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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ~ William Casey, CIA Director
by cm127 10y ago
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."
~ William Casey, CIA Director
- grzm 10y agoLink? Or is this 78.3% of statistics on internet quotes are made up?
- crdb 10y agoThe discussion by the source of the quote is worth a read (in the comment thread): https://www.quora.com/Did-William-Casey-CIA-Director-really-say-Well-know-our-disinformation-program-is-complete-when-everything-the-American-public-believes-is-false https://www.quora.com/Did-William-Casey-CIA-Director-really-... > Though not explicitly said at that time, it was made clear in other contexts during my two years in the West Wing in the highest level meetings that the pretext for this mentality was the claim that in a Cold War era when communications were essentially instantaneous, the vast majority of "the enemy's" - then the Soviet Union's - "intelligence" was also based on open press and media sources, so the most efficient way to lie to the Soviets was to lie in the U.S. and allied media, which meant the American public believing the lies was considered a kind of 'collateral damage.' (Barbara Honegger)
- grzm 10y agoAll Cretans are liars. My brain hurts.