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The CIA, initially created to combat communism, evolved under Allen Dulles into a group of assassins and a tool for American corporate power. They began using coups and disinformation campaigns within the US. The intelligence community has significant power to retaliate against those who challenge them, as Chuck Schumer warns. The media often unknowingly assists the CIA by publishing leaked information, a tactic employed since the 1970s. The CIA's major function is to disseminate propaganda and influence public opinion. They recruit journalists, including well-known figures, to control the stories that are introduced into the press.

During my time at the CIA, I was responsible for briefing the press and circulating disinformation. Disinformation is not necessarily a lie, but rather a half truth. We would select influential journalists and provide them with information that we wanted to convey to the American public. We targeted respected journalists like Robert Chaplin, Kais Beach, Bud Merrick, Malcolm Brown, and Maynard Parker. I would cultivate their trust by sharing valid information and then slip in the data we wanted to spread, which may not have been true. We would also create an environment where journalists couldn't fact-check by briefing diplomats who would confirm our false information. Personally, I am opposed to these disinformation activities as they serve no useful purpose for the CIA.

I briefed the press as an analyst and interrogator for the CIA, circulating disinformation to influence public opinion. I targeted influential journalists like Robert Chaplin and Kais Beach, planting false information to support US interests in Vietnam. I would also mislead reporters by briefing diplomats to provide false confirmation. Despite my involvement, I now oppose these propaganda tactics, believing they serve no purpose for the CIA.

The CIA's main function is gathering intelligence, but it also engages in covert actions and propaganda. We disseminate propaganda to influence public opinion, sometimes working with journalists. This involves planting false stories, sometimes by using compromised journalists or even creating false narratives with fabricated evidence. This practice isn't limited to foreign countries; we've also planted false stories in the US press. For example, during the Angolan war, we used false stories about Cuban atrocities, including fake photos, which were then spread internationally. We've also sponsored the publication of numerous propaganda books in English, influencing public opinion about Vietnam. While the CIA admits to some propaganda efforts abroad, they deny similar activities within the United States. However, this is untrue, as we planted false stories in the Washington Post.

The CIA has various functions, including running secret wars and spreading propaganda to influence people's minds. They manipulate journalists by providing them with both true and false stories, exploiting their vulnerabilities to control their actions. The Church Committee in 1975 revealed that around 400 journalists, including prominent names, cooperated with the CIA to introduce stories into the press. In the Angola war, a third of the speaker's staff was dedicated to propaganda. They would write stories, publish them in the Zambia Times, and then send them to journalists on their payroll in Europe, who would pretend to have received them from their own sources. The goal was to create false narratives about Cuban atrocities to demonize communists.

