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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:31 AM Original message |
Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well now we know just how tricky these bastards are. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. It's almost like the Pentagon Propaganda Machine was 100% true! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. One more reason to de-welfare the military industrial complex |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
81. True and illegal as hell, but who's keeping track? They investigated themselves |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
156. They've got their hands full... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. it would almost be funny if it weren't so evil, but then we have been |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. "sophisticated adversaries" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Wasn't propagandizing the American public by government actually illegal? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Well I thought that putting the loser of a presidential election into .... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
99. sparing persons of embarrassment continues to be justification for gving a loser the winnings |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. Perhaps they really didn't know the Economy was really a Ponzi scheme ready to collapse... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
150. Yep -- a lot of "weird" -- beginning with Bush W doing it -- at least out in open -- |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
67. According to this from back when Bush was caught doing it, yes: |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
106. Not in time of War Defend! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #106 |
153. Yes, War -- the big screen to hide behind -- |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #153 |
167. Good Points regarding posts about War |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #167 |
175. Unfortunately .... |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Excuse me for being skeptical about roads being impassable |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
127. but what about PSAs |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. So they're creating a trolling program? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's much easier to use a slave (military volunteer) |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
116. "Mothers Basement" is a codeword for "Cubicle in a Secured Facility" |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. They'd probably do it for free if you gave them a subscription to a paid porno site, |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
100. Too great a chance of the bored individual releasing information. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. This is happening |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
117. I don't know how much more proof people need. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #117 |
147. if I were to left in a room with Obama for 30 minutes |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #101 |
176. Or that the entire government is a subsidiary of the MIC... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bet Republicans don't want to cut funds for this, spying on and manipulating Americans |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Whatever happened to armies making a profit by plundering enemies instead of taxpayers? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. How surprising it takes a source outside the U.S. to do this story. |
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neohippie (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Anonymous Hacked HB Gary and found similar plans |
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Selena Harris (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Guess who the Chamber just hired? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
47. Masters of the cover up -- !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Which makes it ever more important to listen to your own common sense .... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
112. HBGARY was one of the bidders on the AF contract. List below |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. There have been several posts in GD about this |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thanks for the link to the thread for those of us who missed it the first time. Good one. n/t |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It's come up several times in GD in relation to HBGary |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thanks for posting these links. Amazing. n/t |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
111. Actually this is related to Anonymous and HBGary's leaked emails |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think it was Mitchell and Webb. But point taken!! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
83. +1 |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. Dude! |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. and of course |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:33 AM Original message |
Lots of govts do. No one said otherwise. |
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vicarofrevelwood (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. Automated Sock Puppets?! |
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Selena Harris (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Make that "dirty" socks |
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EJ24 (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. Any legal challenges to this would be dismissed under...you guessed it... |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. Anonymous won't let that happen. |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Case and point, the first retweet I got after tweeting the story! |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Anonymous will be dubbed a terrorist group the moment they act against this. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well, I think we all know who they are on this board! Oddly, it will increase traffic. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. I can harvest the IP numbers of every computer that accesses any thread with ease |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
108. Astounding, and I can't even remember my passwords to my own |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
146. Uhm, that's why the machine connections are laundered. |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. Seems as though Hollywood has |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Ntrepid - the name of the company. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. The Great Satan! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. Deleted sub-thread |
nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. USA! USA! USA! #1 #1 #1 Woohoo! |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. Well we know it well. Now we can just say NTREPID and move on - not waster |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. Under the premise that nothing sells your product like sincerity and |
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CrossChris (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
30. Smart humans = "sophisticated adversaries." That's pretty much what we are to them. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Sophisticated Latte Drinkers and adversaries |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. U.S. Gov't-paid operatives sock-puppeting on the Internet? shocking, shocking. i say. |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
33. FOX News on the internet. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
34. go west young man |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
84. I totally agree Diclotican. |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. Currant examples of Americans just reacting as a herd is the |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
105. WHEN CRABS ROAR |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #105 |
119. Nice persona! Mind if I put your typos in my datingbase? |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #119 |
162. Grinchie |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #88 |
151. "Is it really that easy to brainwash Americans?" |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #151 |
164. boppers |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. . |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. Next- holographic teabaggers so the media can shout about huge crowds of 45 instead of 14 nt |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
37. Isn't that what Freepers already do, for free? |
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BenzoDia (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. I used to dig the Guardian, but they seem to be into shock headlines lately. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Sorry. The Guardian has guts - the only one in a paper of their size. You have to |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
133. All praise to the Guardian - for now. |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
40. Democracy |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
41. It gets kind of wacky when you imagine the conflict of interests |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
42. Foreign language social media the (alleged) target |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Has our military ever lied, outright, to the public? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #51 |
