214721679688pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Avril Haines: New ODNI Office Oversees Intelligence Community’s Fight Against Disinformation </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328003883361816; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 6.13519287109375pt; margin-top: 0.641265869140625pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.265045166015625pt; text-indent: -0.265045166015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Avril Haines</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, director of national intelligence and a 2023</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wash100</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">awardee, said a new organization within her office oversees the intelligence community’s efforts to counter threats posed by foreign actors seeking to influence the U.S. government, The Intercept reported Friday.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.1267547607421875pt; margin-right: 11.86102294921875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.87579345703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Established in September 2022, the</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Foreign Malign Influence Center</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">is charged with countering foreign disinformation that compromises U.S. election security and might sway the general public’s opinion. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.35723114013671875pt; margin-right: 17.166412353515625pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1267547607421875pt; text-indent: -0.1267547607421875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The office uses all elements of the intelligence community, including departments and agencies with diplomatic and law enforcement functions, to combat disinformation campaigns. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5646514892578125pt; margin-right: 0.33734130859375pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.28809356689453125pt; text-indent: -0.28809356689453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“It encompasses our election threat work, essentially looking at foreign influence and interference in elections, but it also deals with disinformation more generally,” Haines told the Senate Armed Services Committee. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5070343017578125pt; margin-right: 2.8941650390625pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.5070419311523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Haines added that the FMIC is also analyzing intelligence from other foreign adversaries besides Russia to help inform interagency efforts against foreign malign influence. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.1267547607421875pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.437896728515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“What we have been doing is effectively trying to support the Global Engagement Center and others throughout the U.S. government in helping them to understand what are the plans and intentions of the key actors in this space: China, Russia, Iran, etc.,” Haines said. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.64141845703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/430th20</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5646514892578125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.030975341796875pt; margin-right: 66.82861328125pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.499359130859375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19.974267959594727pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ukrainian Soldiers Using WWI Tech to Combat Against Cold War Russia </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.19589996337890625pt; margin-right: 2.281982421875pt; margin-top: 2.9459228515625pt; text-indent: 0.8066482543945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ukrainian Soldiers Using WWI Tech to Combat Against Cold War Russia While the trenches are much the same as those from 1916, the Ukrainian troops are using 21st-century technology including satellite-enabled Internet service, smartphones, and drones to spot enemy positions. But according to a recent report from the BBC, one piece of equipment is right at home in the trenches – old wind-up phones. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.207427978515625pt; margin-right: 5.45098876953125pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.14980316162109375pt; text-indent: -0.14980316162109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">To make outgoing calls, the Ukrainian soldiers must literally wind up the device with a handle. It is also wired, with cables running back to the headquarters. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3pnlFr7</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5300827026367188pt; margin-top: 15.23779296875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">6 May 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.93341064453125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">King Charles: Royal Patron of Intelligence Agencies Has A Long History With Spies </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332798957824707; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.29961395263671875pt; margin-right: 0.28936767578125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.6337966918945312pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">King Charles has long been fascinated with secret operations and spying. He served in the Royal Air Force and Navy for five years and as Colonel-in-Chief of the Parachute Regiment. So when news photographers staked out the Royals on holiday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 1982, the paparazzi were hoping for a few lively, candid shots and a front page exclusive. Instead, while photographers hid in the long grass, Charles stretched out on a riverbank at Balmoral Castle reading physicist Reginald Victor Jones' memoir, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Most Secret War</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, about WWII and the origins of electronic espionage. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 15.238090515136719pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/433vQQJ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5761795043945312pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5 May 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-top: 1.9169273376464844pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">An Information strategy for the United States </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 7.39556884765625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.6453170776367188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It is within the information domain that autocrats — in Moscow and Beijing, but also elsewhere — have </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">leveraged</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">some of the sharpest asymmetries. Vladimir Putin</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327993869781494; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.29961395263671875pt; margin-right: 6.1112060546875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.20742034912109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and Xi Jinping deliberately spread or amplify information that is false or misleading. Both operate vast propaganda networks that use multiple modes of communication to disseminate their preferred, often slanted, versions of events. Both spread numerous, often conflicting, conspiracy theories designed to deflect blame for their own wrongdoing, dent the prestige of the United States, and cast doubt on the notion of objective truth. And both frequently engage in “</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">whataboutism</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> to frame the United States and its way of doing business as hypocritical, while using a network of proxy influencers to churn up anti-American sentiment around the world. For Putin and Xi, the goal of these pursuits is to tighten their grip on power at home and weaken their democratic competitors abroad. For Xi, it is also about positioning China as a responsible global player. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.64166259765625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/42FuxXv</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5761795043945312pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5 May 2023 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9795074462890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Paper - Evolution of Russian Information Warfare </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.3917999267578125pt; margin-right: 2.87017822265625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.35723114013671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Information technology has significantly enhanced human interaction around the globe and elevated the importance of information as an instrument of power wielded by individuals and societies in politics, economics, and warfare. Advances in information technology have significantly changed the generation of, transmission of, reception of, and reaction to information. – Joint Concept for Operations in the Information Environment July 2018 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.1267547607421875pt; margin-right: 1.30841064453125pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; text-indent: 0.23047637939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Russian concept of Information Warfare (IW) began to develop in the post WWII Soviet Union. However military theory on the concept gained traction with the USSR’s Military Research Institute (MRI), through the writings of Dr. Vladimir Lefebvre. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">[1]</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lefebvre is credited with developing Reflexive Control (RC) Theory in the 1960s, while working for the MRI. His book, “The Algebra of Consciousness”, was the foundation for classifying the theory and establishing a Soviet research institute to assess its applications. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">[2]</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3HJqIsB</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5761795043945312pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">3 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9795074462890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pentagon chief AI officer ‘scared to death of potential for AI in disinformation </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661610126495362; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5185623168945312pt; margin-right: 9.1424560546875pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.09218597412109375pt; text-indent: -0.09218597412109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">While the US military is eager to make use of generative artificial intelligence, the Pentagon’s senior-most official in charge of accelerating its AI capabilities is warning it also could become the “perfect tool” for disinformation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661610126495362; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -0.23046875pt; margin-right: 9.02496337890625pt; margin-top: 0.513275146484375pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.23046875pt; text-indent: -0.23046875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">“Yeah, I’m scared to death. That’s my opinion,” Craig Martell, the Defense Department’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">chief digital and AI officer</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, said today at </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3a80d7; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">AFCEA’s TechNet Cyber </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">conference in Baltimore when asked about his thoughts on generative AI. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 15.109710693359375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3NGLXyQ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3482589721679688pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1 May 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.23046875pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">War in 2050: The Army’s Concept After Next </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332798671722412; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.24199676513671875pt; margin-right: 9.7529296875pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.115234375pt; text-indent: -0.115234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The Army cannot afford for its future-focused operating concept to confuse the hell out of the force. The operating concept should establish the basis for reasoned exploration of emerging operational approaches, tactics, techniques, and procedures that are observable in ongoing conflicts, that develop as a function of new technologies, and that bubble up from the field as units train with what is in the</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5070343017578125pt; margin-right: 3.2049560546875pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.34571075439453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">motor pool right now. An operating concept must establish the conditions and provide a framework for the testing of ideas, technology, and even outside-the-box ideas about warfare. The concept must enable experimentation to push the boundary of what is possible with what we have in the force and what might be possible coming from technology and adaptation of new systems. Finally, the concept must offer solution paths to operational problems across the global range of military operations. This is a tall order, to be sure, and we must bear in mind the </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">admonition of Michael Howard</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">that while any concept we are working on now is most likely wrong, the challenge is to not be too badly wrong. And, perhaps most importantly, concepts should not be confused with doctrine. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 15.23809814453125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3LL8UhZ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.42636871337890625pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">26 April 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328001022338867; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 1.65777587890625pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.9103622436523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">USAJFKSWCS Heritage Week 2023 and Inductee Ceremony for the Regiments An Induction Ceremony for three Army Special Operations Regiments was held in the JFK Auditorium on April 20, 2023 on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Thirteen people were named as Distinguished and Honorary Members to the Regiments of the Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations community. They were honored during the </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">School</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">(USAJFKSWCS) inaugural Heritage Week. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332801389694214; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 6.55377197265625pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.553131103515625pt; text-indent: -0.553131103515625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Among the inductees are a former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC), former acting Secretary of Defense, a Medal of Honor Recipient, and an Ambassador and Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. Each of the inductees has contributed to the history and legacy of the regiments both were serving in uniform and after their service in the military. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.16387939453125pt; margin-right: 27.452606201171875pt; margin-top: 0.641387939453125pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 30.199562072753906pt; text-indent: -30.199562072753906pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Inducted as Distinguished Members of the Psychological Operations Regiment: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Col. Richard D. Springett</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.732192993164062pt; margin-top: 0.513214111328125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1st Lt. Daniel J. Edelman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army (Posthumous) </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.16387939453125pt; margin-right: 81.19345092773438pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Inducted as Distinguished Members of the Special Forces Regiment: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Maj. John J. Duffy</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army Medal of Honor </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.64000701904297pt; margin-top: 0.512725830078125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Major Gen. David A. Morris</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.363441467285156pt; margin-top: 1.14862060546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Col. Ronald Johnson</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.363441467285156pt; margin-top: 1.14862060546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Col. Christopher Miller</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army, Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.363441467285156pt; margin-top: 1.14862060546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Col. Mark Mitchell</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army, Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.709152221679688pt; margin-top: 1.14862060546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lt. Col. Roger D. Carstens</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army, Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.16387939453125pt; margin-right: 68.06759643554688pt; margin-top: 1.14813232421875pt; text-indent: 30.072799682617188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sgt. 1st Class E. Riley Lott Jr.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army, Retired (Posthumous) Inducted as Honorary Member of the Special Forces Regiment: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.674575805664062pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ms. Azadeh Aryana </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2661680221557616; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.16387939453125pt; margin-right: 105.52508544921875pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Inducted as Distinguished Member of the Civil Affairs Regiment: </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Col. Ernesto L. Sirvas</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, US Army, Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.16387939453125pt; margin-top: 1.2812652587890625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Inducted as Honorary Members of the Civil Affairs Regiment: </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.674575805664062pt; margin-top: 1.14862060546875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mr. Donald C Barton, US Army, Retired </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 31.709152221679688pt; margin-top: 1.1486129760742188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Dr. Spencer Meredith III </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3nfAlYH</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.42636871337890625pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">25 April 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-top: 1.9166793823242188pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Army Chief of staff pick would bring insights from earlier Russian invasion to role </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332793378829956; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.7029342651367188pt; margin-right: 9.25616455078125pt; margin-top: 16.513362884521484pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.149810791015625pt; text-indent: -0.149810791015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Gen. Randy George, who commanded troops in Afghanistan and played a key role in reconstituting the Army’s mission in Europe after Russia’s initial invasion of</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5070343017578125pt; margin-right: 4.525390625pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 0.495513916015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ukraine in 2014, is in line to become the service’s next top officer. President Joe Biden nominated the four-star general Thursday to replace Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, who is retiring after four years in the position. George, the current Army vice chief of staff, previously was the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.29961395263671875pt; margin-right: 13.918609619140625pt; margin-top: 0.641357421875pt; text-indent: 0.4033203125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">George would assume leadership as the Army is focused on an array of modernization programs designed around better positioning the military to counter threats posed by China and Russia. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.6419677734375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">20 April 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.93341064453125pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Local Partners Are Not Proxies: The Case for Rethinking Proxy War </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.23046875pt; margin-right: 18.077423095703125pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.6222763061523438pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.6222763061523438pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Work on security partnerships is expanding in response to a shifting US defense posture emphasizing the benefits of working “</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">by, with, and through</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">allies and</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">partners</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. This research is essential, but it is worth reconsidering if we should call </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328035354614258; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.23046875pt; margin-right: 6.8843994140625pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.2189483642578125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">strategic military engagements fought in coordination with local forces “proxy wars.” While the term is pervasive, it is conceptually problematic, at least in the post colonial era. Describing local partners as “proxies” minimizes complex coalition bargaining dynamics, risks overemphasizing the influence of US resources, and insufficiently accounts for US political dependencies. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 15.238037109375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3ANMp6O</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3482589721679688pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">19 April 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5761795043945312pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">9 military operations that sound like Taylor Swift songs </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5646514892578125pt; margin-right: 3.043212890625pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt; text-indent: 0.41485595703125pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pop queen Taylor Swift is known for her vague, oft ethereal-sounding song titles. Her most recent album, “Midnights,” boasts tracks with names like “Lavender Haze,” “Vigilante Sh-t” and “Midnight Rain.” </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328071117401123; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5416107177734375pt; margin-right: 6.38568115234375pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt; text-indent: 0.4609375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Reading such titles makes it hard not to liken the naming pattern to the U.S. military’s own operation naming conventions, which are typically indistinct adjective noun combinations that evoke anything from absurd patriotism to complete confusion. