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 As Dialogue Works' guest explains, intelligence must be as objective as possible to get the most honest assessment. If your data-gathers and analyzers can't separate their biases from their work, the findings will always be skewed (comments start around 10-minute mark):

Sigh. First the bad news : TikTok keeps track of everything you do on its app – no surprises there. What's less obvious is how the company follows you around other parts of the internet that have nothing to do with TikTok.  In fact, TikTok collects sensitive and potentially embarrassing information about you even if you've never used the app. Over the past week, I've watched websites sending TikTok data about cancer diagnoses, fertility and even mental health crises. It's part of a tracking empire that extends far beyond the social media platform. Now, thanks to a new set of features, TikTok is poised to expand its network and see even more details about your life. The change comes just weeks after the sale of TikTok's US operations to a group of companies with ties to US President Donald Trump. The deal has led to fresh privacy concerns from some human rights experts and users, though TikTok says it has transparent guidelines on how it responds to government reques...

 What is done abroad eventually makes it way back home...

 

 

 Via MintPress News; The CIA's 885 Fake Websites : The CIA didn’t just infiltrate governments; it infiltrated the internet itself. For over a decade, Langley operated a sprawling network of covert websites that served as global spy terminals disguised as harmless blogs, news hubs, and fan pages. Beginning in 2004, the CIA established a vast network of at least 885 websites, ranging from Johnny Carson and Star Wars fan pages to online message boards about Rastafari. Spanning 29 languages and targeting at least 36 countries directly, these websites were aimed not only at adversaries such as China, Venezuela, and Russia, but also at allied nations, including France, Italy, and Spain, showing that the United States treats its friends much like its foes. [SNIP] The network of websites spanned a wide range of topics. Few would guess that Rasta Direct, a website dedicated to the relatively niche religion of Rastafari, had anything to do with U.S. intelligence. The CIA also created Star Wa...

 

 

 aka, "Spies are writing the news:"

 

 

 BOO! Just in time, huh? I was worried that after the Trump indictments, celebrity news and announcement of aliens, our government was running out ways to distract the publics from neglecting the poor response to natural disasters and the fact that America's leaders are senile .   Meanwhile, here's something tangible that Russia has been doing:

...so every issue/concern looks like a nail:

  Just saying; if you're a spy you shouldn't be on television giving interviews. Aren't spies supposed to be below the radar? If I was a spy I would never want to be recorded (video, audio, etc.) because that could be used against me.