169. Of course they lie, and that's the point |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Don't worry. Only non-English interventions. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. so do we have an agent mike on DU? |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. We have teams of Mike's. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
48. Once again, something for the DUH forum |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
52. Anyone doubt that Cheney and Rumsfeld are making money on this? |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
53. "Awarded a contract by Centcom"???? Are our TAX DOLLARS being |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
54. Tokyo Rose - aimed at the workers of the nation. I would guess that there |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. Only ten personas at once? Ohhh, come on. Will they also vote in elections? |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. Organizations like these will no doubt be targeted |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Well said |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
86. The HCR debate was an eye-opener for me. That's when the sock puppets had difficulty |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
63. So US military "Psych-Ops" isn't just for US senators anymore? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
66. Monsanto Already Does |
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jorno67 (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
68. So the U.S. Government is officially a TROLL |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. Who doesn't love a good PSYOPS tweet? |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. 1000 coordinated radio stations taking paid callers and |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Thanks for the reminder. They have many inroads to our unsuspecting midst. Damned sad. n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Talk radio is propaganda too, lest we forget, as is most M$M media, even films |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. lucky 7s, i'm headed to the casino if i can get the truck running |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. And C-Span has been on the Dark Side forever. Same callers over and |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. Your comment is intriguing |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. misspelling may have purpose |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #91 |
141. you mean like tracking a talking point by the entire phrase |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #141 |
149. More like you don't want search engines to turn up posts for Bush, so you mangle his name |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #91 |
142. I think it's meant to make them seem "authentically grassroots" |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #142 |
157. Radio Daze by LIEL LEIBOVITZ was the article that |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #89 |
143. here's something about paid callers. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #143 |
172. Thanks! |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
71. if you can't figure out what a Troll is Shame on you |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
72. Can we de-fund this crap? |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
74. fake online personas designed to influence internet conversations ? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
75. US: "They see me trollin', they hattin'..." |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
76. It will backfire... |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
79. how do dems and obama admin explain this??? |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
82. Not limiting free speech. Just all the speech is phony and from the same people |
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Veronica.Franco (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
85. this has been happeningn for some time ... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
87. K&R |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
90. I'm certain the Right Wing does the same thing on this site, with ... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
92. As if it hasn't been happening already. |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Bingo! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
93. I'm taking a class in misspelling, so I can troll conservative forums |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
94. So let's spend tons of money pretending things are great instead of trying to make them great. nt |
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queerart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
96. Lets Face It...... |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
97. So UN-AMERICAN |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
98. What's really disturbing is that they can't handle multiple personas without specialized software. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #98 |
155. Handling complex personas is tricky. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
102. I think we have some pro-Obama stooges here on DU. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #102 |
136. Obama Trolls. I like that!! It sure beats secrets wars by coke lords! |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
103. It won't work - Machine massaged Persona's are only skin deep |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #103 |
130. We can be assured that the person who is behind Ntrepid is a friend of Cheney, |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
104. Has anyone here seen John Poindexter (DARPA)? |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #104 |
132. That's the friend - I just posted above that we can be sure that whoever is in charge |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
107. Better believe they're doing it here and now as well. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. I believe they have been doing it here for awhile |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
110. This is the problem |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
114. News flash! Private business has been doing this for years. Their puppets are obvious. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
115. Why are we reading about this in a foreign publication? |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. It was published elsewhere about a month ago |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Wow, FOX News??!!! |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
120. The mass culture and collective myth thing has been going on... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. We can thank Edward Bernays for that |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Yep. Thanks for the link! |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
122. Not surprised |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
124. Do the Sock Puppets donate to blogger fund drives? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
125. Dear U.S. Military: |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
128. KNR! n/t |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
129. That's kind of scary, on a personal level.... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
131. I don't know if I'd call it 'pro-American,' it's more anti-human and pro-MIC. |
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Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
134. I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR A JOB. yoo hoo! Agent Mike! |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
135. DOD, SERVICES CREATE ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING MILITARY NETWORKS—AND |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
137. What a Surprise! (Not) n/t |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
138. Not that big of a deal to me, truthfully. |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
139. Shocking! Unbelievable!! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
140. Aren't scads of companies doing the same already? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. It's a bit more insidious than that |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
144. meh Propagandist. are pretty easy to spot. Just hit the ignore button... Problem solved |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
148. K&R. (nt) |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
152. FINALLY RimJob got a big government contract! n/t |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
154. So, outside of Americans |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #154 |
165. dflprincess |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
158. Next time I say in these forums to someone, "Nice Try," |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
159. Rage Against the Machine |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
160. Something further, and scary: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
161. Damn, how much can I get paid? I do this shit for free! |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
163. Ha! |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
166. Saw something probably on here a couple months ago where China already does this to it's people. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
168. Now we can all accuse each other of being top secret, spook sock puppets, |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
170. kicking n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
171. Now that the lines between |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
173. Nothing really so new. "Agent Mike" and friends have been at DU |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
174. I liked it better when they just stared at goats. |
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