Obama staffer wants ‘cognitive infiltration’ of 9/11 conspiracy groups

from Raw Story via Glenn Greenwald’s twitter feed ..

In a 2008 academic paper, President Barack Obama’s appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated “cognitive infiltration” of groups that advocate “conspiracy theories” like the ones surrounding 9/11. Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor, co-wrote an academic article entitled “Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures,” in which he argued that the government should stealthily infiltrate groups that pose alternative theories on historical events via “chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine” those groups

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One Response to “Obama staffer wants ‘cognitive infiltration’ of 9/11 conspiracy groups”

  1. Ian Alterman said:

    This is VERY old news, was already reported on Civic (when it first came out), and this idea has long since been dropped, mostly because Sunstein no longer works in the Obama Administration. In fact, the 9/11 Truth movement made this a “signature” issue when it first appeared, and “beat the drum” on it incessantly, which may also have added to its demise.

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