In this interview, Kevin Shipp, a former CIA officer, discusses a range of allegations about a powerful, clandestine influence operating inside and beyond the U.S. government, which he characterizes as the shadow government and connects to long-standing CIA activities. Key topics and assertions - Project Mockingbird and the media - Shipp asserts that Project Mockingbird is alive and well, now visible in mainstream media. He contends that former CIA figures like John Brennan and James Clapper appear as intelligence analysts on networks such as CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News (including Mike Pompeo on Fox). He alleges this represents a shift from covert to overt influence in shaping news narratives. - The Twilight of the Shadow Government - Shipp has written Twilight of the Shadow Government with Skyhorse, describing how the CIA redacts information in ways that evade executive orders. He recounts his personal experience with redactions in his earlier book From the Company of Shadows, including redactions of poisoning and other illnesses in his family. He explains he submitted Twilight of the Shadow Government to the CIA for three months, received no response, and decided to publish without CIA approval to break their control over information and freedom of speech. - The poisoning and retaliation against whistleblowers - Shipp details how his family suffered severe illnesses after exposure to a poisoned house linked to an embassy-coverage investigation he conducted. He says the CIA placed him in a “poisoned house” with mold and mycotoxins, describing it as a chemical/biological weapon. An inspector-general representative later apologized, stating the CIA director ordered silencing. Shipp contends a broader cover-up involved exposing an embassy vulnerability and a 10-year cover-up that endangered officers. He cites these events as a turning point leading him to come forward publicly. - The state secrets privilege and the judiciary - He asserts the CIA exerts control over Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, citing the state secrets privilege as a tool used to seal cases and suppress information. He references United States versus Reynolds as a precedent, arguing the privilege is unconstitutional but used to shut down investigations and lawsuits. He mentions Pam Bondi invoking the privilege in immigration-related cases, and he suggests the judiciary often rubber-stamps state secrets claims. - The shadow government and constitutional concerns - The shadow government is described as the CIA’s reach into the entire government, with claims of control over congressional hearings, select intelligence committees, and presidential administrations. He asserts that presidents have largely been persuaded to go along with CIA operations, viewing national security as justification for expanding CIA power. - JFK, RFK, and historical assassinations - The discussion covers alleged CIA involvement in the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, suggesting the agency’s fingerprints are present, including claims about the Steve “roadblocks” around evidence such as door frames in the RFK case. Shipp asserts that documentary and eyewitness accounts point to CIA involvement, and that evidence would implicate the agency if presented in court. - U.S.–Israel intelligence relationship - The relationship with Mossad is described as complex and intertwined. Shipp says Mossad and CIA are like sisters who sometimes work together and sometimes against each other. He notes joint operations and collaboration, while also warning that Israel’s espionage efforts against the CIA are ongoing. He cites the Epstein case as an example where higher-ups allegedly directed not charging Epstein due to intelligence connections, suggesting CIA involvement. - Project Mockingbird today and media manipulation - The host and Shipp discuss the transformation of Mockingbird: journalists and media personalities tied to intelligence may be promoted as experts, with the agency shaping national security narratives through editorial influence. Shipp recounts an anecdote about Sean Hannity wearing a CIA lapel pin on Fox News, and he describes a lack of follow-up or sales after appearing on Hannity’s program, implying editorial control and strategic quieting of whistleblowers. - Silicon Valley, surveillance, and corporate partnerships - A central concern is the CIA’s influence over Silicon Valley, with contracts and partnerships involving Palantir, Oracle, Amazon, and others. Shipp notes the CIA’s Directorate for Digital Innovation and accuses the agency of directing vast surveillance programs through private companies, often under secrecy agreements that bind them to silence. He argues this concentration of influence threatens privacy and democratic accountability. - MKUltra and mind-control concerns - He contends MKUltra-like programs persist under newer guises, with ongoing experiments and directed-energy weapons discussions, though he notes these programs are highly compartmentalized. He recounts personal experiences of surveillance and coercive tactics, suggesting a continued, albeit rebranded, misuse of such methods. - Privacy, six G, and the future - Shipp asserts that privacy is effectively dead due to pervasive surveillance, digital IDs, and mass data collection by government and private entities. He warns that six G could enable ultra-precise monitoring, including body-level surveillance, and argues that opt-out options are likely futile. He concludes that reform will require a groundswell of public pressure to push Congress to act. - Call to action - The overarching message emphasizes accountability and reform via public demand and congressional pressure, arguing that without widespread citizen involvement, the shadow government will persist in its current form. In summary, the discussion centers on Kevin Shipp’s allegations of a pervasive, largely unaccountable CIA influence operating across government, media, and tech sectors, with dramatic personal risk and calls for awakening and reform.

There are functions of the CIA that include running secret wars and disseminating propaganda to influence people's minds, a major function that overlaps with information gathering. You have contact with a journalist; you will give him true stories and you’ll get information from him, and you will also give him false stories. You also work on human vulnerabilities to recruit journalists as agents to control what they do, so you don’t have to set them up by deception. You can tell them to plant stories on a schedule. Concrete evidence of using the press this way was highlighted by the church committee in 1975, and later by Woodward and Bernstein in Rolling Stone, noting that about 400 journalists cooperated with the CIA to consciously introduce stories in the press. A concrete example from Angola: one third of the staff was propaganda. There were propagandists around the world, principally in London, Kinshasa, and Zambia. They would take stories they wrote and put them in the Zambia Times, then pull them out and send them to a journalist on payroll in Europe. But the cover story was that the journalist had gotten them from his stringer in Lusaka who had gotten them from the Zambia Times, and after that point, the journalists, Reuters, and AFP, the management was not witting of it. The contact man in Europe was used to pump dozens of stories about Cuban atrocities, Cuban rapists, but there was not a single atrocity committed by the Cubans. It was pure, raw false propaganda to create an illusion of communists, you know, eating babies for breakfast.

The CIA allegedly had 400 leading journalists in the U.S. as part of Operation Mockingbird, an illegal operation to compromise American journalism. Carl Bernstein published a list in 1973 naming these journalists who secretly worked for the CIA from prominent publications like The Washington Post and The New York Times. Many editors and publishers had security agreements with the CIA and acted as assets. The CIA is purportedly the biggest funder of journalism globally, spending $10 billion annually through USAID. It allegedly owns influential newspapers and magazines worldwide. The Smith Bond Act prohibits the CIA from propagandizing to Americans.