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 16.01300048828125pt; margin-top: 0.641326904296875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.44942474365234375pt; text-indent: -0.44942474365234375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As such, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite U.S. military operation monikers that could easily pass as Taylor Swift song titles. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.6414642333984375pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3Ll7hs9</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3482589721679688pt; margin-top: 16.51336669921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">18 April 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.614593505859375pt; margin-right: 20.39837646484375pt; margin-top: 1.91668701171875pt; text-indent: 0.05377197265625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Combating propaganda information warfare in the sea services (video) </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.36482238769531pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps spoke at the Sea-Air Space expo on how to counter Chinese and Russian disinformation. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 16.859947204589844pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/3mVhrq4</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.3482589721679688pt; margin-top: 16.51335906982422pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">12 April 23 </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.35723114013671875pt; margin-top: 16.513362884521484pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The disturbing trend of state media use of deepfakes.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.610748291015625pt; margin-right: 22.4185791015625pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.29961395263671875pt; text-indent: -0.29961395263671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Social media has been awash with fake images of a</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">stylish Pope Francis</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Elon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Musk protesting in New York</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">and </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Donald Trump resisting arrest</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.332835292816162; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.09218597412109375pt; margin-right: 28.352630615234375pt; margin-top: 15.2381591796875pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.380279541015625pt; text-indent: -0.380279541015625pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">An AI-generated image of Pope Francis wearing a white puffer jacket went viral online, with users wondering if it was real. </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">(Reddit)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3327929496765136; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.19589996337890625pt; margin-right: 0.30133056640625pt; margin-top: 0.64105224609375pt; text-indent: 0.41484832763671875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Such AI-generated images and videos, or</span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">deepfakes</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, have become increasingly accessible due to advances in artificial intelligence. As more sophisticated fabricated images spread, it will become increasingly difficult for users to differentiate the real from the fake. </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.9103622436523438pt; margin-top: 0.6414794921875pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-8bafaef1-7fff-e583-a736-b2f5e531067e" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://bit.ly/43WlT8q</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.523616790771484pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3328176975250243; 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white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Try email marketing for free today!</span></b></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><p></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-23133546061313662023-03-01T12:07:00.001-08:002023-03-01T12:07:29.558-08:00<p> Greetings,</p><p>As I mentioned in a previous posting, I have become the President of the PSYOP Veterans Association (POVA). This involves a significant time committment, so I have put the Blog on hiatus. However, I am pleased to post the PSYOP News which is a monthly publication sent to POVA members.</p><p>You can learn more about POVA at: www.usapova.org</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">PSYOP News February 2023</span></p><p><b id="docs-internal-guid-629427fa-7fff-696f-95d4-390718d8e6bf" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/25/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7th POG Dining Out - Resounding Success!</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The 7th POG held its Dining Out/Military Ball on 25, January, 2023 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Palo Alto, California. The event was expertly planned and hosted by the 7th POG Command staff. Timed to coincide with the annual Yearly Training Briefings, the Dining Out was attended by about 200 people from all subordinate battalions.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It was an opportunity for PSYOP soldiers past and present to socialize and relish each other’s company. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It was my pleasure to attend along with other 7th POG Alumni including my old comrade, COL (R) Butch Cassidy former DCO, COL (R) Patrick Dillion former Group CDR and COL (R) Tony Paz among others..</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The event included the appropriate formal toasts and recognition of fallen and missing comrades as well as the traditional cake cutting by the oldest and youngest PSYOP soldiers and remarks from a few alumni.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It was an uplifting experience being in the company of so many PSYOP soldiers and their families and should serve as a model for other units.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 193px; overflow: hidden; width: 256px;"><img height="193" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/AkV2_XXRBj29oMBc4x95zKpIXRXb52gePcRsigwGsvbfAxs5vW0kIXLpqFReFtmFXXrwSabexKvffPaHqug_lj9nmk-i7-tx-R4-dKtruZ5-YYX-ifrAkw8JyRdMSaMUu69f_HcD0WjlCgIoYN_rlMM" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="256" /></span></span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Since the advent of the medium, podcasts have generally offered a space where, in the words of Knowles, ‘you can say whatever you want.’ Once written off as a dying medium, podcasting has undergone rapid growth and monetization, while largely avoiding content moderation and regulatory debates.</span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/essay/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims/#note-2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">2</span></span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> Today, nearly 41% of Americans listen to podcasts monthly, and almost one in four Americans look to podcasts for their news.</span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/essay/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims/#note-3" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">3</span></span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> Globally, the medium is projected to reach an audience of 504.9 million by 2024, while ad revenue in the United States is expected to double between 2022 and 2024, jumping from $2 billion to $4 billion.</span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/essay/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims/#note-4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">4</span></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.brookings.edu/essay/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims/</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/10/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Lessons from the meme war in Ukraine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In contemporary conflict, those symbols have increasingly taken the form of</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Meme-Wars-Battles-Upending-Democracy/dp/1635578639" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">memes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">,</span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/crosswords/what-is-a-meme.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">defined</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> as a “piece of media that is repurposed to deliver a cultural, social, or political expression, mainly through humor.” Online users have attempted to counter the Islamic State by creating memes satirizing the group’s barbarism, especially on</span><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13675494211005060" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">specific</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> “Troll ISIS Days.” Lebanese Internet-users have ruthlessly mocked Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, with</span><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/02/18/Lebanese-memes-posts-mock-Nasrallah-s-call-to-boycott-US-goods-in-Lebanon" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">memes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/lessons-from-the-meme-war-in-ukraine/</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/10/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">TikTok acted to quell misinformation on Ukraine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3E0z64R</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The US government has a real issue with TikTok. On the surface, that could be attributed to the increasingly Sinophobic stance of US economic policy (with its ever more hardline Anti-Chinese attempts to “rebalance” the semiconductor supply chain), but representatives from both major parties see the social media platform as a threat to US national security, and in December, 2022, it was </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/30/explainer-us-congress-tiktok-ban" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">banned from all government-issue smartphones</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/9/23</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">IntelBrief: Disinformation Narratives Related to Sweden and Finland’s NATO Applications</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Bottom Line Up Front</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Throughout Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Kremlin’s disinformation efforts have sought to craft and disseminate false narratives that serve several political goals and influence public opinion about the conflict.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Since April 2022, Russian-backed information manipulation networks online have sought to seed and amplify a number of false narratives regarding Sweden and Finland’s NATO application, which was formally submitted on May 18, 2022.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Many of the false or misleading narratives targeting Sweden are centered around sensitive and polarizing topics in the country related to immigration, Islamophobia, and far-right conspiracy theories.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">According to our monitoring, between September 27 – October 3, 2022, posts alleging that the U.S. was responsible for the sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines increased by 15,000% across 25 social media platforms compared to the week prior.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2023-february-9/</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/8/23</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Disinformation - EU responses to the threat of foreign information manipulation</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">EU report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine dominates observed FIMI activity. Ukraine and its representatives have been the direct target of 33 incidents. In 60 out of</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">100 incidents, supporting the invasion was the main motivation behind the attack</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">■ Diplomatic channels are an integral part of FIMI incidents. Russia’s diplomatic channels regularly serve as enablers of FIMI operations. They are deployed across a wide range of topics. China also uses diplomatic channels, mostly targeting the US</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2023/EEAS-DataTeam-ThreatReport-2023..pdf</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/8/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Deepfake news anchors spread Chinese propaganda on social media.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/40H7mvZ" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/40H7mvZ</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In a series of videos posted on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Chinese state-aligned actors used AI-generated broadcasters to distribute content that promotes the interests of the Chinese Communist Party, according to a new</span><a href="https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika-report-deepfake-it-till-you-make-it.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">report</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">At first glance, the news presenters of the likely fictitious media company Wolf News look like real people, and researchers with the social media analytics firm Graphika initially thought they were paid actors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">But further investigation revealed the Wolf News presenters were “almost certainly” created using technology provided by a British AI video company called Synthesia, which recently</span><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vw3a/ai-generated-video-burkino-faso-coup" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">confirmed</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> that its technology was used to create AI-generated videos promoting pro-military propaganda in Burkina Faso.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2/2/2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Air Force Sees National Security Threat in Chinese-Owned Corn Mill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/air-force-sees-national-security-threat-in-chinese-owned-corn-mill" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/air-force-sees-national-security-threat-in-chinese-owned-corn-mill</span></a></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">An excellent example of how the PRC uses the economic instrumentality of state power to reinforce the information instrumentality by attempting to establish bases of operations and endear themselves to the local community.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/26/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Assessing the Threat of AI Misuse in Disinformation Campaigns</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Last year saw a remarkable series of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). The latest image generation models, such as</span><a href="https://openai.com/dall-e-2/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">DALL-E</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">,</span><a href="https://midjourney.com/home/?callbackUrl=%2Fapp%2F" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Midjourney,</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> and</span><a href="https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Stable Diffusion</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, demonstrated unprecedented capabilities in creating highly realistic and stylistically diverse images. And</span><a href="https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">ChatGPT</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> captured the broader public’s interest as it pushed the boundaries of what was previously thought possible in natural language processing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The potential of these technologies is vast, with the ability to revolutionize various industries such as education, health care, and the creative arts. However, alongside these benefits, it is important to consider the potential negative consequences and ethical dilemmas that may arise from their use. It is crucial to address these issues proactively to ensure these technologies are used in a responsible and beneficial manner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/3InRBTx" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">http://bit.ly/3InRBTx</span></a></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://news.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f6fa55ce0e459e2f060ddda0b&id=d6ccf77def&e=1ff69a6062" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">USSOCOM Fact Book 2023</span></a></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">By SOF News on 01/26/23</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 208px; overflow: hidden; width: 313px;"><img alt="USSOCOM 2023 Fact Book" height="208" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/eZ8aD5H-seCF7Nwx8uoYy6M3jLZypfC8F7IPTy78OcL4zxTWK0Wh-tn_I9e_dDWKpIB3POzq7vV57rZI_lnO48mqLgG1oGp060hvWMbcDWR2leGQ_bbx_MpEVmzUerwKb8O3yCFgTR_3VgapSLZdja0" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="313" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The USSOCOM 2023 Fact Book is published annually by the United States Special Operations Command. It has a wealth of information about the elite units of the four services, JSOC, theater special operations commands around the world, and the various types of equipment used by US special operations forces.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Contents of the USSOCOM 2023 Fact Book:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Medal of Honor Recipients</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Headquarters</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Leadership</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mission</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">USSOCOM and Component Map</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">U.S. Army Special Operations Command</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Naval Special Warfare Command</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Air Force Special Operations Command</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Joint Special Operations Command</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCAFRICA</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCCENT</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCEUR</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCKOR</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCNORTH</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCPAC</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOCSOUTH</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Theater Special Operations Command Map</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Aircraft</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Maritime</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ground</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">SOF Truths</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Glossary</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">USSOCOM 2023 Fact Book, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202020; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">United States Special Operations Command, 2023, PDF, 40 pages.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 8pt;"><a href="https://news.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f6fa55ce0e459e2f060ddda0b&id=109c677eec&e=1ff69a6062" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #007c89; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.socom.mil/latest-factbook</span></a></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/25/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Putin’s War Breathes New Life Into a Cold War Symbol of Freedom</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a news network originally set up as a C.I.A. operation early in the Cold War, is experiencing a renaissance and making a case for its independence</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/world/europe/rfe-russia-ukraine.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/world/europe/rfe-russia-ukraine.htm</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">l</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/23/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As Deepfakes Flourish, Countries Struggle With Response</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Few governments have approved regulations, often because of free-speech concerns. New mandates from China could change the tone of the debate on digital forgeries.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/business/media/deepfake-regulation-difficulty.