THE SECRET OF PROJECT MOCKINGBIRD

Project Mockingbird was a covert campaign launched by the Agency in the 1950s. Its objective was to influence the news and shape public views.The CIA hired journalists and entered major news organizations to circulate propaganda that supported their objectives. This campaign comprised placing false news and silencing contrary views.The techniques i

In 1975, the Rockefeller Commission's inquiry examined investigations by the CIA's Business office of Security that integrated electronic surveillance and found two instances during which the telephones of 3 newsman ended up tapped in order to determine their resources of leaked classified information. The Commission wrote: "The CIA's investigation