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Accuracy or Entertainment, Which Do You Prefer?
The Importance of Listening to Experts
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Accuracy or Entertainment, Which Do You Prefer?
The Importance of Listening to Experts
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As you no doubt already know, Twitter is a vast universe of unbridled lunacy.
The most obnoxious and incorrect voices are often amplified, while the truth is drowned out, stifled, then beaten to death through groupthink, and mass pile-ons.
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The most obnoxious and incorrect voices are often amplified, while the truth is drowned out, stifled, then beaten to death through groupthink, and mass pile-ons.
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I am not an expert in Active Measures, Information Warfare, Geopolitics or Counterintelligence.
I'm a student, loosely.
But there ARE experts and I have always tried to point my followers to them.
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I'm a student, loosely.
But there ARE experts and I have always tried to point my followers to them.
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Today, I have an opportunity to show you the difference between an actual intelligence expert with years of experience and a Twitter personality with zero intelligence creds, so that you may see the difference.
Let's compare...
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Let's compare...
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This take comes from a foreigner, who is not even an American citizen, with zero intelligence credentials.
I daresay it IS entertaining.
But, alas, it isn't accurate, which I will soon show you.
https://dearmrputin.substack.com/p/russia-hack-act-war-solar-wind?r=8fxpv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter
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I daresay it IS entertaining.
But, alas, it isn't accurate, which I will soon show you.
https://dearmrputin.substack.com/p/russia-hack-act-war-solar-wind?r=8fxpv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter
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Here is an article on the same topic, from Dr. John Schindler, a former NSA Intelligence Analyst and Naval War College professor, who also has many years experience in Counterintelligence.
https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/p/stop-blaming-foreigners-for-americas
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https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/p/stop-blaming-foreigners-for-americas
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Declaring the actions of a hostile intelligence service an "Act of War" is no small thing.
While such a characterization may be entirely innocent, the net result is that potentially 300,000 Twitter followers have been unnecessarily whipped into a frenzy over a few words.
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While such a characterization may be entirely innocent, the net result is that potentially 300,000 Twitter followers have been unnecessarily whipped into a frenzy over a few words.
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Let's take another look at what the intelligence expert has to say...
This is IMPORTANT, because it means something entirely different...calls for an entirely different response...
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This is IMPORTANT, because it means something entirely different...calls for an entirely different response...
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And accuracy warrants the accolades of OTHER experts.
Here's the response to John's article and expertise, from General Michael Hayden, the only man to have served as Director of both the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Here's the response to John's article and expertise, from General Michael Hayden, the only man to have served as Director of both the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.
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We must, MUST follow experts if we want to get it right.
Twitter personality cults are fun entertainment, particularly because they tell us what we want to hear.
But choosing to listen to them over experts, ultimately, isolates us from the truth.
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Twitter personality cults are fun entertainment, particularly because they tell us what we want to hear.
But choosing to listen to them over experts, ultimately, isolates us from the truth.
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If you don't already subscribe, I highly recommend considering a subscription to John Schindler's Substack account.
It's the best intelligence expertise you'll find, for normies like us.
https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/
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It's the best intelligence expertise you'll find, for normies like us.
https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/
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Understand CLICKBAIT when you see it.
Don't fall for the fear-mongering.
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Don't fall for the fear-mongering.
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