Project Mockingbird aimed to control the public via media, but was less effective with the rise of alternative media like podcasts. To beat the "deep state," one must challenge it in unfamiliar territory. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, passed in 2012 and enacted in 2013, legalized propaganda for US citizens, repealing the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act which had prohibited domestic release. Obama essentially reopened the door for Operation Mockingbird, allowing the CIA to propagandize Americans. High-level intelligence officials or people associated with the intelligence industry are running journals. The CIA is the biggest funder of journalism in the world through USAID. Intelligence agencies manipulated information on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Before 1975, the CIA compromised journalists from major publications, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Politicians are repeating the same talking points from a script like actors.

The discussion centers on concerns about the CIA’s influence over American media and how covert connections abroad could affect news domestically. Speaker 0 states a real concern: planted stories intended to serve a national purpose abroad could come back home and be circulated and believed in the United States, implying the CIA could manipulate the news in the U.S. by channeling it through a foreign country. The participants agree to examine this matter carefully. Speaker 1 raises a targeted question about individuals paid by the CIA contributing to major American journals, effectively asking whether there are CIA-paid contributors to prominent news outlets. Speaker 2 acknowledges that there are people who submit pieces to American journals and asks about whether any are paid by the CIA who are working for television networks, indicating a potential broader reach across media. Speaker 2 suggests that detailing “this kind of getting into the details” is something they would prefer to handle in an executive session, signaling a desire to limit public discussion at that stage. Speaker 3 provides historical context from CBS, noting that “the ships had been established” by the time the speaker became head of the news and public affairs operation in 1954, and that he was told to carry on with them, implying an established framework of CIA involvement or collaboration. Speaker 0 reiterates the need to evaluate the information and to “include any evidence of wrongdoing or any evidence of impropriety in our final report and make recommendations,” indicating a plan to compile findings and address possible abuses. The question is revisited: “Do you have any people being paid by the CIA who are contributing to the national news services, AP and UPI?” Speaker 2 again wants to move the discussion to an executive session, suggesting sensitivity about the specifics and possibly broader implications. Speaker 0 notes that the final report’s content or title “that remains to be decided,” leaving unresolved how the findings will be presented. Speaker 3 asserts that correspondents at the time “made use of the CIA agent chiefs of station and other members of the executive staff of CIA as sources of information which were useful in their assessments of world conditions,” indicating direct use of CIA personnel as information sources. The question is asked whether this practice continues today, and Speaker 3 responds affirmatively, though with caveat: due to revelations of the 1970s, a reporter “has got to be much more circumspect” and careful, or risk being looked at with considerable disfavor by the public. The speaker emphasizes the need for greater prudence in contemporary reporting in light of those revelations.

The CIA has various functions, some more legitimate than others. One function is to run secret wars, while another is to disseminate propaganda to influence people's minds. They use journalists to spread both true and false stories, exploiting their vulnerabilities to control them. In the past, the CIA had around 400 journalists cooperating with them, including well-known names. An example of their manipulation is seen in the Angola war, where they planted false stories about Cuban atrocities to create an illusion of communist brutality. This shows how the CIA uses the press to further their agenda.

Operation Mockingbird was a CIA program that recruited American journalists to write fake stories promoting the views of intelligence agencies. Some journalists were aware of their involvement, while others were unknowingly used as assets. The program began in the 1950s and continues to this day. Former CIA agents have confirmed the dissemination of half-truths and disinformation to the press.

Operation Mockingbird, a CIA program, aimed to control the media and disseminate propaganda. It started with wiretaps and using journalists to communicate covertly. The program expanded to Hollywood movies and had a significant influence on the media landscape. The transcript provides examples of how Hollywood movies and news media have been used to manipulate public opinion. The CIA's involvement in media manipulation has been confirmed through declassified documents and testimonies. The transcript also touches on other related topics such as MK Ultra, sexual-based mind control experiments, and the infiltration of pedophilia networks. The speaker encourages viewers to research and verify the information provided.