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/business/media/deepfake-regulation-difficulty.html</span></a></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/20/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We need an open source intelligence center</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In April 2018, Dutch authorities</span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-netherlands-russia/dutch-government-says-it-disrupted-russian-attempt-to-hack-chemical-weapons-watchdog-idUSKCN1ME14X" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">caught four Russian intelligence officers</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> red-handed as they attempted to hack into the network of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) from the hotel across the street. The OPCW was investigating the substances used in the poisoning of a Russian defector living in the United Kingdom, and a chemical attack by Assad-backed forces in Douma, Syria. After the Dutch government</span><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1098576/download" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">publicly identified</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> the four officers, open source researchers at Bellingcat — an independent investigative journalism group — leveraged the personal details of the four to</span><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2018/10/04/305-car-registrations-may-point-massive-gru-security-breach/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">identify 305 additional agents</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> of the GRU, Russia’s principal military intelligence unit. Bellingcat’s researchers made the discovery using the agents’ car registrations, which were linked to the service’s training academy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This kind of open source discovery — once thought to be within the exclusive purview of governments — has become somewhat routine for skilled researchers in the private sector. Their accomplishments include</span><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/10/04/scorched-earth-using-nasa-fire-data-to-monitor-war-zones/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">validating U.S. government claims</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> about the Kremlin’s military build-up around Ukraine,</span><a href="https://www.aspi.org.au/report/picking-flowers-making-honey" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">exposing Beijing’s efforts</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> to acquire foreign technology on a vast scale,</span><a href="https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/harnessed-lightning/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">uncovering the Chinese military’s investments</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> in artificial intelligence, and</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-bellingcat-unmasked-putins-assassins" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">identifying several Russian assassination and surveillance teams</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> behind the attempts on the lives of Russian dissidents and defectors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3821075-we-need-an-open-source-intelligence-center/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3821075-we-need-an-open-source-intelligence-center/</span></a></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/20/23</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Competition Campaigning: What It Looks Like and Implications for US Special Operations Command</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://mwi.usma.edu/competition-campaigning-what-it-looks-like-and-implications-for-us-special-operations-command/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://mwi.usma.edu/competition-campaigning-what-it-looks-like-and-implications-for-us-special-operations-command/</span></a></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In March 2022, the Pentagon released a new</span><a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/27/2003103845/-1/-1/1/2022-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-NPR-MDR.PDF" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">National Defense Strategy</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> (NDS) that identified China as the “most consequential strategic competitor” of the United States. The NDS also described two concepts—integrated deterrence and campaigning—as primary means by which the Department of Defense will seek to address the challenge posed by China, as well as lesser challenges posed by other actors. Ten months later, however, DoD has still not issued specific guidance on how to conduct effective campaigning in support of integrated deterrence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">As part of a broader study that I recently led for a DoD sponsor, I identified the critical components of campaigns—in other words, the specific types of military activities—that would enable the United States to compete with state adversaries, in line with the concepts described in the NDS. The resulting framework has the potential to help US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) position itself as the force of choice for competition campaigning and avoid further reductions in its budget and force structure. It can also help the Pentagon sharpen its existing campaign plans and assist the relevant congressional committees as they think about oversight of the Pentagon’s approach to strategic competition.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1/18/23</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Marine Corps Activates Marine Corps Information Command</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3269684/marine-corps-activates-marine-corps-information-command/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3269684/marine-corps-activates-marine-corps-information-command/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The United States Marine Corps continues operationalizing the Marine Corps’ seventh warfighting function, information, by activating a service retained, two-star command poised to synchronize, coordinate, and integrate capabilities across the Fleet Marine Force, today.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">5/22/22</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">There’s No Such Thing As A Culture War (Print Version)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Volodymyr Zelensy and the Art of the War Story (Online)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/volodymyr-zelensky-video-ukraine-war/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">https://www.wired.com/story/volodymyr-zelensky-video-ukraine-war/</span></a></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-45217503868246225962023-02-10T13:28:00.000-08:002023-02-10T13:28:05.467-08:00 President of POVA Duties Means the Blog is Going on HIatus<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greetings,</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-4bb56818-7fff-d7d6-788f-e6afccfce4c3"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As of 1 January 1, 2023 I became the President of the PSYOP Veterans Association (POVA).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">POVA </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is the oldest continuous serving veterans' Association providing membership support, reconnection, reunion and philanthropic support to America's military PSYOP soldiers and veterans. Founded in 1988, POVA continually seeks to support and assist our fellow PSYOP veterans.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I joined POVA many years ago and served as First Vice President. Chad Spawr, like many of my fellow VietNam Veterans has been experiencing health issues. I felt duty bound as the First Vice President to assume the duties.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While I will not be posting to the Blog often, I am continuing to follow and analyze important news and events in the field. I am providing all POVA members with a new product: PSYOP News. This is included in our monthly membership mailing.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please consider joining POVA at </span><a href="http://www.usapova.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.usapova.org</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here’s my first issue of PSYOP News from last month:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PSYOP News January 2023</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some links and summaries of important developments in the influence world.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/10/23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.html</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See also: How it Startedd, How It is Going: Media Literacy Index 2022</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://osis.bg/?p=4243&lang=en" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://osis.bg/?p=4243&lang=en</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 Jan 23</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deepfakes and International Conflict</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deceit and media manipulation have always been a part of wartime communications, but never before has it been possible for nearly any actor in a conflict to generate realistic audio, video, and text of their opponent’s political officials and military leaders. As artificial intelligence (AI) grows more sophisticated and the cost of computing continues to drop, the challenge deepfakes pose to online information environments during armed conflict will only grow.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.brookings.edu/research/deepfakes-and-international-conflict/</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">28 Dec 22</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MCIOC Marine Receives 2022 Major General Robert A. McClure Medallion Award</span></h1><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">QUANTICO, VA, UNITED STATES</span></h3><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12.28.2022</span></h3><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-left: 5pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Story by</span><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/portfolio/1655920/karen-jensen" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Capt. Karen Jensen</span></a><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/rss/personnel/1655920" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></a></h3><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/MCIOC" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marine Corps Information Operations Center</span></a></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">QUANTICO, Virginia. – The U.S. Army’s Psychological Operations Proponent’s Office announced the recipients of the Major General Robert A. McClure Medallion Awards, December 19, 2022, for the recipients’ sustained meritorious contributions in support of U.S. Army Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations Regiments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gunnery Sgt. Jeffery D. Jones, an Influence/Psychological Operations Marine from the Marine Corps Information Operations Center, is one of four U.S. Marine Corps service members selected as Bronze award recipients. The three other U.S. Marine Corps recipients, all previous MCIOC Marines, are Staff Sgt. Taylor J. Dieckman, Gunnery Sgt. William Correa, and Maj. Christopher B. Hampton. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.dvidshub.net/news/435981/mcioc-marine-receives-2022-major-general-robert-mcclure-medallion-award</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 Dec 22</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cyber to be featured for first time at US military exercise in Africa</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WASHINGTON — An upcoming military exercise involving U.S. Africa Command and more than a dozen countries will for the first time feature elements of cyber.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Justified Accord 23 event, or JA 23, kicks off in mid-February and will allow the U.S. military to work with African forces on matters tied to the digital domain, a highly influential and contested space,</span><a href="https://www.army.mil/article/262934/cyber_focus_unveiled_at_justified_accord_23_final_planning_event" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the Army announced</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dec. 21.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specifically, time will be spent sharpening incident detection, intelligence collection, containment and eradication abilities. Participants include Kenya and Uganda.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bit.ly/3Wp3SM0</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Power of ChatGPT</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unleashed on Military Technology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/3hSqJ3r" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bit.ly/3hSqJ3r</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dire warnings suggest an outcome similar to science fiction movies such as </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Terminator </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Matrix</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, where armed machines turn on their masters. However, as Musk noted, the greater danger is that AI could take everyone’s jobs, as it could simply do everything better than humans. That danger could be released with recently released software known as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, or ChatGPT. It actually sounds like a rather harmless application. But is it?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It is a chatbot application developed by OpenAI that is built on top of the group’s GPT-3.5 family of large language models,” explained technology analyst Charles King of Pund-IT. “ChatGPT is fine-tuned with both supervised and reinforcement learning techniques, allowing it to develop detailed responses and articulate answers across numerous knowledge domains.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The prototype launched just last month, and the application’s human-like responses raised alarms over whether ChatGPT might be used to build or orchestrate automated</span><a href="https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/08/24/remote-work-leads-to-firing-phishing-scams-and-raytheon-is-on-the-lookout-for-300-candidates/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">phishing scams</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> sophisticated enough to fool consumers and businesses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Those same concerns could apply to government agencies, including groups dealing with defense and national security issues,” King told ClearanceJobs. “From my reading, I don’t believe that ChatGPT is a serious threat yet.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 Dec 22</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘South Park’ Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone Land $20 Million in Funding for Their Deepfake VFX Studio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The creators of “South Park” have secured a $20 million investment for their AI entertainment startup Deep Voodoo. The funding was led by Connect Ventures, an investment partnership between CAA and venture-capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). It’s the first outside capital raised by Deep Voodoo, which previously was funded entirely by Parker and Stone’s independent entertainment company, Park County.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stone and Parker plan to use the new funding to “accelerate Deep Voodoo’s development of its leading deepfake technology, cost-effective visual effects services and original synthetic media projects,” according to the announcement. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bit.ly/3hG0z49</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 Dec 22</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drones critical to US info-warfare playbook, Air Force Kennedy says</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/3YHX91h" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://bit.ly/3YHX91h</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The three-star general spearheading the U.S. Air Force’s information warfare efforts foresees a sustained future for drones in the military, as nations monitor, analyze and attempt to outfox each other from greater and greater distances.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ** POVA CONTACT INFORMATION ** </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please contact Larry Dietz - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dietz.pova@gmail.com</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #403f42; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with information on any errors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><br /></span>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-45273558727573900612022-11-29T09:45:00.001-08:002022-11-29T09:45:05.268-08:00Does It Really Matter Who Owns Twitter?<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjeW85USAJA8lZHajbPfgZSgvAYl2jz4hLZEJPCAL-o8SvxxaWB37hxqTvZ-Y4VksoxoXOpk9_9ivAGtgAjbvuIOdQaHRFLnfV4QDOwTrxrCATfuo_RYPlqZTA1zCiTMWUwgtQCHVxdbJR-dCzJT-YCEUp_UKvgkU3-eCBUt8rLtPeDdGxQYLaIpH/s2928/Brookings%20Mush.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2928" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjeW85USAJA8lZHajbPfgZSgvAYl2jz4hLZEJPCAL-o8SvxxaWB37hxqTvZ-Y4VksoxoXOpk9_9ivAGtgAjbvuIOdQaHRFLnfV4QDOwTrxrCATfuo_RYPlqZTA1zCiTMWUwgtQCHVxdbJR-dCzJT-YCEUp_UKvgkU3-eCBUt8rLtPeDdGxQYLaIpH/s320/Brookings%20Mush.png" width="320" /></a></div>Unless you live in a cave, you know that Elon Musk paid $44
Billion to buy Twitter and then take it from a public company to a private one.
There has been more than a great deal of concern about the Twitter platform and
the future of the company itself. On November 22, 2022 The Brookings Institute
published “The future of Twitter: Four scenarios” (see: <a href="http://bit.ly/3UgiaN9">http://bit.ly/3UgiaN9</a>, which is also a photo
source.)<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The four alternatives according to Brookings are:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Bankruptcy</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Little Content Moderation and Lots of Extremism</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Technical Problems in Maintaining the Site</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Survival Through Premium Services</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Of course there can also be multiple scenarios as well. PSYOPers
are information maestros. Just as a symphony conductor blends the sounds of the
various instruments together in a symphony, influencers will blend media and messages
to orchestrate an effective campaign.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two other analogies apply here as well. The first is that
Twitter is a an information tool. When building a house, the carpenter knows
that saws cut wood, hammers are used on nails and screwdrivers are used on
screws. The tool has a purpose and is used for that purpose.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMJ4M5A73qJtNKCGYt36dY4LBW6gkUquuuWG3VYOnSSYRckOL4gtjwv-z3T-34ARIQNTSPFJxNq5OqI3_IrN-1PU_SAj0saXaiyEaHqBttXmN541WNIGAzDqvH-xrO4Y-2udpIhgGACwa3rl67aAJcrcx1XN73ItT5fnSgbxXSyMAS2MuvtpY2_-i/s1068/Bocce%20Court.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="1068" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMJ4M5A73qJtNKCGYt36dY4LBW6gkUquuuWG3VYOnSSYRckOL4gtjwv-z3T-34ARIQNTSPFJxNq5OqI3_IrN-1PU_SAj0saXaiyEaHqBttXmN541WNIGAzDqvH-xrO4Y-2udpIhgGACwa3rl67aAJcrcx1XN73ItT5fnSgbxXSyMAS2MuvtpY2_-i/w276-h182/Bocce%20Court.png" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another way to look at it as like playing a bocce court
(Photo source: <a href="http://bit.ly/3gFCwlj">http://bit.ly/3gFCwlj</a>).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Each court has its own nuances. Most are not completely
level all the way around. The skillful player has to know where the court dips
and where the ball is likely to go because of the nature of the court. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My point is that no matter which way Twitter goes, it still
may useful for influence operations. Assuming for the moment that Twitter
scenario number 2. Little Content Moderation and Lost of Extremism comes into
being.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Influencers will need to assess if Twitter is an appropriate
medium to transmit their message. It is also important to recognize that
Twitter could be a source of intelligence on the extreme content and the
extreme content’s authors, goals, etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People get their information in a variety of ways
and successful influencers, like orchestra conductors must learn how to blend
the appropriate medium to create optimal effectiveness</span>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My good friends at Merriam Webster define this expression “<span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #212529;">to say that one person or situation
should be treated the same way that another person or situation is treated</span>”
(see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3qPXRKh">https://bit.ly/3qPXRKh</a>)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9imPl53QrUayNTWjfgWr6axj01cmGXs3gQAlM-FTSuRls4nrodjjTSu6E2Jcy6JA7yAhnqcjhtT51cViQMg1Z4LLAo5e-8yvdS7y7G3x9gtg2PgNUK6zStpi03MFVreD-7pFSTHzGTzn9yCMKMDGnpCQ8x2QTi0qaID5GOVSIOfGyTHGVapkvwLD/s1314/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-20%20at%201.59.07%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1314" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9imPl53QrUayNTWjfgWr6axj01cmGXs3gQAlM-FTSuRls4nrodjjTSu6E2Jcy6JA7yAhnqcjhtT51cViQMg1Z4LLAo5e-8yvdS7y7G3x9gtg2PgNUK6zStpi03MFVreD-7pFSTHzGTzn9yCMKMDGnpCQ8x2QTi0qaID5GOVSIOfGyTHGVapkvwLD/w232-h204/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-20%20at%201.59.07%20PM.png" width="232" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #212529; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Should the U.S. concede the
information advantage to our enemies and adversaries?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #212529; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #212529; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Washington Post posted “Pentagon
orders review of psyops after takedown of fake social accounts” (see: <a href="https://wapo.st/3R1IcSF">https://wapo.st/3R1IcSF</a>, which is also a
photo source.) The Post said the article was a follow-up to a previous article
posted on August 25, 2022 “A phony, U.S.-friendly social media campaign prompts
questions (see: <a href="https://wapo.st/3qWlGAa">https://wapo.st/3qWlGAa</a>,
also a photo source)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #212529; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #212529; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This second article was about the
discovery and removal of pro-US messaging by Twitter and Meta. That article was
sort of an expose of </span>fake online personas to influence internet
conversations and spread pro-American propaganda,”. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">However, that type of activity was actually reported by the
British publication the Guardian on 17 March 2011 (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3dt5WkO">https://bit.ly/3dt5WkO</a>, another photo
source). This article addressed specific operations being conducted by the US
Central Command under a $2.76 million contract with an LA based company,
Ntrepid. The company has since moved to Herndon, VA (<a href="https://ntrepidcorp.com/">https://ntrepidcorp.com/</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFfpIhLBulfdXthI1NS6ctNw2y5wkhiRnQY9wFBfGhWlqWuhEMU_4PB3nq6DJPIqWunLly0JgfyX1r25MZO85oa1A5vzwpSYR6fnSQ5GgkDCYkz4_Cxv1LbMGoIkM5D1OrRbC8jAfmvYojbaSDEtOJz2KTxAG0-rnqCGqxSZ72OSE57t_gaTLG7tl/s1254/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-20%20at%202.04.44%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1254" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFfpIhLBulfdXthI1NS6ctNw2y5wkhiRnQY9wFBfGhWlqWuhEMU_4PB3nq6DJPIqWunLly0JgfyX1r25MZO85oa1A5vzwpSYR6fnSQ5GgkDCYkz4_Cxv1LbMGoIkM5D1OrRbC8jAfmvYojbaSDEtOJz2KTxAG0-rnqCGqxSZ72OSE57t_gaTLG7tl/w240-h174/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-20%20at%202.04.44%20PM.png" width="240" /></a></div>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It is clearly no secret that other countries, particularly
Russia and China, engage in disinformation using a variety of tactics,
techniques, and procedures (TTP) including fake personas on social media. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The most recent article points out that “U.S. law authorizes
the use of fictitious substitute accounts, but Pentagon policy and doctrine
discourage spreading false information. Congress in 2019 effectively allowed
the military to strike back online when countering foreign disinformation
campaigns.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Trying to get a more objective look, I found Gizmodo’s
article “The Pentagon is Reportedly Auditing the U.S. Military’s Own
Pro-American Social Media Psyop” published yesterday, September 19, 2022 (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3S5OfXF">https://bit.ly/3S5OfXF</a>). The closing
paragraph of that article is:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“In response to Gizmodo’s questions, a DoD spokesperson sent
the following comment in an email, “As a matter of policy, the Department of
Defense conducts military information support operations in support of our
national security priorities. These activities must be undertaken in compliance
with U.S. law and DoD policy. We are committed to enforcing those safeguards.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s see if we can move beyond the hype shall we?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Our enemies and adversaries are dominating the
high ground of the information domain. Disinformation campaigns using automated
means by Russia and China in particular have been widely documented.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>It appears that US law allows the DOD to execute
similar campaigns as long as those campaigns are not primarily targeted to an
American audience.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The PSYOP hand has been caught in the
information cookie jar on more than one occasion.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Only a fool would allow their enemies to act
freely.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>There is quite a bit of politics at play here.
