The House Subcommittee on the weaponization of government has issued a massive 17,000-page series of staff reports documenting the Obama/Biden weaponization of government.
While many of the findings are not going to be a surprise to CTH readers, the details and emails cited in the report are substantial.
EXAMPLE: A redacted Facebook executive spilled the beans in an email about a call with DHS, saying: “DHS cannot openly endorse the portal.”
EXAMPLE: • Alex Stamos of the Stanford Internet Observatory emailed NextDoor executives: “We already have partnerships with Facebook, Twitter, and Google, and we would love to chat with you and your team.”
The massive documentary report is broken down into four segments [Available Here]. It is going to take some time to go through all of the reports and extract the critical components. If you would like to take a review, the four-segment links are below:
Read part one of the final staff report here.
Read part two of the final staff report here.
Read part three of the final staff report here.
Read part four of the final staff report here.
At its core, the Obama era weaponization of government was the motive for the entire Obama team selecting Joe Biden as the 2020 candidate who gave them the best option for controlling and concealing the activity they undertook during the tenure of Barack Obama.
Biden was the avatar giving the Obama control operatives time to continue covering for all their previous action.
The latter part of 2010 through 2011 was a key period in the Obama presidency. On the cusp of a midterm election shellacking, with domestic focus on the issues around Obamacare, the Obama team and Hillary Clinton team were also intent on fueling the “Arab Spring” and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya and Egypt.
With background research provided by the U.S. State Dept and Rivkin Project in France, a petri-dish dish experiment to see if French culture could be diluted and enhanced with “brotherhood-style” multiculturalism, Hillary and Barry then fine-tuned the mechanics. Secretary Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice quickly convinced President Obama to help leverage his Silicon Valley allies.
As a workaround to stop Hosni Mubarak and Muamar Kaddafi from controlling information flow and putting down the protests, the social media platforms of Twitter and Facebook were enlisted to assist the Brotherhood in Egypt and Libya respectively. The U.S-designated Brotherhood partners were given support, communication and influence through Twitter and Facebook to organize their protests.
In 2011 the official merge of U.S. social media platforms to assist the U.S. State Dept foreign policy agenda was created. In many ways this merge was the inflection point for government to begin controlling social media, Libya and Egypt were the BETA test for what would later be deployed domestically.
Seeing the success and influence of the Arab Spring experiment, in 2012 President Obama signed HR-5736, with an addition to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, contained within the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2013, eased some restrictions so that media produced by the U.S. Agency for Global Media and intended for foreign audiences could be distributed domestically upon request, according to its text. Prior to its passage, the propaganda content was banned from being disseminated in America.
This move made it possible to deploy the same social media tactics domestically. Within the Twitter Files, you will note how 2012 and 2013 are key periods when the Dept of Homeland Security began exploring their new influence partnership in social media. For the next ten years, that partnership created various sub-set silos within the government.
DHS, FBI and Intelligence Community offices now had direct communication lines into Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google, WhatsAp, etc. However, Telegram and TikTok were not around and not part of the partnership. What two platforms have been targeted recently?… Just a coincidence, I’m sure.
The Arab Spring was the BETA test, the proving ground. Then they went domestic with the same operation.
The results of the domestic operation, the public-private partnership, later became stunningly visible in the COVID-19 censorship operation as well as the government influence operation in the aftermath of the 2020 election. However, most recently there has been some pushback from both originating entities; Twitter – via Elon Musk, and Facebook – via a regretful Mark Zuckerberg.
With increased scrutiny and a more awakened public seeing the consequences, it is harder for Main Justice, DHS and a weaponized intelligence community to execute their domestic propaganda operations. Even the labeling and categorization through “mis-dis-mal-information” does not appear to be working.
Within a recent WEF discussion, Secretary Kerry outlined how freedom of speech is a ‘threat to the global democracy‘ because the governing officials have a difficult time controlling information. Kerry goes on to posit how the next administration, he hoped at the time it would be Kamala Harris, would forcefully structure all the tools of government to stop Americans from using the first amendment to freely speak about issues.
Governing is too challenging, according to Kerry, when the government cannot stop people from seeking and discovering information that is against their interests. Effective governing required compliant adherence to a singular ideology.
Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and a host of similarly related government narratives, if people are free to find alternative information and think for themselves, they become increasingly more difficult to control. Yes, this is said quite openly. This is the mindset of those in power. WATCH:
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On a positive note, millions of people now accurately understand why it is so important to refute the terms “mis-dis-mal information.”