Speaker 0: I began my journey into chronicling the censorship industrial complex. Speaker 1: Some of the most terrifying conversations I've had with some of my dear friends who work inside CIA, and their jobs is to go to other countries, get involved in elections, protests that will help overthrow a regime. It's no secret at this point. The CIA has been doing that for years, for decades. But the most terrifying conversations I've had are the ones where they would look to me and say, my god. Like, the twenty twenty election? We're doing to our people what we do to others. Speaker 2: CIA, the other intelligence agencies were exposed with projects like Operation Mockingbird. Speaker 0: The State Department, USAID, the Central Intelligence Agency went from free speech diplomacy to promoting censorship. Speaker 2: They created, purchased, controlled assets at the New York Times, the Washington Post, all of these top down media structures that used to control the information that Americans got. Speaker 3: I pulled into the driveway, opened up my garage door, these two gentlemen come out of a blue sedan with government license plates. And they came up to me and said, you're mister Solomon? And I said, yes. And they said, you're at the tip of a very large and dangerous iceberg. Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. The the FBI sent agents over to my home to serve a subpoena. They're questioning me about my tweets. How is that not chilling? Speaker 2: Our whole page on Facebook for the world Seventh day Adventist World Church was removed. Speaker 5: The level of censorship that we experienced from publishing this documentary was beyond anything I could have imagined, and we really didn't even understand why. Speaker 3: We are going to win back the White House. The Russian collusion started broken '16. That's where the big lie first erupted. Speaker 6: Russian operatives used social media to rile up the American electorate and boost the candidacy of Donald Trump. Speaker 0: That's why they went after Trump with the Russia gate and with the FBI probes and with the CIA impeachments and things like that. Speaker 3: My FBI sources told me there's nothing there. And I kept wondering to myself, how could it be that something that's not true be taken so seriously and be portrayed as true? Speaker 7: How do you expand sort of top down control in this society? How do we flip? How do we invert America? Speaker 6: The evidence that the Supreme Court recounts is bone chilling. The federal government would call a private media company and say, cancel this speaker or take down this post. Speaker 3: I mean, just think about this. A sitting president of The United States had his Twitter and Facebook accounts frozen. Our founding fathers could not possibly have imagined that. Is there a chance that this documentary will be censored? Speaker 1: I think there's a huge chance this documentary gets censored. Speaker 2: Yeah. So it's interesting when you look at so many of the big censorship cases in The United States involving COVID, Hunter Biden's laptop. They all go back to a common thread. What is that thread? National security. Speaker 0: Google Jigsaw produced world's first AI censorship product. Things the model were trained on, support for Donald Trump, Brexit referendum that the State Department tried very desperately to stop. These are all these sort Speaker 5: of component pieces of what you called the censorship industrial complex. Speaker 3: Censorship Industrial Complex. Censorship Speaker 2: Industrial Complex. Speaker 7: Censorship Industrial Complex. Censorship Industrial Complex. Speaker 1: I've long felt that it was a bubbling god complex.

The CIA has admitted to having operatives embedded in major media outlets to influence stories for their benefit. Reports indicate that they have relationships with reporters from various national news organizations, persuading them to alter or withhold stories that could threaten national security. Evidence from the Pike Committee revealed that 42 CIA employees were placed in key media centers, often as national security reporters. A Time Life board member remarked that journalists are merely taking dictation from powerful entities, indicating a loss of journalistic integrity. Some reporters have shared experiences of their stories being spiked by editors, and payments to these operatives were made discreetly, often without proper reporting to tax authorities.

The CIA has been known to plant inaccurate and fabricated news reports. In Angola, the CIA manipulated the media to push the narrative of Russian and Cuban aggression. They created stories and used propaganda to support their agenda. The CIA's efforts were successful, as newspapers around the world unknowingly published their fabricated stories. Similar tactics were used in Central America, particularly in the campaign against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. The CIA spread disinformation about arms flow and Soviet bases in Nicaragua, despite evidence to the contrary. The media played a role in perpetuating these false narratives. It is important for readers to be critical of the news they consume and not believe everything they read.

In the 1970s, Carl Bernstein exposed Operation Mockingbird, revealing how the CIA influenced over 400 journalists to spread propaganda. The CIA manipulated major news outlets like The New York Times and CBS. The 2013 NDAA legalized domestic propaganda, allowing misinformation campaigns against Americans. Media ownership has consolidated to just 6 conglomerates like Comcast, Disney, and 21st Century Fox, controlling film, TV, and news. These conglomerates have significant influence over what the public sees and hears.