If I were a cynical person (as I have been accused of being) I would say that ‘someone’
in the White House is very concerned about looking bad especially with the midterm
elections literally around the corner.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While of course the U.S. should take the high road, we
cannot ignore the low roads or information highway routes being dominated by
our enemies and adversaries.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As always, reader comments are encouraged.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-64920085158508659532022-08-24T13:48:00.001-07:002022-08-24T13:48:36.600-07:00When You Don’t Know If the Indirect Effect Will Be Greater<p>
</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXBrVZEG8H-slBC28hFpIV7xqWELy8nvP19Efq_je-US0xgtjiCV8W3m5bvYmfpt3m4UM9zeVLSgwme6L97hMuzMfkq75c3hkwumSARhJqqMsgGDc8IOmV-Dr5WqVXUGh1zW7T6zU0STtzWyC2mj31EYutIkt_kk5CWT1bP6RR87KEvmtctCp_D2R/s1198/Ukraine%20Bomb.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1198" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXBrVZEG8H-slBC28hFpIV7xqWELy8nvP19Efq_je-US0xgtjiCV8W3m5bvYmfpt3m4UM9zeVLSgwme6L97hMuzMfkq75c3hkwumSARhJqqMsgGDc8IOmV-Dr5WqVXUGh1zW7T6zU0STtzWyC2mj31EYutIkt_kk5CWT1bP6RR87KEvmtctCp_D2R/w225-h145/Ukraine%20Bomb.png" width="225" /></a> <br /></p><p>The NY Times featured an article on August 22, 2022 “People
are paying to have personal messagespainted on Ukrainian artillery shells.”
(see: <a href="https://nyti.ms/3CsFNwy">https://nyti.ms/3CsFNwy</a>, which is
also a photo source.) <br /></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5njKZHfVGGAMI8gal_OovF9cStY7gpq0ysUu2lb5i1hl_FeE8iLeLYVkWu7uxMT5SfBRmkEE3I87YemuY8Py6EMuTEtzMNQo325qQD-DNLB6SRyBajTKYCWZcNwCYXxgQTZpg3K57yrvXWGndzk1TnSMjFCwlFJDKWFO21fk0U3Nv5vXcfNWNJAEm/s1606/Ukraine%20Bombs%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1606" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5njKZHfVGGAMI8gal_OovF9cStY7gpq0ysUu2lb5i1hl_FeE8iLeLYVkWu7uxMT5SfBRmkEE3I87YemuY8Py6EMuTEtzMNQo325qQD-DNLB6SRyBajTKYCWZcNwCYXxgQTZpg3K57yrvXWGndzk1TnSMjFCwlFJDKWFO21fk0U3Nv5vXcfNWNJAEm/s320/Ukraine%20Bombs%202.png" width="320" /></a></div>The article chronicles a novel way that Ukrainians are raising
money to support their war effort against Russia. According to the article the signmyrocket
is one of these efforts. Supporters can not only get their personal messages on
the shells, but can, for an extra fee of course, they can get a video of their
shell being shot.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja55vgIgmKObYlnxB5PWwyFKVk-RWsaVU6-wcfnGup6LWkzdR6uHEV7F8pBk7Kn80kQsa7vyMbCFup46EQ9QFSj_zgM9ItAM9QOcTZf6j0QBA_sqkakrFoje8RnSLRiwKtCJSEhxB4Q72pv1taKuyGjlw2EOkzybdpiKVMnoCFkhP_ctStBubiRgf3/s2154/Ukraine%20Bomb%20Delivery%20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="2154" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja55vgIgmKObYlnxB5PWwyFKVk-RWsaVU6-wcfnGup6LWkzdR6uHEV7F8pBk7Kn80kQsa7vyMbCFup46EQ9QFSj_zgM9ItAM9QOcTZf6j0QBA_sqkakrFoje8RnSLRiwKtCJSEhxB4Q72pv1taKuyGjlw2EOkzybdpiKVMnoCFkhP_ctStBubiRgf3/s320/Ukraine%20Bomb%20Delivery%20.png" width="320" /></a></div>Of course, this is not the first time that bombs have had a
dual purpose. Life Magazine featured some bombs destined for the Pacific
Theater in World War II. (Source: Life Magazine).
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SFxGxMQBC-ntw_GcR11QZY3PxkmhDmRWottta9ULoTPH8yyGmNCHevLwr3oOA30MlvOtqcnUAFTRAn69sZNlgWjxp4o2TR5tE09ifbC8yuQuD9AEIh3LvrI6L8KXFExT_T0FFl3tPJ2v0Vp1TV3cjoYs6v7DkwiXFzUAm68U4iHa3qAivBUmeuVA/s1378/Tojo%20Bomb.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="1372" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SFxGxMQBC-ntw_GcR11QZY3PxkmhDmRWottta9ULoTPH8yyGmNCHevLwr3oOA30MlvOtqcnUAFTRAn69sZNlgWjxp4o2TR5tE09ifbC8yuQuD9AEIh3LvrI6L8KXFExT_T0FFl3tPJ2v0Vp1TV3cjoYs6v7DkwiXFzUAm68U4iHa3qAivBUmeuVA/w202-h203/Tojo%20Bomb.png" width="202" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal">While some may view fundraising by Artem Poliukhovych at <a href="https://signmyrocket.com/">signmyrocket.com</a> (which is also a photo
source) as the main goal, there are of course other outcomes. Most of the
messages have political overtones, but others like the one from Cristina Repetti
of Chicago is personal – she simply wants her boyfriend, Vinny to come back
home.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCwY_0J6OtRDK_FncRmRHQllJzkq2pgtL4CuF6RZ0xbf0pIZqjOit94x41ZzYSsB8O3At6owz0Af9efELunwilsG3O7DYZqDMygEeowAytdQVcIs21RMGYeEbcIcWO5EE0tVOz4oa_Uyq0aRFYQT24fp2bckc6WY5hy5Pfu2MDkkr96jv5qDpv59u/s1190/Vinny.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1190" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCwY_0J6OtRDK_FncRmRHQllJzkq2pgtL4CuF6RZ0xbf0pIZqjOit94x41ZzYSsB8O3At6owz0Af9efELunwilsG3O7DYZqDMygEeowAytdQVcIs21RMGYeEbcIcWO5EE0tVOz4oa_Uyq0aRFYQT24fp2bckc6WY5hy5Pfu2MDkkr96jv5qDpv59u/s320/Vinny.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal">As PSYOP professionals, let’s take a moment to talk about
the effects of this kind of effort.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b><u>Direct Effect - Kinetic</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First of all the bombs land on the enemy causing damage.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b><u>Indirect Effect - PSYOP</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The nature of the campaign, the fund raising, and the
popular/media support create another effect and that is the PSYOP effect of
showing the enemy that there is a worldwide community that stands against them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This raises the question of what audience can actually see
the articles about the bombs and their messages. Given the totalitarian control
that Russia has over its ‘news’ media, it would be reasonable to assume that
the Russian domestic media market will not see the messages.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Russian diaspora outside Russia can certainly access on
line and traditional media that will feature the articles. Russian soldiers
inside Ukraine may or may not be an audience depending on their particular
situation and of course their rank.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When it comes to Measures of Effectiveness (MOE), we could
all take a lesson from the ‘signmyrocket.com’ results below. As always, reader
comments encouraged.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5DByXEGXvpSFU3lxjSkugeiFJGtYlUGqmL6oVWH2PlqLevztwePVA72wnEO_cu5K_tuWkYe-_vKhbuOVzM6_mmok9dAkMUvcfSBtEs-eA4Do4z0gogDC5bCyx8x1MG1EzJ71GrwXx-WZvda6inGFmjaxIrRXOTXKYe4OQulmusXQgv5h4zg4nsrM/s2036/Signmyrocket%20results.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2036" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5DByXEGXvpSFU3lxjSkugeiFJGtYlUGqmL6oVWH2PlqLevztwePVA72wnEO_cu5K_tuWkYe-_vKhbuOVzM6_mmok9dAkMUvcfSBtEs-eA4Do4z0gogDC5bCyx8x1MG1EzJ71GrwXx-WZvda6inGFmjaxIrRXOTXKYe4OQulmusXQgv5h4zg4nsrM/s320/Signmyrocket%20results.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-25700615596540788492022-07-19T16:28:00.000-07:002022-07-19T16:28:14.383-07:00Movies and PSYOP: The PRC is the Best!<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While
the picture here is from one of my favorite military satire sites, it, like
most effective PSYOP, is based on truth. (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3INygd3">https://bit.ly/3INygd3</a>,
which is also a photo source).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRd-HuYFx_ijfplFGnlZdh4eTHzdgE3OiJoez57DRK56hgB2n0EsoLuQrIujekUAbe5PKIratgVCUqNlTk41h3EE__WnHymiZMJfu2O1FZd5JRly9KaHz7o3mWdgcBPz47UhN2mD2S-_SRQ60BGJknM2-vd-F6S4CdKeKu0KA0GzJXFxfE-98oNobp/s1516/Top%20Gun%20Mav.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1516" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRd-HuYFx_ijfplFGnlZdh4eTHzdgE3OiJoez57DRK56hgB2n0EsoLuQrIujekUAbe5PKIratgVCUqNlTk41h3EE__WnHymiZMJfu2O1FZd5JRly9KaHz7o3mWdgcBPz47UhN2mD2S-_SRQ60BGJknM2-vd-F6S4CdKeKu0KA0GzJXFxfE-98oNobp/w153-h146/Top%20Gun%20Mav.png" width="153" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While
the thrill of going to a darkened room with hundreds of strangers has been
dampened due to COVID, there have been some exceptions. One of which has been “Top
Gun: Maverick” which has topped over $1 Billion at the box office. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
lure of movies as a propaganda medium has not been lost on other countries, in
particular, the People’s Republic of China. Unbeknownst to me (because I let my
subscription lapse) my favorite news magazine, The Economist published a
January article “How Chinese propaganda films became watchable – Patriotic blockbusters
are so entertaining people willingly buy tickets” (see: <a href="https://econ.st/3zgtUIi">https://econ.st/3zgtUIi</a>, another photo
source).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20KcQnZcvT-RqLTmMMcvu9kdpXi0K5KvajYQGfILmZ71Aq1atUETE80y5jTJvlRNhwS6fHTB88P567xCe94LmaS_bbsLt-Y_dC5t6uzo-c1gQ8OJEBtxvUjmj854NbRmrmv9bCxe4IrLQcIGFxaY4bmHrEzp2LDBfqdO9XYKn1tt5SPufQ1MbNlJr/s2068/Chinese%20Movie%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2068" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20KcQnZcvT-RqLTmMMcvu9kdpXi0K5KvajYQGfILmZ71Aq1atUETE80y5jTJvlRNhwS6fHTB88P567xCe94LmaS_bbsLt-Y_dC5t6uzo-c1gQ8OJEBtxvUjmj854NbRmrmv9bCxe4IrLQcIGFxaY4bmHrEzp2LDBfqdO9XYKn1tt5SPufQ1MbNlJr/w263-h202/Chinese%20Movie%201.png" width="263" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
article talks about <span style="color: #0d0d0d;">“The Battle at Lake Changjin”
became the highest-grossing film in Chinese history, and the second-highest of
the year worldwide. It made over $900m, just behind “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.
