NOFORNDIS March 26, 1993
TOP SECRET - CODEWORD: CABLESPLICE
SUBJECT: An Aggressive Program to Counter The Disrupters Movement
SUMMARY:
Recent efforts by The Disrupters Movement to gain political influence are
beginning to seriously and adversely affect public perceptions and
understanding of ongoing programs aimed at smoothing the transfer of
sovereignty and power from national governments to super-national statist
organizations. Unless such efforts are countered and discredited, the
task of creating a unified global government under UN control will be far
more difficult. The most dangerous element of The Disrupters Movement are
those that are part of the Christian Fundamentalist majority. The
following memorandum offers a set of policy prescriptions designed to
counter-act their efforts.
ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM
Although there has always been opposition from groups and individuals with
a conservative, isolationist attitude, the recent growth of such
opposition, and the ability and organizational success of these groups has
raised serious concern in recent years. Unless steps are taken to meet
the challenge posed by The Disrupters Movement, it is possible that these
groups could make serious inroads into the public complacence which has
been so carefully nurtured over the past fifty years.
The threat is two-fold. First, there is the traditional conservative
political threat, one which can be traced back to pre-WWII isolationism
and political conservatism. These groups are not of particular concern as
their organizing ability and numbers do not suggest the capability for
amassing significant political power.
It is the second category, the "Christian fundamentalists," that pose the
greatest threat. These people are representative of a massive population
of Americans and if allowed to propagandize and organize that base could
present serious obstacles to further progress.
I. Overt Programs: Overt programs to counter growing influence of
Christian and other groups should take various forms:
A. An active effort aimed at promoting the benefits of global
organizations and institutions. Media stories, books,
conferences, and other means should be utilized to get the story
out in appropriate fashion.
Appearances
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B. Appearances by political figures, well-known celebrities and
other influential figures at events connected to international
and super-national organizations and institutions. Of
particular use are events which involve "feel-good" operations
such as UNICEF, Feed the Children, Americares, etc.
C. Promotion of peaceful uses of atomic energy, disarmament as a
necessary condition to peace and security, and tolerance and
acceptance of non-Christian faiths should be promoted
consistently but with enough subtlety so as not to turn off the
targeted populations.
1. Under no circumstances, however, should such efforts be
allowed to raise fears regarding these goals, nor should
they provide substantive evidence of the true objectives of
USG policy.
2. An important means of developing support for disarmament
and the reliance on the United Nations to impose global
order is through raising fears of nuclear weapons. By
playing up the danger of nuclear war, it should be possible
to generate considerable public support for further
movement toward the disarmament of national states. This
diverts attention from the real nature of the disarmament
effort by portraying it as necessary to world peace, rather
than as a step on the road to world government.
D. A massive attack on The Disrupters Movement, and especially
Christian religious groups. This assault would challenge them
as intolerant, hateful, exclusionist, and potentially dangerous.
Such a program would include the following:
1. Efforts should be made to falsely portray their objectives
as the creation of a religious theocracy and the imposition
of strict religious interpretation of the Bible as the
basis for political participation in "the New Christian
America." This can best be accomplished by focusing on
the most outrageous and extremist statements and members,
while downplaying the more moderate membership.
2. "Christian" groups should whenever possible be portrayed as
fringe elements of the country's religious population, not
especially numerous and certainly not representative of
"most" Christians.
3. At every opportunity these "Christian" groups should be
presented as vicious, intolerant, and especially as anti-
semitic. The selective use of quotes, and if necessary,
the use of invented statements, can be a most effective
means of accomplishing this task.
Arrest
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4. Arrest either on criminal charges or on mental inquest
warrants certain members of The Disrupters Movement who by
their fanatical religious life-styles and/or their
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS would be psychologically and
physically prepared to survive outside of government
control.
5. Harassment on criminal charges or mental inquest warrants
of those who listen to and/or sympathize with The
Disrupters Movement.
II. Covert Programs: Covert programs may be equally as important, if not
more so, to countering the increasing effectiveness of The Disrupters
Movement.
A. Infiltration of The Disrupters Movement by sympathetic agents is
an extremely useful tool in combatting their efforts.
1. By carrying out extreme acts, and especially acts of
violence, such individuals can bring discredit and public
condemnation against The Disrupters Movement.
2. By raising confusion, and carefully encouraging splits and
controversy within The Disrupters Movement, such agents
will be able to reduce the effectiveness and coherency of
those groups.
B. Individuals who have been groomed to operate outside the usual
channels of political activity should be activated and placed in
positions in which they appear to be in opposition to USG
policy.
1. These persons would speak out publically in opposition to
our policies, but would in fact be sympathetic to our long-
term objectives. By carefully and selectively providing
false or misleading information, and information of a
seemingly scandalous or dramatic nature, they would seem to
be supporting the agenda of The Disrupters Movement. But
when the information they promulgated was shown to be
patently false, it would further damage the credibility of
the opposition.
2. The use of certain talk radio personalities along the
lines suggested in paragraph 1 has already proven quite
effective and further ventures along these lines could be
beneficial.
3. In extreme situations, it may become useful or even
necessary for these undercover assets to carry out certain
operations against members of The Disrupters Movement who
are interfering with CABLESPLICE. In some cases,
terminations with extreme prejudice may be called for.