The discussion centers on concerns that planted stories intended to serve a national purpose abroad could come back and be circulated in the United States, potentially allowing the CIA to manipulate U.S. news by channeling it through a foreign country. There is emphasis on looking at this very carefully. Questions were raised about whether any people paid by the CIA contribute to major American journals or to television networks. One speaker notes that some individuals submit pieces to American journals, and asks about whether any are paid by the CIA who work for television networks. The response indicates that this is a level of detail better addressed in executive session. It is stated that at CBS, the CIA had contacted the organization, and that by the time the head of the news and public affairs operation was appointed in 1954, “the ships had been established,” and he was told about them and asked to carry on with them. Regarding final reporting, there is a commitment to evaluate all the detailed information and to include any evidence of wrongdoing or impropriety in the final report and to make recommendations. The question is raised again about whether there are people paid by the CIA contributing to national news services such as AP and UPI, with the response again preferring to handle those details in executive session. When asked whether the new organization’s final report would be named, the speaker indicates that this remains to be decided. It is asserted that correspondents at that time were allowed to make use of CIA agent chiefs of station and other CIA executive staff as sources of information useful in their assessments of world conditions. The question is asked whether this continues today. The response acknowledges that it probably does for a reporter, but notes that due to revelations of the 1970s, a reporter would need to be much more circumspect now, and must be careful not to be viewed with considerable disfavor by the public.

Operation Mockingbird involved the CIA compromising journalists to manipulate media narratives, with around 400 journalists reportedly involved. Despite promises to cease such activities after the Church Committee hearings, the CIA continued to influence journalism globally and is now a major funder of media. This manipulation extends to Hollywood, where the CIA has historically collaborated with filmmakers to shape public perception. Programs like MK Ultra aimed at mind control through unethical experiments, including drug use and psychological manipulation. The CIA's influence over media and entertainment raises concerns about the erosion of democracy and the integrity of information disseminated to the public. The connections between intelligence agencies and media corporations suggest a coordinated effort to shape societal narratives and control public opinion.

Law enforcement and intel agencies shape news coverage extensively. Bob Woodward, a former naval intel officer, transitioned to a reporter for the Washington Post. Anderson Cooper is seen as bland and possibly connected to the government. Intel agents from various countries monitor Twitter, censoring content. Journalists should challenge power, not serve it. Many journalists, like Joe Scarborough, prioritize serving those in power over their audience. The concept of Mockingbird, a program to influence media, is now mainstream.

The speaker discusses the history and ongoing influence of the CIA's Operation Mockingbird, which compromised American journalists and manipulated information. They highlight the CIA's funding of journalism and its ability to control narratives through social media platforms. The speaker also mentions the CIA's involvement in Hollywood, using movies to shape public opinion. They touch on the MK Ultra program, which involved mind control experiments and the use of psychotropic drugs. The speaker emphasizes the connections between government personnel and media corporations, suggesting the potential for a shared political agenda. They conclude by discussing the influence of the occult and the role of psychological warfare in destabilizing nations.

Many people misunderstand the CIA's role, believing it primarily gathers intelligence. In reality, it functions as a covert action agency, focusing on overthrowing or supporting foreign governments and conducting disinformation campaigns, particularly targeting the American public. The CIA develops relationships with the press through various means, including direct contacts and planting propaganda. While some journalists may knowingly publish CIA-favored articles, others may do so unknowingly. In Vietnam, the CIA created the Diem regime and used the press to promote an illusion of its legitimacy. During that time, the press and government often cooperated closely, viewing the CIA as a trustworthy entity. The CIA also established a system, referred to as Wiesner's Wurlitzer, to influence media narratives globally, with current efforts focused on rebuilding its covert operations and penetrating various institutions.

The CIA is not just an intelligence agency, but also a covert action agency involved in overthrowing or supporting foreign governments and spreading disinformation, primarily targeting the American people. This disinformation is disseminated through the press to create an international anti-communist ideology. The goal is to justify actions like overthrowing the government of Nicaragua by linking it to a larger threat in order to gain public support.

Operation Paperclip was a real program where the US brought top Nazi scientists to work for the CIA. MK Ultra was one of the programs that came out of Operation Paperclip, focusing on mind control through human experiments and manipulation. The CIA used psychotropic drugs like LSD and conducted experiments on unwitting Americans. The program was never terminated, and there is evidence of the CIA's involvement in Hollywood, desensitizing the population through movies and media. The occult and satanic practices were also introduced to society during this time. The CIA also used honeypots and blackmail to control and manipulate influential individuals.

Project Mockingbird was a Deep State project to control people through the media, which was more effective when there were only three broadcast networks. The narrative broke because the Deep State focused on controlling mainstream media and didn't think it needed to worry about podcasts or "pirate radio." People realized they were being lied to and that these lies were harmful, so they stopped watching mainstream media and started looking for information elsewhere. To beat the Deep State, one must drag it into territory it doesn't understand.