When CTH initially warned about the labeling, most people did not understand; however, as the consequences surfaced, I would argue a majority of people now understand.
…”There is no such thing as “disinformation” or “misinformation”. There is only information you accept and information you do not accept. You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.”…
They lost the election.
They lost control.
The absence of control creates fear.
When fearful people become desperate, we get the outcomes visible since the election victory by President Donald Trump. The hunters now fear they will be hunted; hence, preemptive pardon discussions are rampant.
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/6516/report-outlining-obama-weaponization-government
Unfortunately, The Hill is where all investigations go to die.
Therefore, the growing need for Citizen Grand Juries, and that they be officially recognized as legitimate, and we convene and operate them as such.
Odd it was dropped ahead of Christmas, when no one will really care about it, eh? Kind of swampy.
On the contrary – many people have some time off at Christmas in which to catch up on things outside of the daily grind.
And our alt-media will flex muscles with this.
Let’s assist.
I have searched most of the “hasbeen media” nary a hit on any of them last night
None even on GWPUNDIT OR LIBERTY DAILY either
This will be covered by the corporate media under the cover of willful silence.
Why does anybody care what the Regime Media says or doesn’t say?
Well, too true. And that’s what they fear … Being utterly and permanently assign to the irrelevance heap. Happening quickly now.
Just checked TruthSocial and John Solomon has posted about this.
I added a CTH link to my retruth.
Before diving in I’m just trying to spread it around…
Me too!
Here are some pretty typical and repeated comments.
Some a stoked that “We’ve got’em now!”, but most follow along like this (and these are the ‘nicer’ ones) –
“Blah blah blah. Do something Jim! You talk great but get your fellow dip-shit republicans to act!”
“No one listens to Jordan anymore. He did nothing but waste time and money.”
“Pam is going to be sooo busy.”
“Waste of time report. Nothing will ever happen. Nothing ever does, just lots of talk never any action.”
“@seanhannity . Yawn. Reports, the penning of angry letters, committee hearing theatre, and news interview theatre. ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY. Use the report as a two stool @JimJordan , you have 4 yrs worth of evidence.”
“Prediction; no one will read it, and nothing with come from it. The end .”
“Something we already knew.
Will anyone go to jail or held accountable?
No.”
“That’s all fine and dandy, but it’s worthless as the paper it’s printed on unless people start paying the price for their crimes. Pardons be damned!!!!”
Anyhoo, if the reports wakes some sheeple up from their political ignorance then it’s a net positive!
I can’t wait to read Rep Jordan’s 17,000 pages on weaponizing our government. /s/not
Never any consequences for Uniparty crimes.
Sure doesn’t seem like there is ever any kind of punishment. Kevin Clinesmith should be in JAIL, not having his law license suspended for six months. That wasn’t even a slap on the wrist.
In addition, Clinesmith types that deserve jail time should also suffer an irrevocable loss of any Security Clearance level.
Take their security clearance and their swampiness is damaged.
This report should ignite a Festivus airing of grievances with our gubmint.
At the Inauguration of President Trump …
“I would like to read the Report of the Weaponization of Government…”.
Those slugs need a little salt.
Oh snap!! Another Truth report that Republicans will do nothing about!!
Bush Republicans will gaslight!
Biden weaponized the swamp creatures at the DOJ and FBI
to go after Trump and associates. This was Election Interference.
The Biden administration created the government criminality,
decay and corruption at the DOJ and FBI.
Found in the bin… 🙁
His “Scandal Free” Magisty. Biden just claim that title too, this past week. It should be interesting to see how they claim pardons while remaining “innocent”.
Kerry at the WEF: First Amendment Is the Problem (Sep 30, 2024)
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/09/30/kerry-at-the-wef-first-amendment-is-the-problem-n3795191
John Kerry testifies against U.S. involvement in Vietnam, April 22nd, 1971.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4351577/user-clip-john-kerry-vietnam-hearing-1971
Traitors never change.
Don’t forget Kerry flying to Iran to tell them the Iranian deal was still viable in direct conflict with the Trump Admin- complete traitor. I wouldn’t doubt he didn’t give them nuclear material.