You can watch the official trailer on YouTube at: <a href="https://bit.ly/3IXQnNy">https://bit.ly/3IXQnNy</a> (another photo source)
You can read a review in the British publication the Guardian at: https://bit.ly/3aUN50Y</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjJB7vO62uVQIJ_yQ7rCIHRI1F8eP--CYDZ-1368yBUUyTa_Q9eZT00bmpV_uY33TeqSCkdCDNQcFbX5MECikB56jekpSiHlzWiJJKSsYNkTw-CqockB7GrtMNe2wF03e3EICEjuzlJj4KK1BgMhdsT1FjMRXpX4ijSMBDHQ9Z3ti_XJHml_DXZV9/s2158/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-19%20at%204.26.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2158" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjJB7vO62uVQIJ_yQ7rCIHRI1F8eP--CYDZ-1368yBUUyTa_Q9eZT00bmpV_uY33TeqSCkdCDNQcFbX5MECikB56jekpSiHlzWiJJKSsYNkTw-CqockB7GrtMNe2wF03e3EICEjuzlJj4KK1BgMhdsT1FjMRXpX4ijSMBDHQ9Z3ti_XJHml_DXZV9/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-19%20at%204.26.32%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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found it very interesting to learn that the film was especially popular among
Young Chinese. This contrasts with Top Gun where the majority of viewers were
over 35. (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3v17JDm">https://bit.ly/3v17JDm</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stepping
back, it would appear that the PRC is well aware its target audience. Clearly,
their goal is to attract the younger citizen who is perhaps more disenchanted
with the Chinese heavy surveillance efforts and potential censorship of
internet news and other sites regarded as damaging to the Party and government.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once
upon a time, in World War II, one scholarly source summed up Hollywood’s role “<span style="background: white; color: #444444;">During World War II, Hollywood produced
films that acted as propaganda, increased military recruitment rates, assisted
in military training, and boosted the morale of American soldiers and civilians
alike, easily making cinema the most important form of popular media in the war
effort.</span></span>” (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3B4pTYG">https://bit.ly/3B4pTYG</a>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Office of War Information was created due to the need for offensive influence
operations and under the pressure of World War II. Given the nature, resources
and pressure created by Russia and other disinformation efforts – is it time to
consider an Office of Disinformation Control?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
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comments encouraged.</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-19605261218523208452022-05-23T16:13:00.000-07:002022-05-23T16:13:08.981-07:00You Don’t Have to Like It <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMqKPGT-oSM-644k6J4ageVY4L83wi-0O0e83gSNMH9h_XXM4s9JR6Ff_86FT_szWmb_mZe6KOaUz8Zi0aDdhyrjSplEDPc3elQ3Jz_IFBpxHKV4OaLBLESVThAF4bDX5ZT7-8---iDox6iDTCNWhV6BBrn0V4-isgEDsmLdWElYb4lelcr54mQv6/s2290/Koko%20the%20Clown.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="2290" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMqKPGT-oSM-644k6J4ageVY4L83wi-0O0e83gSNMH9h_XXM4s9JR6Ff_86FT_szWmb_mZe6KOaUz8Zi0aDdhyrjSplEDPc3elQ3Jz_IFBpxHKV4OaLBLESVThAF4bDX5ZT7-8---iDox6iDTCNWhV6BBrn0V4-isgEDsmLdWElYb4lelcr54mQv6/s320/Koko%20the%20Clown.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />The 4<sup>th</sup> PSYOP Group (Fort Bragg, NC) created
quite a hullaballoo with their May 2, 2022 recruiting video “Ghosts in the
Machine” (which you can find at: <a href="https://bit.ly/3GeYEuX">https://bit.ly/3GeYEuX</a>
and is a photo source).
<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The video employs Koko the Clown, which first appeared in
Out of the Ink Well from 1918 – 1929. You can learn more about him at: <a href="https://fleischer-studios.fandom.com/wiki/Koko_the_Clown">https://fleischer-studios.fandom.com/wiki/Koko_the_Clown</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;">The Army Times shouted “ Foreboding
Army PSYOPS recruitment video shows ‘who’s pulling the strings’” (<a href="https://bit.ly/3NrVtT6">https://bit.ly/3NrVtT6</a>) According to the
venerable ‘paper’, the film ‘gives off a slightly creepy surreal vibe’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Times picks up on the notion of ‘becoming
the ghost puppeteer pulling the world’s strings, especially those of hot-button
national security threats like the Chinese and Russian governments. The Times
even goes so far as to say that the video’s real purpose “PSYOP aimed at an
overseas audience.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;">Another review – this one from
boingboing.net said “Enjoy this creepy occult-ish U.S. Army Psychological
Operations Recruitment video” (see: <a href="https://boingboing.net/2022/05/17/enjoy-this-creepy-occult-ish-u-s-army-psychological-operations-recruitment-video.html">https://boingboing.net/2022/05/17/enjoy-this-creepy-occult-ish-u-s-army-psychological-operations-recruitment-video.html</a>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;">Even the ‘local’ Fort Bragg
newspaper, the News & Observer chimed in saying “’Unsettling/ Fort Bragg recruitment
video ignites debate over its mysterious intent’. (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/39NKHb9">https://bit.ly/39NKHb9</a> which is a photo
source as well).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;">As I reviewed the content, here’s
what hit me:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9Izp63a78ebqJTTYQEoDzWUaq5XnoSRh70yo95huva4jyfQH09hfUdHYo_QRNSDz96By3JDlZUVU6C78RkxN1v6ql0Jj3PcNyYSsLTJbvOibCnDu3bxZ6S0mv9LGXnneW-37PSXGiTwQasigeDbQE8gXoF4wUeo2nMzkgCmqkwGLNHopUdJ2xE44/s2298/PLA%20on%20Parade.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="2298" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9Izp63a78ebqJTTYQEoDzWUaq5XnoSRh70yo95huva4jyfQH09hfUdHYo_QRNSDz96By3JDlZUVU6C78RkxN1v6ql0Jj3PcNyYSsLTJbvOibCnDu3bxZ6S0mv9LGXnneW-37PSXGiTwQasigeDbQE8gXoF4wUeo2nMzkgCmqkwGLNHopUdJ2xE44/s320/PLA%20on%20Parade.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>The use of Sun Tzu – everyone’s favorite elegant
strategist.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Implied that Psywarriors lead a life of
adventure and intrigue.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Adopting the ‘Ghost’ as a branding tool –
including the famed Ghost Army of WWII.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Arouse patriotism by showcasing potential peer
enemies.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Concluding that information is everywhere and
needs to be controlled as a weapon of war by a special breed of revitalized
PSYWAR practitioners. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;">I did not see any nefarious plots nor
occult visions. Rather it seemed to me that soldiers of the 4<sup>th</sup> POG
thought pretty hard about the kind of colleague they want to attract and focused
this latest work product as a way to appeal to those individuals and to
influence them to apply for PSYOP selection.</p>
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to join PSYOP (we don’t use the s) you can check out the Army’s Official
recruiting page at: <a href="https://bit.ly/3wGd6rH">https://bit.ly/3wGd6rH</a>.
According to our good friends at the Army Times if you make it, you may be
eligible for reenlistment bonus packages of up to $21,000 for enlisted
personnel, not to mention potential airborne and language pay and educational
allowances.<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;">The bottom line is not whether
your like it or find it spooky – the measure of effectiveness is how many
people are motivated to sign-up to become PSYOP soldiers.</p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Something a bit
different today. Rather than analysis I am providing some highlights from a
well respected academic and professional source – the American Psychological
Association. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">As an online
instructor for American Military University and the Monterey College of Law I
am often asked about ‘peer reviewed scholarly journals’ for students’ use in military
intelligence and related subjects. Unfortunately and necessarily, much of the
current subject matter is often classified so that there is a paucity of these
sources.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">One of my new sources,
the SOF News showcased an article from the American Psychological Association
(topic as in the headline) on April 11, 2022 which you can see at: <a href="https://bit.ly/3vqbhhO">https://bit.ly/3vqbhhO</a>, which is also a photo
source..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The article
starts out by stating “at least 70 countries have engaged in coordinated online
disinformation campaigns in recent years, with Russia alone launching more than
30 attacks on elections around the world since 2016 (<a href="https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/09/CyberTroop-Report19.pdf" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2019 Global Inventory of Organised
Social Media Manipulation</span></em> (PDF, 6.05MB)</a>, University of Oxford; <a href="https://www.aspi.org.au/report/hacking-democracies" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hacking Democracies</span></em></a>, Australian Strategic
Policy Institute, 2019).”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Here some
highlights:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Ukrainians are fighting a 21st-century war, which is
half on the internet,” said Stephan Lewandowsky, PhD, a professor of psychology
at the University of Bristol who studies misinformation at the societal level.
“That new approach has worked extremely well because it has preempted Russian
attempts to rewrite history.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">A “ploy Russian
President Vladimir Putin has used to great success is conspiracy “gish gallop,”
or rapid-fire lying, said Roozenbeek, for instance around the Malaysian
Airlines disaster of 2014. The Kremlin’s <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/combating-fake-news-the-21st-century-civic-duty-1.3739327" target="_blank">constant stream of lies</a>—that it was a Ukrainian attack,
that all the passengers were dead before takeoff, that the pilot intentionally
crashed the plane—is used to sow confusion and disillusionment (Paul, C., &
Matthews, M., <a href="https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/perspectives/PE100/PE198/RAND_PE198.pdf." target="_blank"><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">RAND Corporation</span></em></a>
(PDF, 177KB), 2016).”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once it takes hold, misinformation is tough to correct.
Psychologists have shown that prebunking, or preemptively warning people about
incorrect or misleading information, is more effective than debunking
falsehoods after the fact (Lewandowsky, S., et al., <a href="https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/43031" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">The Debunking Handbook 2020</span></i></a>). Personal and
emotional appeals, rather than merely providing a fact-check, can also be
helpful.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The article
also offers some suggestions on further reading in case you are interested:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.likewarbook.com/" target="_blank">LikeWar: The weaponization
of social media</a> <br />
Singer, P. W., & Brooking, E. T., 2018</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/03/controlling-misinformation">Controlling
the spread of misinformation</a> <br />
APA, 2021</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/putin-zelenskyy-and-biden-all-have-unique-leadership-styles-178713" target="_blank">Putin, Zelenskyy, and Biden all have unique
leadership styles</a> <br />
Hunter, S., & Scott Ligon, G., <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
Conversation</span></em>, 2022</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034515" target="_blank">Misinformation,
disinformation, and violent conflict: From Iraq and the “War on Terror” to
future threats to peace.</a> <br />
Lewandowsky, S., et al., <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">American
Psychologist</span></em>, 2013</span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">On March 25, 2022 Rand published an article “Why the BBC
World Service’s New Ukrainian Shortwave Service Matters” (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3LPiFd4">https://bit.ly/3LPiFd4</a>, which is also a photo
source).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the reasons I think shortwave is under-rated is
because most everyone else is focused on Social Media. While Social Media is
important, it is not the be all and end all for communications and influence
operations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Social Media depends on Internet access. Remarkably (or perhaps
intentionally) the Ukraine’s Internet remains intact at least as of 1540
Pacific Time on 7 April. For some background, check out this article: “Why is
Ukraine’s Internet Still Up? Perhaps Because the Invaders Need It: at <a href="https://bit.ly/3NV92eH">https://bit.ly/3NV92eH</a> (another photo source)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, it is abundantly clear that Russia has destroyed other
aspects of the Ukrainian infrastructure and will do so when they feel it is in
their bests interests. Destruction of infrastructure renders the internet
impotent.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJUj1bncJeJFk11g9VaZV8h4iXdbvjfVp268kHNRwshrkTDbhwShhigrHq-0vTMaC8AyGQl0rFqUdxoMw0AvkyHzOc0S4ulxWx5xZgo40B0lmNcZRlpD9bM82rM-LaqHveSZL3UBqnyBcD5Rn_8NuMkXvj1a7ngC9RH1lWu2CuFPnfSat4P7LP_sq/s1544/Kviv%20tv%20tower.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1544" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJUj1bncJeJFk11g9VaZV8h4iXdbvjfVp268kHNRwshrkTDbhwShhigrHq-0vTMaC8AyGQl0rFqUdxoMw0AvkyHzOc0S4ulxWx5xZgo40B0lmNcZRlpD9bM82rM-LaqHveSZL3UBqnyBcD5Rn_8NuMkXvj1a7ngC9RH1lWu2CuFPnfSat4P7LP_sq/w266-h133/Kviv%20tv%20tower.png" width="266" /></a></div> Shortwave on the other hand, requires no major infrastructure
and has proven its resiliency in times of disaster, peace and conflict. <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The nub is that people have to want to listen and they need
to know what frequencies to tune in and when to do so.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The BBC has a hard earned brand reputation and is no doubt
proving to be an information lifeline. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The article concludes with a call to action: “<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps
it's time for the United States to consider whether RFE/RL should return to its
roots and follow the BBC's lead in restarting shortwave services to Ukraine and
southeastern Russia.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would offer one of my one – should PSYOP get in the
shortwave game? If so, would it make sense to specialize in a particular audience
– say reinforcing the morale of those opposing the Russian invasion?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reader input eagerly awaited.</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-81946954614439704032022-03-04T13:12:00.004-08:002022-03-04T13:17:16.046-08:00When the new doesn’t work – try the old – BBC Resurrects Shortwave Radio<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUiKMJ0fa3Q6Nvs22cZ8NNugl9eS5FlFEBk6DayF-yYlW9sLOo4S6WOMCdZmwyxOZrAjpmjd5KaMwE6cyrrmki5Qfj3437s_k48YfSoHYG8b3xpJRcbJ5cH95LRXkculRueWQ4Hb59jRGcB-WoYGii8ERAbE50JZSrY_nJLP6HKZFnRwFHI0wrjAae=s1268" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
</a></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is clear that
Russia is pulling out all the stops in their invasion of Ukraine. Traditional
and Internet Information sources have been prime targets.<img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1268" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUiKMJ0fa3Q6Nvs22cZ8NNugl9eS5FlFEBk6DayF-yYlW9sLOo4S6WOMCdZmwyxOZrAjpmjd5KaMwE6cyrrmki5Qfj3437s_k48YfSoHYG8b3xpJRcbJ5cH95LRXkculRueWQ4Hb59jRGcB-WoYGii8ERAbE50JZSrY_nJLP6HKZFnRwFHI0wrjAae=s320" width="320" /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">In response to
the damage done to these information vectors, the BBC is reviving its shortwave
radio service in Ukraine and Russia.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCG_5jfXnCH_j-eKbH7ttGnlJdXuT58RBsaRX4RDb7OYOmEEbJV7yuRDcekXM1JwDdhQBOuqOHF3o8IenwS6sdHCaviH79y5WCDbpO6_00F0DPFJrtOInXJv405X4p0G5RrsduVKEIQAZqb0bPUwNsG57_bjwx-4HItPB59M7o2yUtfMU3lN0Yv7sj=s1546" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1546" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCG_5jfXnCH_j-eKbH7ttGnlJdXuT58RBsaRX4RDb7OYOmEEbJV7yuRDcekXM1JwDdhQBOuqOHF3o8IenwS6sdHCaviH79y5WCDbpO6_00F0DPFJrtOInXJv405X4p0G5RrsduVKEIQAZqb0bPUwNsG57_bjwx-4HItPB59M7o2yUtfMU3lN0Yv7sj=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The March 3,
2022 online edition of the UK based Guardian feature an article: “BBC website ‘blocked’
in Russia as shortwave radio brought back to cover Ukraine war” (see: <a href="https://bit.ly/3sHC216">https://bit.ly/3sHC216</a>, which is also a photo
source.)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The article
pointed to a third party source Globalcheck who reported that the BBC’s website
was only at 17% of normal levels in Russia. Other articles can be found in the
Around World Journal @ <a href="https://bit.ly/3CfvbiC">https://bit.ly/3CfvbiC</a>,
the India based Republicworld (<a href="https://bit.ly/3hFuDcm">https://bit.ly/3hFuDcm</a>,
also a photo source) and the NY Times @ <a href="https://nyti.ms/3pDfTiJ">https://nyti.ms/3pDfTiJ</a>.
