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(38,893 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:16 AM Jan 2013

The NDAA Legalizes The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public

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The #NDAA Legalizes The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public:
http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5 …

The newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes an amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on the American public, reports Michael Hastings of BuzzFeed.

The amendment — proposed by Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and passed in the House last Friday afternoon — would effectively nullify the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which explicitly forbids information and psychological operations aimed at influencing U.S. public opinion.

Thornberry said that the current law “ties the hands of America’s diplomatic officials, military, and others by inhibiting our ability to effectively communicate in a credible way,” according to Buzzfeed.

The vote came two days after a federal judged ruled that an indefinite detention provision in the annual defense bill was unconstitutional.

(Note that this is from last year, but still scary. More at the link.)

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The NDAA Legalizes The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 OP

The more laws they make in trying to bolster their position the more....... nolabels Jan 2013 #1

When have we not been subject to propaganda? Commies, terrorists, mushroom clouds? JoeBlowToo Jan 2013 #2

We certainly have always been subject to massive propaganda (Bush conflating Saddam and 9/11 Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #7

The Shock Doctrine has been a fact for years. littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #3

+1 This movie is a must see limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #8

So it legalizes what they were doing anyway and never faced penalty for? Scootaloo Jan 2013 #4

That was done when the fairness doctrine was trashed and Fox news given license to lie. Scuba Jan 2013 #5

Interesting that they felt a need to be explicit about it Demeter Jan 2013 #6

kick nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #9

Crazy Miranda warrprayer Jan 2013 #10

nolabels

(13,133 posts)

1. The more laws they make in trying to bolster their position the more.......

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:44 AM

Jan 2013

you know they are losing it. With data and information explosion and more and more of us common Joes seeing the world for what it really is the idea of empire is becoming archaic. Working people around world have so much more in common now and it's kind of a no brainer why the rich elite are also banding together so tight.

JoeBlowToo

(253 posts)

2. When have we not been subject to propaganda? Commies, terrorists, mushroom clouds?

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 05:26 AM

Jan 2013

The march to war prior to the Iraq invasion is a perfect example of brainwashing.

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)

7. We certainly have always been subject to massive propaganda (Bush conflating Saddam and 9/11

Reply to JoeBlowToo (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 11:25 AM

Jan 2013

through simply mentioning them in a single sentence is one enormous example) but for them to simply admit that it's "policy" and to be expected...means they're done with it being contested. No more 1st Amendment.