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Cass Sunstein calls for “cognitive infiltration”

Top Obama czar: Infiltrate all ‘conspiracy theorists’

Presidential adviser wrote about crackdown on expressing opinions

By Aaron Klein

We suggest a distinctive tactic…cognitive infiltration whereby government agents…will undermine the crippled epistemology of believers by planting doubts about the theories and stylized facts that circulate within such groups, thereby introducing beneficial cognitive diversity.

In a [...]

Obama Accelerates Preemptive War Doctrine

Obama wants record $708 billion for wars next year

By ANNE GEARAN and ANNE FLAHERTY

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has [...]