You can also see a different take in “The History of Shortwave Radio in
Fighting Propaganda” (@ https://bit.ly/3CeKgks)</span></span></p>
<p class="dcr-1wj398p" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Guardian
article also noted that “Shortwave radio uses frequencies that can travel long
distances and are accessible on portable radios, making it the go-to method to
reach listeners in conflict zones throughout history. Shortwave was used
extensively in <a data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</a> to
broadcast propaganda during the second world war, and usage peaked during the
cold war. But as radio technology developed, along with the mass adoption of
online news, shortwave fell out of favour around the world. After 76 years, the
BBC World Service ended its shortwave broadcast to Europe in 2008.”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The NY Times
added “Shortwave radio has been a go-to vehicle to reach listeners in
conflict zones for decades, used to deliver crackling dispatches to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/03/garden/tuning-in-to-the-world-via-shortwave.html">soldiers
in the Persian Gulf war</a>, send codes to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/world/asia/north-korea-spy-radio-broadcasts.html">spies
in North Korea</a> and pontificate through the Iron Curtain during <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/worldbusiness/24iht-radio25.2915642.html">the
Cold War</a>. But more modern forms of radio along with the internet eventually
pushed shortwave <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/28/weekinreview/ideas-trends-shortwave-radio-more-preachers-less-propaganda.html">out
of favor</a>; the BBC retired its shortwave transmissions in Europe <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/business/media/19beeb.html">14 years
ago</a>.”</span></span></p>
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want to learn more about shortwave radio, here are
some resources:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span>What is shortwave radio? Radio Fidelity - <a href="https://bit.ly/3ILH1DE">https://bit.ly/3ILH1DE</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span>If you want to listen to shortwave radio online –
here’s how – Hamtronics - <a href="https://bit.ly/3HCuu45">https://bit.ly/3HCuu45</a>
which is also a photo source</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span>3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span>If you would like to transmit shortwave radio
messages from the US, you will need a FCC License. You can find great
information on amateur (ham) radio at the National Association for Amateur
Radio at: <a href="https://www.arrl.org/ham-radio-licenses">https://www.arrl.org/ham-radio-licenses</a></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">What does it mean to PSYOPers? Sometimes you need to
understand history to use it against your enemies.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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PSYOP Weapons</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE46k2X3PYz29aOTAWEt2jgNhpFpk9GMPAHoHiEr5m0NWeUTyfrT9-AF5mrDmdco7zzC2h31VOuBejAK7NnXKlbLuc-YognZNWoSRTZicr0JDlDmalE42H1bcToXKtSTBX7TpHCQqhOGk0OMj966e3NV-iR3kGd0onW69LQqgHfHVTex9QoHuplFxp=s1534" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1534" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE46k2X3PYz29aOTAWEt2jgNhpFpk9GMPAHoHiEr5m0NWeUTyfrT9-AF5mrDmdco7zzC2h31VOuBejAK7NnXKlbLuc-YognZNWoSRTZicr0JDlDmalE42H1bcToXKtSTBX7TpHCQqhOGk0OMj966e3NV-iR3kGd0onW69LQqgHfHVTex9QoHuplFxp=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">With the Ukraine
simmering and maybe boiling over, it seemed like the right time to address the
role of Russia’s fake video efforts. Fox News offered “Russia, Ukraine ‘deepfake’
video, audio are concerns for US intelligence” (see: <a href="https://fxn.ws/3Iid4L0">https://fxn.ws/3Iid4L0</a>, which is a photo
source).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FBI Cyber Division Unit Chief Pranav Shah told Fox News “t</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">he technology, once reserved for cyber
wizards, is becoming more user-friendly. He says it is getting easier to make
these digital deceptions, and they aren't always illegal. Several parodies of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/celebrity-news" target="_blank">Tom Cruise</a> and other actors exist online.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">A more
entertaining report can be found with the UK Guardian: “Dumb and lazy’: the
flawed films of Ukrainian ‘attacks’ made by Russia’s ‘fake factory’. (See: <a href="https://bit.ly/3BJbzDk">https://bit.ly/3BJbzDk</a>, another photo source.)
The lead for the Guardian Article expresses something that Fox missed:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bellingcat
founder Elliot Higgins says Russia’s propaganda films have got worse but that
Russian viewers, especially the older generation, tend to believe fake TV
footage.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The real issue isn’t the quality of the Russian videos or
whether crack US intelligence agencies can quickly determine that videos are
fakes. The issue is simply: does the target audience believe the video and is
it effective in changing their behavior in favor of Russia?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An interesting source on fake videos, etc. is <a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/">https://www.bellingcat.com/</a>. They describe
themselves:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Bellingcat is an independent international collective of
researchers, investigators and citizen journalists using open source and social
media investigation to probe a variety of subjects – from Mexican drug lords
and crimes against humanity, to tracking the use of chemical weapons and
conflicts worldwide. With staff and contributors in more than 20 countries
around the world, we operate in a unique field where advanced technology,
forensic research, journalism, investigations, transparency and accountability
come together.” (Source: <a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/about/">https://www.bellingcat.com/about/</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins">Elliot Higgins</a>,
the organization’s founder noted that “international audiences were mostly
impervious to Kremlin disinformation. But he said domestic Russian viewers
tended to believe fake TV footage, which was “theatrically” created for state
propaganda purposes. This was especially true of the older generation”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It would appear that Mr. Putin, in addition to be a
distinguished alum of the KGB has firmly grasped the importance of winning his
public’s opinion. He has also correctly recognized that the quality of the
product is not nearly as important as getting out to the target audience
quickly and often.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you would like to learn more, then check out this thread </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">on Twitter at: <a href="https://bit.ly/3JULofT">https://bit.ly/3JULofT</a> The Twitter chain also
provides some interesting analysis on the nature of the video as evidence of a
False Flag operation.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you would like a detailed video showing how memes can be
employed you can check out: <a href="https://bit.ly/3h7L3Kp">https://bit.ly/3h7L3Kp</a>
- picture below. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL-3mPI9jAP6oZ-EXww_mZGZa-98hvklro_iboyAoffn2BPuZZin9r6vD99h0vatx05qAdkbIY66yx19UiponH6GDG2UA7KZjikcmWSCBY5bi_uCZHWF0eMeQg8yCXTLFyFjdsglbNFkDHspj9YbeRn6w7P9rCubl07pgD78e28iS6AlbcYRTUsSQX=s1460" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1460" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL-3mPI9jAP6oZ-EXww_mZGZa-98hvklro_iboyAoffn2BPuZZin9r6vD99h0vatx05qAdkbIY66yx19UiponH6GDG2UA7KZjikcmWSCBY5bi_uCZHWF0eMeQg8yCXTLFyFjdsglbNFkDHspj9YbeRn6w7P9rCubl07pgD78e28iS6AlbcYRTUsSQX=s320" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a bit of a practical exercise this past weekend (19/20
Feb 2022) I took both my iPhone 13 and my Sony A1000 on location in and around
Monterey. It didn’t take long for me to realize that the iPhone is a terrific
personal influence weapon. I could easily go from video to photo and vary the
video to cinematographic mode – although I haven’t quite figured out the
difference.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bottom line: Video is a critical and effective influence
weapon and we all need to fire ‘expert’.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-15094033481024114292022-01-12T12:06:00.000-08:002022-01-12T12:06:08.220-08:00Myanmar’s Latest Battle is With FaceBook (Meta) in a California Court Room<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaSJy1CJ393VlwIN6RVc6Py8nOxgnogZWa-iakEOtoZ1RYGwd0daUn1klAVuTe7LwQQU1QlQcF_i12qTxmimEdtTnaGCEliMA7XGFwgJVIpDzbDXwcvsqh-IQGUQF9XXwVU-vJ2dCBH2GhhELyhHQsKud49Jwtx_mh2_vGkVLZwBEQKSoSvkJIFs-X=s1998" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1998" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaSJy1CJ393VlwIN6RVc6Py8nOxgnogZWa-iakEOtoZ1RYGwd0daUn1klAVuTe7LwQQU1QlQcF_i12qTxmimEdtTnaGCEliMA7XGFwgJVIpDzbDXwcvsqh-IQGUQF9XXwVU-vJ2dCBH2GhhELyhHQsKud49Jwtx_mh2_vGkVLZwBEQKSoSvkJIFs-X=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We all know and agree that social media is an important influence vector. The latest activity on the world stage is a class action suit against Meta (the former FaceBook) by the Rohingya people of Myanmar who claim that Meta benefited from the harm that the Myanmar government, particularly the military has inflicted upon them.</span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first article is entitled:</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook as a Military Weapon in Myanmar? Meta’s Legal Battle Could Draw a New Line</span></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The article actually starts out by addressing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 which has shielded FaceBook from liability shielding them because they are an “information content provider” that serves as an information conduit and not a creator of information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A key paragraph appears toward the end:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It has been proven time and time again. Social media is a rapidly spreading platform that nation-states, terrorists, political parties, and other agenda-based groups use to incite fear, sway opinion, and garner support – often </span><a href="https://news.clearancejobs.com/2021/08/13/peraton-awarded-nearly-1-billion-to-combat-adversarial-misinformation-and-disinformation/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through disinformation</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (such as bots and </span><a href="https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/06/02/are-deepfakes-a-valid-concern-for-security-clearance-holders/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">deepfakes</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and timely inflammatory commentary. This case may not involve Section 230 directly (depending on whether the court applies it or not), but it could very well sway policy and raise new legal issues in the near future.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find it at: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3fjQ95a" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://bit.ly/3fjQ95a</span></a></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another, more comprehensive article on the lawsuit trigger is in Reuters: </span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Analysis: Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a 'wake-up call' for social media.</span> It is also a photo source and you can find it at: </span><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://reut.rs/3feZBXE</span></h1><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My colleagues of the California Bar, </span><a href="https://edelson.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edelson PC and Fields PLLC</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> have filed a $150 billion class-action complaint here in Northern California. They argue “that Facebook's failure to police content and its platform's design contributed to violence against the Rohingya community.” </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The article continues with a quote from an attorney pundit:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It was a sign that the tech giant was rattled, said Debbie Stothard, founder of the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN), an advocacy group.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The timing of these announcements shows the lawsuit is a wake-up call. The lawsuit itself is quite a bold move, but the Rohingya clearly felt there were sufficient grounds," she said.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Strategic litigation like this - you never know where it can go. In recent times we have seen climate-change litigation becoming more commonplace and getting some wins," she added.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The article indicates that the Plaintiff wants to apply Myanmar law to the claims in the California Court if the Section 230 defense is raised. The Federal Court can decide which law to follow because of the legal concept of diversity of jurisdiction. The discretion is the court’s.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Internet giants such as Meta and Google have come under increasing attention and scrutiny. While Eric Goldman, a professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law was quoated as saying “</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Based on the precedents, this case should lose - - - But you've got so much antipathy towards Facebook nowadays - anything is possible."</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The message for PSYOPers is that Social Media remains a cesspool of information and no matter what the courts decide, Social Media will remain an outsized influence.</span></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-7150654087957749472021-11-19T10:03:00.001-08:002021-11-19T10:03:25.215-08:00The Russians and Iranians Show Us Why We Need Influence Ranger School<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On November 16, 2021 The Brookings Institute ran an article “How the Kremlin has weaponized the Facebook files” (see:</span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-the-kremlin-has-weaponized-the-facebook-files/?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_medium=email&utm_content=184121831&utm_source=hs_email" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://brook.gs/3CAi3Dll</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which is also a photo source).</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-cbfb33ef-7fff-cb05-30e2-131ad64ecab5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1PJu5IEjFCcEql0D91Rpo3diGoQHulZ-tHRd_YIt5r1Y__ahQoX1TtPYpCr8rAjc0IO5JhBmreS1whB3CF96pLgPjuu6jpH0GJ8Kn22GA3ioevi5jI3Ut0MpDwl28AfkeHo9zeNnM2Q/s1466/Facebook+Weaponization.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1466" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1PJu5IEjFCcEql0D91Rpo3diGoQHulZ-tHRd_YIt5r1Y__ahQoX1TtPYpCr8rAjc0IO5JhBmreS1whB3CF96pLgPjuu6jpH0GJ8Kn22GA3ioevi5jI3Ut0MpDwl28AfkeHo9zeNnM2Q/s320/Facebook+Weaponization.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many of us have followed France Haugen’s denouncements of Facebook to learn more about the internal workings of the internet juggernaut. This article describes how the Russians have exploited the whistleblower to “</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #101010; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">paint the United States as hypocritical in its support for freedom of expression and provided a boost for China’s autocratic model of internet governance, normalizing Russia’s own repressive model.” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Russian propagandists are showing a remarkable ability to adapt various situations and sources to accomplish their disinformation mission. Among other things the article continues “</span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #101010; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Russian state media has seized on Haugen’s testimony to </span><a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1445845063695691776" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #26528f; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">argue</span></a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #101010; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that her revelations reveal the benefits of China’s model of internet governance.