Subversion
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C. Subversion and Elimination of the Second Amendment
1. One of the most critical efforts must be the removal of
firearms from individual control. The on-going long-term
program to accomplish this is beginning to bear fruit and
further efforts along current lines are advised.
a. The use of "agent provocateurs," individuals who are
seemingly insane (but who are never taken alive) who
create highly publicized mass killings with automatic
weapons has been particularly useful in molding public
opinion. Similarly, the regular use of random
killings in large urban areas as a way of creating a
climate of fear and violence has resulted in
significant gains for the gun-control point of view.
Such programs are extremely useful and shold be
continued and possibly expanded.
b. On-going efforts to gain small footholds in gun-
control are worthwhile as they open the door to
further controls later on. The importance of
eliminating the Second Amendment right to bear
firearms cannot be stressed too much.
III. Disinformation Programs: These programs should be designed to
carefully seed the media with false and misleading information about
long-term goals and plans, as well as forged and deceptive details
about The Disrupters Movement.
A. Careful and selective placement of spurious and potentially
damaging news stories in the popular media is an excellent means
of raising doubts and fears in the minds of the population. Our
opponents have made good use of this technique, we should do
likewise.
B. One of the most effective disinformation programs has been the
selected use of "expose" books and stories, all reputedly
written by former government and super-government officials, but
in fact developed within the NSA and CIA.
1. Connections to actual government operations, and the bona
fides of such expose authors are deliberately vague in
order to make tracing and verifying their stories
difficult.
2. Although the books and information "exposed" would
seemingly be extremely critical of our long-term programs
and objectives, the contradictions contained within, the
difficulty of verifying either authors or details, and the
wild-eyed style verging on the irrational would all work to
discredit and raise doubts.
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3. The presentation of fringe and extremist religious doctrine
and beliefs, or the presentation of Christian religious
beliefs in particularly dogmatic and intolerant fashion,
would help to turn popular opinion against The Disrupter
Movement.
IV. Other Propaganda Efforts
A. Print Media/Publications
1. Appropriate use of popular media intended to discredit and
attack opponents is a fundamental tool of countering The
Disrupters Movement
2. While control of the major media outlets is crucial to such
efforts, it is through "fringe" media publications that the
most damage can be done to The Disrupters Movement.
Continued use of assets within the counter-media can be
extremely beneficial.
B. Electronic/Computer Systems: Electronic computer systems,
bulletin boards, and information superhighway in general is an
area of considerable importance to efforts to combat the
activities of The Disrupters Movement. The ability of opponents
to utilize computer bulletin boards to pass information and
educate people must be met with an active program of
disinformation and attack.
1. One means of countering the effectiveness of such
opposition efforts is the simple expedient of overloading
their bulletin boards. A single operator with one computer
can set a program in motion that will send out thousands of
messages. The sheer volume of such messages is more
important than the content. Most people will give up
rather than read through hundreds and thousands of
messages.
2. A second means of countering the opposition's use of
computer technology is through the careful placing of
disinformation agents. Such agents can take two forms:
a. Agents may be placed who will simply argue against the
opposition, using delaying and confusing tactics such
as constantly demanding references and "proof" of
allegations, referring to obscure and difficult to
find documents as evidence that the opposition is
wrong, and generally forcing the opposition to waste
tremendous amounts of time simply defending itself
from spurious and irrelevant attacks.
Other
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b. Other agents have been placed with a more subtle
purpose in mind. Such agents would take on the
persona and attitude of members of The Disrupters
Movement, but would present the opposition's case in
ways that will ultimately discredit them. The
necessary effort to correct the messages posted by
these agents, and the resulting appearance of disarray
within the their camp should present considerable
opportunities for further assaults on The Disrupters
Movement.
3. In cases of computer networks where it is highly imperative
that the efforts of The Disrupters be neutralized,
coordinated assaults can be arranged using aliases and
multiple membership IDs to present a wide array of negative
and meddlesome messages.
C. Diversionary efforts
1. Bread and Circuses
a. celebrities
The use of celebrities is a proven means of
diverting attention from serious political
issues. Moreover, the use of selected celebrity
figures as political spokesperson can be a very
effective means of getting our message across.
b. sports
Sports are useful as a means of diverting
attention from serious political issues and
dulling the minds of the populace. By focusing
all their energies on sporting events, we can
prevent people from undertaking the intense and
serious study necessary to take effective
political action.
c. Gambling
The provision of numerous outlets for public
gambling serves multiple purposes. It serves to
keep the popular attention engaged on sporting
events, as well as what has become known as
"lottery fever." Perhaps more important,
widespread gambling not only keeps the general
public poor, it provides needed income for our
own uses---especially when allowed in the form of
state lotteries which purport to provide money
for education, senior citizens, or other popular
purposes. In fact, through the careful use of
accounting manipulation, much of the funds raised
are being diverted to support many of the other
programs and efforts described in this memo.
talk
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d. talk shows: Talk shows serve a dual purpose.
(1) by diverting attention from serious issues, such
programs dull the public intellect and prevent
people from focusing on real issues and problems.
(2) by constantly presenting groups such as
homosexuals, feminists, etc., in a favorable
light, and presenting real "white supremacists,"
"religious zealots," and other opponents
unfavorably, these programs can serve to reaffirm
in the public mind which people are "good" and
which are "bad."
It is our belief that the above strategies. if implemented effectively,
can be effective in countering and ultimately rendering ineffective the
efforts of The Disrupters Movement.
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