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FVEY PSYOP (previously dismissed as tinfoilhattery when reported in places like The Guardian[1] or elsewhere over the years) has been revealed in The Incercept's reporting on Snowden documents[2].

As for legality, the important parts of Smith-Mundt were repealed several years ago. But you should totally trust them, PSYOP would never be carried out on their own populations, in social media or media in general.

http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/ is a good read, for those interested.

As is a history on Smith-Mundt: http://mountainrunner.us/2012/02/history_of_smith-mundt/

[1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope...

[2] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipula...



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