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #101010; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #101010; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another adversary, Iran has also been a player in strategic disinformation as demonstrated by the recent indictment of two Iranian nationals were charged in campaign to undermine 2020 US election (see: https://abcn.ws/3qQtMv5)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #101010; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This article noted: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"As alleged, Kazemi and Kashian were part of a coordinated conspiracy in which Iranian hackers sought to undermine faith and confidence in the U.S. Presidential elections," said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s posting is not an analysis of either of these two disinformation attacks, but rather an argument that perhaps we need to vary our influence operations training to a sort of “Influence Ranger School” (no tab of course).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have always admired those who have graduated Ranger School because they demonstrated the drive, discipline and teamwork needed to overcome the school’s rigorous demands and because they learned survival and coping skills in hostile environments such as the mountains and the swamp.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems to me that given the top to bottom nature of influence operations (meaning from strategic through operational and down to tactical) requires new, innovative, and rigorous training. This training should include the digital and technical side as well as working with new cultural and linguistic environments as well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of the training could be classroom or online. However, there is a critical need for field training in unfamiliar physical environments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PSYOP has always lived in the shadows of Special Forces, the time has come to elevate the influence game and beat the adversary on our terms rather than becoming the global informational punching bag.</span></p><br />Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-18258505113287947212021-10-22T16:06:00.002-07:002021-10-22T16:06:33.977-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f0b66c1f-7fff-b03d-6e01-44cc9c6de0a3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Shoemaker’s Children Are Barefoot – or who counter’s enemy influence on the US military?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A number of publications including the prestigious </span><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.foreignpolicy.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> reported on October 21, 2021 that the “U.S. Army Failed to Warn Troops About COVID-19 Disinformation” ( see: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3vDwnsJ" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://bit.ly/3vDwnsJ</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> which is also a photo source)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjdRpZiZosxcXq1ILUDmt2MFG4eA1IFkUDtSw2yFoLfiZRaWnq70WkGa3pmc4jKbX2kLtT0ja2qm9kgNOBQ8DVYWa_Mq0UWmJeI6XffiYS-7fY9qmA3W563lBpWbY22CPAG6S1hy35Bk/s1864/Foreign+Policy+Disinfo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="1664" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjdRpZiZosxcXq1ILUDmt2MFG4eA1IFkUDtSw2yFoLfiZRaWnq70WkGa3pmc4jKbX2kLtT0ja2qm9kgNOBQ8DVYWa_Mq0UWmJeI6XffiYS-7fY9qmA3W563lBpWbY22CPAG6S1hy35Bk/w176-h197/Foreign+Policy+Disinfo.png" width="176" /></a></div></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the article close to 90% of the DOD workforce had not received any information from their chain of command about Chinese or Russian propaganda aiming to sow doubt and fear about the virus and Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines. In violation of a key security principle, neither service members or DOD civilian employees were advised as to how and to whom suspected disinformation should be reported to.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be fair there were efforts to raise the issue of disinformation to service members and DOD civilians. The Vietnam Veterans Association (disclosure: I am a Life Member) published a survey on September 17, 2019 which you can find at: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3E24BsS" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://bit.ly/3E24BsS</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which is another photo source.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdH8vvy9P_8efn7e0fPQdrKs0fUrOj3IsflNkUArJWfXjiGqGRVx_ULHSjGxsnhDf090yDkFql20YgjLaKLWXHcv4-8kE92tvtx7IaqQbLQN_cFKiuFkXrdwlIJ6OU1AcyFL-aBjHa-c/s1852/VVA+Disinfo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1852" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdH8vvy9P_8efn7e0fPQdrKs0fUrOj3IsflNkUArJWfXjiGqGRVx_ULHSjGxsnhDf090yDkFql20YgjLaKLWXHcv4-8kE92tvtx7IaqQbLQN_cFKiuFkXrdwlIJ6OU1AcyFL-aBjHa-c/w227-h113/VVA+Disinfo.png" width="227" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The website, </span><a href="http://www.defenseone.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.defenseone.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on September 17, 2021 (see: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZgcYT8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://bit.ly/2ZgcYT8</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) briefly reported “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Countering disinformation. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Army is working to disrupt disinformation online by trying to get inside a perpetrator’s OODA Loop—which stands for observe, orient, decide, act—when they see efforts to spread lies, Defense One </span><a href="https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/09/military-intel-officials-highlight-efforts-counter-online-disinformation/185346/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reports</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The U.S. evacuation operation in Afghanistan is a recent example where the military saw adversaries spread misinformation about the event on social media.”, (see: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZgcYT8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://bit.ly/2ZgcYT8</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), but I couldn’t find any other information about that effort.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As with many of my postings, the point is not to report the news, but to analyze it.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clearly enemy propaganda is an OPSEC concern which is the province of the J/G/S3. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, where does the buck start? Is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs responsible for putting out guidance down the chain of command? Should the service proponent (the JFK Special Warfare Center & School at Fort Bragg) be responsible for providing the guidance through the proper chains of command?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is each of the 11 Combatant CDRs responsible for the spiderwebbing of guidance on how to spot enemy disinformation and what the individual should do about it.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frankly, I certainly don’t know. My concern is that neither does anyone else!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reader input encouraged.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><p></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-85646993087911972122021-08-24T10:25:00.001-07:002021-08-24T10:25:17.397-07:00At Least the Taliban Learned Something<div class="separator"><span id="docs-internal-guid-77fbb209-7fff-a38c-a648-2266804307aa"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the speed of the Taliban take over of Afghanistan was perhaps a surprise, the ultimate result, at least in my humble opinion – was not.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGypo4-AOIFFWV18SwkXWMm7y4f_sgAINBOZwePiZ9j_f_7_gsfZoUovgdSzISmEuJytu0l9cNoJlsdOFeOpHwuwheW4Bi7weVMHGBxEvLHY0jAF8OVHU5BLWNYeKFv00bpHK7RQZm41A/s1446/Taliban+Signal+Seeker.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1446" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGypo4-AOIFFWV18SwkXWMm7y4f_sgAINBOZwePiZ9j_f_7_gsfZoUovgdSzISmEuJytu0l9cNoJlsdOFeOpHwuwheW4Bi7weVMHGBxEvLHY0jAF8OVHU5BLWNYeKFv00bpHK7RQZm41A/w320-h232/Taliban+Signal+Seeker.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the interests of full disclosure, I remind readers that I am a Viet Nam Veteran, and as one of my colleagues used to say “Deja Doo Doo – I have seen this shit before.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not going to dwell on the operational aspects, but to point out that the Taliban have learned that there is much to be gained by influencing perception. The August 20, 2021 online NY Times ran “How the Taliban Turned Social Media into a Tool for Control” (see: </span><a href="https://nyti.ms/3zgvDdZ" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://nyti.ms/3zgvDdZ</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPDu8WzODRPwOUhcJ_G4z0kyeblpq1NIX-g7l3rVJKMHnd_YIFvhoz_mJzOlRdciBDW9f7BHbn5vG8SMvzqme1cg1lMJp6n9obO7nAIhOlkbqZXuIULU4JPRwK5xfKx_hMUi2mv1YbZY/s1200/Taliban+Press+Conference.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1200" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPDu8WzODRPwOUhcJ_G4z0kyeblpq1NIX-g7l3rVJKMHnd_YIFvhoz_mJzOlRdciBDW9f7BHbn5vG8SMvzqme1cg1lMJp6n9obO7nAIhOlkbqZXuIULU4JPRwK5xfKx_hMUi2mv1YbZY/w320-h242/Taliban+Press+Conference.png" width="320" /></a></div>, which is also a photo source).<p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Taliban were quick to capitalize on their operational success and to leverage social media as a way to influence their opposition that in the words of the Borg “Resistance is futile.” This is a cost-effective and judicious battlefield multiplier. As you may recall I posted “Of Course The Taliban Are PSYOP Experts! They Don’t Have Much Competition” (see: </span><a href="https://psyopregiment.blogspot.com/2021/06/of-course-taliban-are-psyop-experts.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PSYOP Regimental Blog: Of Course The Taliban Are PSYOP Experts! They Don’t Have Much Competition!</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Creativity is not lost on the Taliban and they have recognized the importance of personification by alluding to “Tommy Ghani”. Sort of an Afghan “Uncle Tom” if you will, Tommy Ghani, according to the Times and other publications is a derogatory term for Afghans who adopt Western ways using their former President Ashraf Ghani who is currently residing in the UAE along with millions of dollars he took with him when he left.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Afghans with mobile phones are fair targets for Taliban propaganda. “Experts estimate that 70% of the population has access to a mobile phone.” FaceBook and Twitter are the primary vehicles. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Taliban recognize that they don’t have to change world opinion to benefit from social media. They understand that targeted influence to reduce opposition, particularly from those in a position to harm them or orchestrate others can be a tremendous battlefield multiplier.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdltYEv_-zU7p3Um0T3gHlb7vSe8WbTaxWaq6xac78sS1C4MrChkkEDcPJMvG683vsbs37pgGe4psIHOUvboNVW6DXnOQSLagM_HQSITPMRi81EWpkwRYYaE-TogbKaQTbrBABfK-tOxQ/s1212/Young+men+and+Taliban+CDR.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1212" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdltYEv_-zU7p3Um0T3gHlb7vSe8WbTaxWaq6xac78sS1C4MrChkkEDcPJMvG683vsbs37pgGe4psIHOUvboNVW6DXnOQSLagM_HQSITPMRi81EWpkwRYYaE-TogbKaQTbrBABfK-tOxQ/w320-h237/Young+men+and+Taliban+CDR.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, there are also two sides to the Taliban social media coin as well.</span></p><br /><ol style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some believe that online resistance can be expected especially from the generation that grew up under the previous permissive administrations.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The networks that serve as the vehicle for Taliban social media are also lucrative sources for NATO intelligence. Breaking Defense featured an article on August 24, 2021, “Afghanistan’s Precarious Networks: Will the Taliban, Once Again, Go Dark?” (See: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3sGNMzo" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://bit.ly/3sGNMzo</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which is also a photo source). The nub of the article is simple: “</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Taliban now faces a decision: Ban the internet as the group did during its first rule, while hindering its propaganda windfall and other online activities, or leave the country's networks intact, allowing an avenue for continued US electronic surveillance.”</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is pretty clear that today’s Taliban has indeed learned about influence operations during the past twenty years. NATO is no longer on the ground, it remains to be seen if they can effectively harness the information domain for future operations.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br /></div><p> </p><br /><p></p>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-13150801647718642932021-07-28T14:05:00.003-07:002021-07-28T14:05:34.629-07:00Booming Job Market For PSYOPers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk21wBleUjQkIB5kqUjvyKEL8IRBoD7R17yOzrC6Yn0_QhkJ7UmQhPot8FVmjwJYiSUy_fl2FgsNuFMu8lkoNeAIgocKAe1rcLbIQP7QXesQQ4p4BWAOu-dh0_6jDLoLpo32rpmAFxEk/s1696/Disinfo+for+Hire+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="1298" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk21wBleUjQkIB5kqUjvyKEL8IRBoD7R17yOzrC6Yn0_QhkJ7UmQhPot8FVmjwJYiSUy_fl2FgsNuFMu8lkoNeAIgocKAe1rcLbIQP7QXesQQ4p4BWAOu-dh0_6jDLoLpo32rpmAFxEk/w208-h272/Disinfo+for+Hire+1.png" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>In case you are thinking about transitioning from PSYOP, it looks like your skill set is in high demand. The NY Times online edition, 25 July 2021 and the 26 July 2021 print version ran an article "Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry is Quietly Booming". (See https://nyti.ms/2Wu7EcX, which is also a photo source.)<p></p><div>The essence of the article is that the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook incident has stimulated disinformation into a big business. While nation states such as Russia, Iran and China among others employ shell proxies, now this service is available to anyone who will pay for it. According to the article, "The result is an accelerating rise in polarizing conspiracies, phony citizen groups and fabricated public sentiment deteriorating our chared reality beyond even the depths of recent years".</div><div><br /></div><div>The article summarizes the business this way:</div><div><br /></div><div>"Private firms, straddling traditional marketing and the shadow world of geopolitical influence operations, are selling services once conducted principally by intelligence agencies. They sow discord, meddle in elections, seed false narratives and pus viral conspiracies, mostly on social media And they offer clients something precious: deniability."</div><div><br /></div><div>Business is so good that some experts believe that the for profit disinformation segment is actually bigger than the government proxy segment. It's quite the global business with Oxford University (UK) researchers believing that operations were run in at least 48 countries.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLggxV_AfKkZGhTGG283GawC7ORbnn6pIFstAdqLKkcElEdeEt2oJFuSAHj1i9n85N20tBXB4qfXQm82ZoPTz3nb31GdEIzr1xanvQx7jSZC5ErEsgSEHZGUpT1O-4qMvCNDE7Nb1NASg/s1322/Disinfo+for+Hire+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1322" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLggxV_AfKkZGhTGG283GawC7ORbnn6pIFstAdqLKkcElEdeEt2oJFuSAHj1i9n85N20tBXB4qfXQm82ZoPTz3nb31GdEIzr1xanvQx7jSZC5ErEsgSEHZGUpT1O-4qMvCNDE7Nb1NASg/w262-h220/Disinfo+for+Hire+3.png" width="262" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I'll leave the bulk of the article to your reading, but let me offer two final paragraphs in conclusion:</div><div>"But governments may find that outsourcing such shadowy work also carries risks, Mr. Graham Brookie, direct of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab said. For one, the firms are harder to control and might veer into undesired messages or tactics. For another, firms organized around deceit may just as likely to turn those energies toward their clients, bloating budgets and billing for work that never gets done.</div><div><br /></div><div>As always, reader comments encouraged, but --- no resumes please.</div>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-76924530320879422662021-07-13T12:21:00.005-07:002021-07-13T12:21:47.923-07:00The Creative Economy –leading edge PSYOP or a fad?<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You often hear the expression “follow the money”. In case you are
