Twitter Files #14 THE RUSSIAGATE LIES One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and #ReleaseTheMemo

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On 1/14/2023 at 10:06 AM, Wacka said:

The definition of Lenin's useful idiots.

And when they became less useful, he had them all shot and executed.  Lest them become somebody else's useful idiots at some later time.  Today's activists and idealists should pay attention to that eventuality.  

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Of course she does.

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The fake think tank that fueled the Russiagate narrative

Hamilton 68 marks a new chapter in politically motivated disinformation

 

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But it was fake, all fake — or, as a frustrated Twitter employee put it, it was “bull####.”

 

Indeed, Taibbi reports that Twitter execs were so concerned (“shocked” is his word) about the proliferation of news stories linked to Hamilton 68 that they ordered a forensic analysis. Result: out of many hundreds of accounts identified as Russian bots, only thirty-six were registered in Russia, and many of those were associated with Russia Today, a news site.

 

So here we are. The entire “Russia Collusion” hoax was dreamed up, paid for, and set into action by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. It aimed at and succeeded in hobbling Trump’s first term, weighing it down with the $40 million fishing expedition conducted by senile former FBI chief Robert “What’s Fusion GPS?” Mueller.

 

https://thespectator.com/topic/the-fake-think-tank-that-fueled-the-russiagate-narrative/

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Long read.

 

A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century

 

BY JACOB SIEGEL

 

 

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For more than half a century, McCarthyism stood as a defining chapter in the worldview of American liberals: a warning about the dangerous allure of blacklists, witch hunts, and demagogues.

 

Until 2017, that is, when another list of alleged Russian agents roiled the American press and political class. A new outfit called Hamilton 68 claimed to have discovered hundreds of Russian-affiliated accounts that had infiltrated Twitter to sow chaos and help Donald Trump win the election. Russia stood accused of hacking social media platforms, the new centers of power, and using them to covertly direct events inside the United States.

 

None of it was true. After reviewing Hamilton 68’s secret list, Twitter’s safety officer, Yoel Roth, privately admitted that his company was allowing “real people” to be “unilaterally labeled Russian stooges without evidence or recourse.”

 

The Hamilton 68 episode played out as a nearly shot-for-shot remake of the McCarthy affair, with one important difference: McCarthy faced some resistance from leading journalists as well as from the U.S. intelligence agencies and his fellow members of Congress. In our time, those same groups lined up to support the new secret lists and attack anyone who questioned them.

 

When proof emerged earlier this year that Hamilton 68 was a high-level hoax perpetrated against the American people, it was met with a great wall of silence in the national press. The disinterest was so profound, it suggested a matter of principle rather than convenience for the standard-bearers of American liberalism who had lost faith in the promise of freedom and embraced a new ideal.

 

 

 

 

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

 

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On 1/13/2023 at 7:09 AM, BillsFanNC said:

 

The IG report remember was infamously characterized by our resident former Republican @ChiGoose of documenting 17 process "mistakes" made by the FBI that they will fix going forward.  I 

 

 

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