Using Google Notebooknl here is what I got on the first link:
The Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government investigated how various federal agencies misused their power to suppress speech, particularly during the Biden-Harris administration. The investigation revealed a pattern of the executive branch using its authority to coerce social media platforms and other entities to censor lawful speech, often under the guise of combating misinformation.
Here are some specific ways in which federal agencies misused their power to suppress speech:
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The White House Coerced Big Tech: The Biden-Harris White House engaged in a “covert scheme of censorship” by pressuring social media companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon to remove content, including true information and criticisms of the administration
. This pressure led to changes in content moderation policies at these companies.
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For example, the White House pressured Facebook to remove “negative information on or opinions about the vaccine” and “humorous or satirical content that suggests the vaccine isn’t safe”
. They also pressured Amazon to censor books.
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FBI Censorship: The FBI, sometimes on behalf of a compromised Ukrainian intelligence agency (SBU), directed social media platforms to censor Americans engaging in constitutionally protected speech
. This included flagging a verified U.S. State Department account and accounts of American journalists for censorship. The FBI also sought to remove posts that were supportive of Ukraine and critical of Russia.
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The FBI also “prebunked” a story about the Biden family’s influence peddling scheme in advance of the 2020 election
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FTC Harassment: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under Chair Lina Khan, retaliated against Twitter (now X) after Elon Musk’s acquisition for protecting free speech on the platform
. The FTC sent over a dozen letters with more than 350 specific demands to the company.
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The FTC attempted to stifle Twitter and pry into the company’s decisions on matters outside of the FTC’s mandate, as Musk was taking steps to reorient Twitter around free speech
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Use of Non-Governmental Entities: Multiple federal agencies used non-governmental entities, including universities, to censor Americans by proxy
. The Select Subcommittee revealed how the Stanford Internet Observatory’s Election Integrity Partnership urged Big Tech to censor Americans online.
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Financial Surveillance: The Biden-Harris administration also coordinated with financial institutions to surveil Americans, with federal law enforcement commandeering financial institutions to spy on Americans
. The government also weaponized the Bank Secrecy Act to spy on Americans.
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Efforts to Control AI: The Biden-Harris administration has attempted to pressure AI developers to censor new models and fund the development of AI-powered censorship tools
. The report recommends that Congress ensure the government is not involved in AI algorithm decisions, ban funding of censorship research, end foreign collaboration on censorship-related AI regulations, and avoid unnecessary AI regulations.
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Retaliation Against Whistleblowers: The FBI retaliated against whistleblowers who came forward with information on waste, fraud, and abuse, suspending them without pay and preventing them from seeking outside employment
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The Select Subcommittee also found that foreign governments pressured American companies to censor US citizens and residents, and that the Biden administration was silent on the issue
. This included instances where the Brazilian government pressured social media companies to censor speech.
The Select Subcommittee’s investigation has led to some positive outcomes, including universities and other entities shutting down “disinformation research”
. In addition, the subcommittee has filed briefs to help support Americans’ First Amendment rights in court.
Google Notebooknl:
who was the worst offender
Based on the sources, it’s difficult to definitively name a single “worst offender,” as multiple entities within the Biden-Harris administration engaged in various forms of speech suppression. However, the sources suggest that the Biden-Harris White House played a central role in initiating and coordinating censorship efforts
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Here’s a breakdown of the key players and their actions, which may help you assess who was the “worst” based on your criteria:
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The Biden-Harris White House: This entity is depicted as the primary driver of the censorship regime, coercing social media platforms to remove content, including true information and criticism of the administration
. The White House also pressured Amazon to censor books. The White House was also involved in pressuring social media companies to censor specific content or accounts, often using threats and intimidation. The White House also sought data from social media companies on the effectiveness of censorship.
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For example, Senior Advisor to President Biden, Andy Slavitt, was described as “outraged” that Facebook did not remove a particular post, and stated that Facebook was not being “straightforward” and the problems were “worse” than with other platforms. He also threatened Facebook by saying the White House was considering “options” on what to do about it
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Rob Flaherty, another White House staffer, repeatedly pressured Facebook to censor more content and asked for metrics on the scale of removal
. He also stated that his “bias is to kick people off” social media platforms and suggested “targeting” people that engage with “antivax content”.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): The FBI facilitated censorship requests from a compromised Ukrainian intelligence agency (SBU), targeting American accounts, including a U.S. State Department account and those of journalists
. The FBI also sought to remove posts that were supportive of Ukraine and critical of Russia. The FBI also “prebunked” a story about the Biden family’s influence peddling scheme in advance of the 2020 election. Additionally, the FBI retaliated against whistleblowers who reported waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC): The FTC, led by Chair Lina Khan, is described as having retaliated against Twitter (now X) for protecting free speech on the platform, using aggressive tactics to harass the company
. The FTC sent over a dozen letters with more than 350 specific demands to the company.