interested this goes all the way back to the movie All The President’s Men and meant
you can figure out political corruption by analyzing money transfers.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_QamLKe5VPSIRVMAzagTBWSWfRM7li7WiITUqazjMHZItsqtG2FrW-xXgMKITicwIJ7Ov6bV1wD6n56j4qlTHDpo3lDOARY6qKUePiG6XKjFCHhNXOyk5YK8cG8HRccvKDzl7zKJbH8/s2048/Content+Creators.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2048" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_QamLKe5VPSIRVMAzagTBWSWfRM7li7WiITUqazjMHZItsqtG2FrW-xXgMKITicwIJ7Ov6bV1wD6n56j4qlTHDpo3lDOARY6qKUePiG6XKjFCHhNXOyk5YK8cG8HRccvKDzl7zKJbH8/w267-h186/Content+Creators.png" width="267" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Venture capitalists (VCs) are considered among the 21<sup>st</sup>
century’s major money sources. According to the July 12 NY Times (see: https://nyti.ms/3i5wgjj,
which is a photo source), “</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The online
influencer culture is starting to draw serioblogus interest from big venture
capital firms. But the real money could be in digital tools, not the
personalities.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The VCs are
creating an investment boom in the ‘so-called creator or influencer economy’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The creator
economy is named for social media ‘creators’ who are people that monetize their
on line persona. I should point out the creators are generally young (under
30?) and digital natives – meaning they grew up with high speed technology.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsr7teOAEmOD3bF0sS15MRSmDHsrki306JOR_r00t9zV_SAgMdfjPJLkvmo0YiTWpa73GLimRqpcXraY__hjVR3-vmFxyCLZHHrwOnA_yVYVB_lbPcmvr5uC7bgK098GLLh2FAOhbPNc/s694/Dispo+Main+Screen.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="476" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsr7teOAEmOD3bF0sS15MRSmDHsrki306JOR_r00t9zV_SAgMdfjPJLkvmo0YiTWpa73GLimRqpcXraY__hjVR3-vmFxyCLZHHrwOnA_yVYVB_lbPcmvr5uC7bgK098GLLh2FAOhbPNc/s320/Dispo+Main+Screen.png" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The article
continues “The creator economy, which provides digital tools to influencers and
helps them run their businesses, is a huge, largely unexplored market.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VCs have reportedly invested $2 billion into
50 creator-focused startups so far this year.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two companies
mentioned as provided tools are Dispo and Poparazzi.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dispo is a photo
staring ap which is considered a rival to Instagram.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dispo as an invite-only
picture sharing ap and you can learn more about it at:https://cnb.cx/3yR4z4A</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3kR8cXT88LAk0OiYZJqjFRELoTmBICI2Mz5f-jVUbWPxyGejn87l-Uo6hqa2LOcryIAS59LzRdngZTTEY9NxLQNUuMRLPW5kGJp9i_ghnzfQqtJ5XskEwAaVnYfC8g2pJ-75-qbz-d0/s2048/Be+your+friends+poparrzzi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3kR8cXT88LAk0OiYZJqjFRELoTmBICI2Mz5f-jVUbWPxyGejn87l-Uo6hqa2LOcryIAS59LzRdngZTTEY9NxLQNUuMRLPW5kGJp9i_ghnzfQqtJ5XskEwAaVnYfC8g2pJ-75-qbz-d0/w258-h200/Be+your+friends+poparrzzi.png" width="258" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Poparazzi (http://www.poparazzi.com/)
is another tool mentioned and it is an app that mimics the concept of paparazzi
because it is a photo sharing ap that encourages the network of friends to
share photos among the group. The Apple App store features it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/poparazzi/id1513680970
(also a photo source)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLJSvytKZ4QB-GlJCQdyNn2uZ_AqjWfHgLRjMWxpPARIcMy2bli3z6w-VxJ1mXotRAdkgU3z3SQXvO08JP8px1SDn4N0w74vGctCKoPeDJSR12LFaEqfyrnbLtkxp0AXCMS_4qsK6DfI/s2048/poparazzi+ap.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLJSvytKZ4QB-GlJCQdyNn2uZ_AqjWfHgLRjMWxpPARIcMy2bli3z6w-VxJ1mXotRAdkgU3z3SQXvO08JP8px1SDn4N0w74vGctCKoPeDJSR12LFaEqfyrnbLtkxp0AXCMS_4qsK6DfI/s320/poparazzi+ap.png" width="320" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another tool,
Sub-stack (https://substack.com/) allows writers to set up paid subscriptions
to newsletters. It also provides authods with an on line platform that can
provide analytics, and design tools.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The TikTok
platform is generally given credit for jump starting the creative economy and
contines to be the most popular downloaded ap (see: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-continues-to-hold-its-position-at-the-top-of-the-monthly-app-downlo/601414/,
which is another photo source).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The implications
for PSYOPers is that new tools can help turn anyone into an online personality.
This means that the on-line influence playing field is continuing to level and
that adversaries can be expected to mount effective influence campaigns with
very limited budgets.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi68qs1P16KClGhK_DRFMQB8xw-oDmjo-dlO9L37zeeMBK-F6HObCJ6lafbNNYTWFFgD9fLAUxG0xWe80pAMmZLuBrDkXkn0E96czMQmlQezn2RiCcAyZEGgPCgRqMYa32Dd2G1-s66ao/s1658/Popular+Downloads.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1658" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi68qs1P16KClGhK_DRFMQB8xw-oDmjo-dlO9L37zeeMBK-F6HObCJ6lafbNNYTWFFgD9fLAUxG0xWe80pAMmZLuBrDkXkn0E96czMQmlQezn2RiCcAyZEGgPCgRqMYa32Dd2G1-s66ao/w248-h126/Popular+Downloads.png" width="248" /></a></div><p></p>
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</a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
NY Times June 30, 2021 On line edition ran an article: “Iran Disinformation
Effort Went Small to Stay Under Big Tech’s Radar” (see: https://nyti.ms/2SXGrh,
which is a photo source)</span><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1598" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglArN5ACv3gO3ITYFerNR_MI1LnQnrup7xIxZITP6kfiuOHJR6AQ1d38GkI_1E_W1rJdSL4VVxDoBXU2NF_v_I0Cu90KfHMvd0nRdtGrwWfG34AdFKUv30wpGlvXo4EVMzIo-r7en2Ag/w192-h140/Israeli+Demonstrators.png" width="192" /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">According
to the article “Over several months, Iranian agents had infiltrated small
WhatsApp groups, Telegram channels and messaging apps that Israeli activists
used for intimate discussions among dozens to thousands of people.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There
are several ‘intelligence indicators’ in this small sentence. The first of
which is that disinformation is not the exclusive domain of top level threats.
Secondary and near peer adversaries are able to harness this cost effective
influence weapon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Secondly,
even seemingly secure applications such as WhatsApp are subject to compromise.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If
Iran can do this then certainly it is within the capabilities of others such as
North Korea and a number of non-state terrorist actors such as ISIS.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
ability to send focus, point to point, messages is a critical tool because the
combination of text and images will cause the recipient to pause at a minimum,
if not accept the message as true, not so much because of its content, but
because of its trusted delivery path.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This
adds a new wrinkle to influence operations and further democratizes the cyber
domain battlespace.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You
can fin an in-depth summary of the Iranian Cross Platform Influence Operation
at: https://bit.ly/3yu13No. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -0.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Among the survey’s conclusion is: “The direct approach to Israeli
citizens, made through internal protesters’ WhatsApp groups, represents a
dangerous escalation of methods. Establishing a personal connection with
unsuspecting citizens is a novel technique and is suspected to be merely the
tip of the iceberg regarding methods of foreign intervention in Israeli
democracy.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
penetration of WhatsApp can also yield interesting intelligence as the
interloper is now inside a trusted virtual perimeter. This threat was confirmed
in the NY Times article cited below: <span style="background: white; color: #333333;">“In these closed messaging groups, people tend to trust one another and
share more freely because there is a feeling that they share the same politics,
and that the app itself is secure and safe,” said Gonen Ben Itzhak, an Israeli
lawyer who once worked for Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency. He was among
dozens of Israelis who said the Iranian efforts had targeted them.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The App also provides top cover while websites can and are targets
for government action. On June 22, 201 the NY Times ran an article, U.S. Seizes
Iran-Linked Websites at Key Point in Nuclear Talks (see: https://nyti.ms/3qT3fvi,
another photo source) which describes the US Justice Department actions after
the recent Iranian election. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -.25pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The message is clear for PSYOPers – be prepared on all fronts and don’t
count seemingly less resource endowed enemies and adversaries out.</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style>Lawrence Dietzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048092221343162724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841819670822716434.post-86769786409316904672021-06-23T14:52:00.000-07:002021-06-23T14:52:04.186-07:00Of Course The Taliban Are PSYOP Experts! They Don’t Have Much Competition!<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">I ran across an MSN article dated <b>June 22, 2021</b>. “The
Taliban Are Winning the War of Words in Afghanistan as morale falters” (see: https://bit.ly/3qmDhQt).
The article began:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“As Afghanistan’s armed forces cede and regain ground in the
searing summer offensive against the Taliban, they are losing a propaganda war
that is affecting the morale of a fearful population waiting for reassurance
that the insurgents won’t overrun their country.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just for fun I decided to do a Google Search on “Taliban war
of words”. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And, what do you know, I came across another article “Taliban
Propaganda: Winning the War of Words?” (See: https://bit.ly/35Kv7Ic), This one
was written by the well respected International Crisis Group and published on <b><u>24
July 2008</u></b>. It begins:</p>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFz9Sna63PA_QxquARxRGzVMzHh2NI0sUEIiBnDwNUEl0Sd0PRgfgGJzuz4n0CufvwNkzFzQcuCZKhq5-eevGulrSflYOQcZNZ-JWFIgaWtiCxg7mAkffVoe7I48VpWdkSoIoOmx0pOg/s2048/Biden+in+Roosevelt+Room.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFz9Sna63PA_QxquARxRGzVMzHh2NI0sUEIiBnDwNUEl0Sd0PRgfgGJzuz4n0CufvwNkzFzQcuCZKhq5-eevGulrSflYOQcZNZ-JWFIgaWtiCxg7mAkffVoe7I48VpWdkSoIoOmx0pOg/s320/Biden+in+Roosevelt+Room.png" width="320" /></a></div>“The Taliban has created a sophisticated communications apparatus that
projects an increasingly confident movement. Using the full range of media, it
is successfully tapping into strains of Afghan nationalism and exploiting
policy failures by the Kabul government and its international backers. The
result is weakening public support for nation-building, even though few
actively support the Taliban. The Karzai government and its allies must make
greater efforts, through word and deed, to address sources of alienation
exploited in Taliban propaganda, particularly by ending arbitrary detentions
and curtailing civilian casualties from aerial bombing.”<p></p>
<p>The Taliban dominance of influence operations should come as a surprise to
no one.</p>
<p>The fact that the media is latching on to their dominance in June 2021
should also not be a surprise.</p>
<p>The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity commissioned the Rand Corporation to
produce an analysis of “U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan;
Effectiveness of Psychological Operations 2001 – 2010”, which was published in
2012. </p>
<p>While the reported covered both successful and unsuccessful information
operations, their general conclusion was:</p>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZsBa6l6Fyl1k1HY8-YkQ_cBlEX0vIGrNupe_YA0Q8RO4V1GhWfi27QPs6Xrgtwq0W_RBc2LPj5UB7YCt0JM7LXTU1k-e-p5xVdkvGOmp1cenPlkdbGiOFmo-wHdqWTb-lEW_buUtOKg/s1260/Screen+Shot+2021-06-23+at+2.31.42+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1104" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZsBa6l6Fyl1k1HY8-YkQ_cBlEX0vIGrNupe_YA0Q8RO4V1GhWfi27QPs6Xrgtwq0W_RBc2LPj5UB7YCt0JM7LXTU1k-e-p5xVdkvGOmp1cenPlkdbGiOFmo-wHdqWTb-lEW_buUtOKg/w267-h305/Screen+Shot+2021-06-23+at+2.31.42+PM.png" width="267" /></a></div>“If the overall IO mission in Afghanistan is defined as convincing most
residents of contested areas to side decisively with the Afghan government and
its foreign allies against the Taliban insurgency, this has not been achieved.”
(see: https://bit.ly/2TW4mhs, which is also a photo source).<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On April 14, 2021, President Biden spoke from the Roosevelt –
the Treaty Room in The White House where he said “We cannot continue the cycle
of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan, hoping to
create ideal conditions for the withdrawal, and expecting a different
result. <br />
I’m now the fourth United States President to preside over American troop
presence in Afghanistan: two Republicans, two Democrats. I will not pass
this responsibility on to a fifth.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(See: https://bit.ly/3xGJFEC</p>
<p>There should be no surprises here. Recapping some reasons why:</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>The Taliban have always had a more streamlined approval
cycle.</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>There was no real unity of command of influence
operations.</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>There was neither an overarching communications strategy,
nor a practical plan.</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>The Afghan government was barely able to govern, let
alone develop and execute a communications strategy.</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>The Taliban have done a marvelous job of exploiting
their home field advantage.</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>The US withdrawal will undoubtedly lead to more Taliban
military victories which they will no doubt exploit.</p>
<p style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>The tribal nature of Afghanistan does not lend itself
to high tech social media efforts while the global stage is great fodder for
them.</p>
<p>Many of us were trained using “Leadership Reaction Drills” where unit
leadership rotated among the members of a group. At one point we were asked the
question we all dreaded “What now Lieutenant?”</p>
<p>I’d ask President Biden, Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin the same
question ‘What now’?</p>
<p>Photo Source of President Biden & President Roosevelt: https://abc3340.com/news/connect-to-congress/gallery/biden-hails-house-passage-of-19t-virus-bill-now-to-senate</p>
<p> </p>
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