Cass Sunstein’s New Presidential Appointment Is Almost Hard to Believe…Especially Considering a Paper He Once Wrote

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Cass Sunstein’s New Presidential Appointment Is Almost Hard to Believe…Especially Considering a Paper He Once Wrote
Anonymous Coward User ID: 42883510 United States 08/26/2013 12:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Cass Sunstein’s New Presidential Appointment Is Almost Hard to Believe…Especially Considering a Paper He Once Wrote President Barack Obama named his controversial former regulatory czar – who as an academic advocated government infiltration of conspiracy theorists – to serve on the NSA oversight panel. Cass Sunstein appointed to NSA oversight panel Cass Sunstein, who served as the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs throughout most of the Obama’s first term, advocated numerous policies as an academic – including the government infiltrating conspiracy theorist groups by joining “chat rooms, online social networks and real space groups,” in a 2008 paper he co-wrote at Harvard, as recently reported by The Washington Post. “Those who subscribe to conspiracy theories may create serious risks, including risks of violence, and the existence of such theories raises significant challenges for policy and law,” the 2008 paper said. [link to www.theblaze.com]

TruthNow88 User ID: 28724521 Canada 08/26/2013 12:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Cass Sunstein’s New Presidential Appointment Is Almost Hard to Believe…Especially Considering a Paper He Once Wrote Abstract: Many millions of people hold conspiracy theories; they believe that powerful people have worked together in order to withhold the truth about some important practice or some terrible event. A recent example is the belief, widespread in some parts of the world, that the attacks of 9/11 were carried out not by Al Qaeda, but by Israel or the United States. Those who subscribe to conspiracy theories may create serious risks, including risks of violence, and the existence of such theories raises significant challenges for policy and law. The first challenge is to understand the mechanisms by which conspiracy theories prosper; the second challenge is to understand how such theories might be undermined. Such theories typically spread as a result of identifiable cognitive blunders, operating in conjunction with informational and reputational influences. A distinctive feature of conspiracy theories is their self-sealing quality. Conspiracy theorists are not likely to be persuaded by an attempt to dispel their theories; they may even characterize that very attempt as further proof of the conspiracy. Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such theories, the best response consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups. Various policy dilemmas, such as the question whether it is better for government to rebut conspiracy theories or to ignore them, are explored in this light. [link to papers.ssrn.com] While an official announcement remains forthcoming, ABC reported that the review panel will include Michael Morell, Richard Clarke, Cass Sunstein, and Peter Swire. Each of the four men have held high positions in the Obama administration, a stipulation that privacy advocates quickly noticed despite Obama’s pledge that the review commission would consist of a “high-level group of outside experts.” [link to rt.com] "Fuck the American regime change policy... Pardon me... I mean fuck our gift of democracy!" [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] [link to soundcloud.com (secure)]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 44101159 United States 08/26/2013 01:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Cass Sunstein’s New Presidential Appointment Is Almost Hard to Believe…Especially Considering a Paper He Once Wrote President Barack Obama named his controversial former regulatory czar – who as an academic advocated government infiltration of conspiracy theorists – to serve on the NSA oversight panel. Cass Sunstein appointed to NSA oversight panel Cass Sunstein, who served as the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs throughout most of the Obama’s first term, advocated numerous policies as an academic – including the government infiltrating conspiracy theorist groups by joining “chat rooms, online social networks and real space groups,” in a 2008 paper he co-wrote at Harvard, as recently reported by The Washington Post. “Those who subscribe to conspiracy theories may create serious risks, including risks of violence, and the existence of such theories raises significant challenges for policy and law,” the 2008 paper said. [link to www.theblaze.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 42883510 We're dangerous because for every 100 of us there is one who actually understands the truth. And that 1 man is the most dangerous type of man in the world.
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 42883510 United States 08/26/2013 01:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Cass Sunstein’s New Presidential Appointment Is Almost Hard to Believe…Especially Considering a Paper He Once Wrote "Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." Barack Hussein Obama, Jan 21, 2009

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