Limited hangout op or what I have referred to as CONTROLLED RELEASE. A controlled release of information may be a form of desensitization and indoctrination to acclimate individuals or a group to a new ideology or way of thinking — accepting a new society or environment. A steady but controlled release of new information or facts is more “palatable” than an overwhelming portion of ‘change’ that might cause an undesired reaction. The simmering frog method where a gradual temperature increase slowly cooks the frog unawares. – Keith Kampschaefer
By Dr. Webster G. Tarpley and Press TV
“…the best way to defeat …[anti-propaganda] was indirectly. …the method of saying something good about a person or institution while pretending to say something bad. An example might be criticizing a bloody dictator for beating his dog – the real dimensions of his crimes are thus totally underplayed.” – Webster Tarpley on Fra Paolo Sarpi
The operations of secret intelligence agencies aiming at the manipulation of public opinion generally involve a combination of cynical deception with the pathetic gullibility of the targeted populations.
There is ample reason to believe that the case of Edward Joseph Snowden fits into this pattern. We are likely dealing here with a limited hangout operation, in which carefully selected and falsified documents and other materials are deliberately revealed by an insider who pretends to be a fugitive rebelling against the excesses of some oppressive or dangerous government agency.
But the revelations turn out to have been prepared with a view to shaping the public consciousness in a way which is advantageous to the intelligence agency involved. At the same time, gullible young people can be duped into supporting a personality cult of the leaker, more commonly referred to as a “whistleblower.” A further variation on the theme can be the attempt of the sponsoring intelligence agency to introduce their chosen conduit, now posing as a defector, into the intelligence apparatus of a targeted foreign government. In this case, the leaker or whistleblower attains the status of a triple agent.
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In this analysis, we should also recall that limited hangouts have been around for a very long time. In 1620 Fra Paolo Sarpi, the dominant figure of the Venetian intelligence establishment of his time, advised the Venetian senate that the best way to defeat anti-Venetian propaganda was indirectly. He recommended the method of saying something good about a person or institution while pretending to say something bad. An example might be criticizing a bloody dictator for beating his dog – the real dimensions of his crimes are thus totally underplayed.
Uncontrolled Opposition 