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Other Federal Agencies: Various other agencies such as the IRS and FinCEN, as well as private entities acting on the government’s behalf, also worked against the American people
. The report also mentions the weaponization of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and how it is funding the development of automated tools to censor online speech.
The report also notes that these agencies worked in concert with each other, which further complicates naming a single “worst offender.” The White House pressured social media companies, and when they didn’t comply, the FBI and FTC followed up to apply more pressure.
In conclusion, while the Biden-Harris White House appears to be the central coordinating entity for these censorship efforts, the FBI and FTC also engaged in significant abuses of power.
Who are the key players
Based on the provided sources and our conversation history, here are some of the key players involved in the efforts to suppress speech:
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The Biden-Harris White House: This entity is consistently identified as a central coordinator and driver of censorship efforts
. The White House pressured social media companies to remove content, sought data on the effectiveness of censorship, and even threatened companies that did not comply.
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Andy Slavitt, Senior Advisor to President Biden, was “outraged” that Facebook did not remove a particular post
. Slavitt also worked with the White House’s Chief of Staff and COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Jeff Zients, to pressure social media companies.
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Rob Flaherty, a White House staffer, repeatedly pressured social media companies to censor more content and asked for metrics on the scale of removal
. Flaherty also expressed a desire to “kick people off” social media platforms and suggested “targeting” those who engage with “antivax content”. Flaherty also coordinated with YouTube to discuss how the White House could “partner in your product work”.
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Facebook (Meta): Facebook was a major target of White House pressure
and was coerced into changing its content moderation policies.
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Nick Clegg, Facebook’s President of Global Affairs, was directly involved in conversations with the White House and was tasked with responding to their concerns
. Clegg communicated with White House staff and sought to understand their concerns about Facebook’s content moderation policies.
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YouTube (Google): YouTube also faced pressure from the White House to censor content
. The White House sought to understand YouTube’s decision making regarding “borderline content”. YouTube’s Public Policy team was tasked with appeasing the White House’s censorship demands.
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Amazon: Amazon was also pressured by the White House to censor content, particularly books
. Amazon’s Public Policy Vice President alerted the business that the White House was focused on this issue.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): The FBI facilitated censorship requests from a compromised Ukrainian intelligence agency (SBU), targeting American accounts
. The FBI also retaliated against whistleblowers.
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FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan was involved in communications with social media companies, including Facebook and Google, regarding censorship requests
. He worked with Aleksandr Kobzanets and other FBI agents on the SBU censorship requests.
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FBI Agent Patrick Miller also worked with Agent Chan on the SBU censorship requests
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC): The FTC, under Chair Lina Khan, retaliated against Twitter for protecting free speech
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The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU): This Ukrainian intelligence agency, described as compromised, pressured social media companies through the FBI to censor accounts
. The SBU sought to censor content critical of the agency or the Ukrainian government.
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Aleksandr Kobzanets served as a point of contact between the SBU and social media companies, such as Facebook and Google
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC): The CDC worked with social media platforms to promote pro-vaccine messaging and to identify and counter misinformation
. The CDC also sought access to data and analytics on vaccine messaging and trends.
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Surgeon General’s Office: The Surgeon General’s office also worked with social media companies
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Eric Waldo served as the Director of Engagement for the Surgeon General
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Kyla Fullenwider was a Fellow and Research Faculty at Georgetown University, working on data and digital projects and affiliated with the Surgeon General’s office
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This list highlights the main actors involved in the suppression of speech, as detailed in the provided sources and our previous conversation. It is important to note that this was a complex effort involving numerous individuals and organizations, both governmental and private, working in concert.
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17,000 pages of crimes and not one criminal referral? Absurd!
They are too busy throwing up Matt Gatez as a diversion.
He ticked all the boxes-so why did he sponsor Obamas bill -Smith-Mundt Modernization Act?
Oh another golden ring to to sit on the CFR-
Another Lawyer who always gets what he feels he deserves first.
He needs investigation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Thornberry