The GEC has apparently been creating its own separate backlists for Twitter. Taibbi described one case: “Here are 5500 names GEC told Twitter it believed were ‘Chinese… accounts’ engaged in ‘state-backed coordinated manipulation.’…
Twitter File Release #17 – Matt Taibbi Outlines Obama’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) Labeling U.S. Accounts as “Foreign Actors” to Promote Media Narrative…
Matt Taibbi has done another extensive review of Twitter data in File Release #17. This information release focuses on the Global Engagement Center (GEC), an internal sub-agency within the State Department as constructed by the Obama administration…
‘Violent, Ruthless’ al-Shabaab Leader Killed by U.S. Strike in Somalia…
American military forces killed a key al-Shabaab terror group leader in an airstrike in Somalia last week, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday. The leader, Yusuf Jiis, was one of three enemy fighters killed in a joint, April 2 strike with the Federal Government of Somalia. The strike took place near Bush Madina, about 135 miles […]
REVEALED: The U.S. Military’s 36 Code-Named Operations in Africa…
Many Americans first became aware of U.S. military operations in Africa in October 2017, after the Islamic State ambushed American troops near Tongo Tongo, Niger, killing four U.S. soldiers and wounding two others. Just after the attack, U.S. Africa Command said U.S. troops were providing “advice and assistance” to local counterparts. Later, it would become […]
U.S. Withdraws Troops from Libya Amid Rival Militias Fighting Near Capital…
The United States said Sunday it has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to “security conditions on the ground,” as a Libyan military commander’s forces advanced toward the capital, Tripoli, clashing with rival militias. A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years helping local forces combat Islamic […]
A Guide to the Pentagon’s Shadowy Network of Bases in Africa…
On Feb. 27, 2017, American special operations forces and their partners kicked off the Flintlock training exercise at sites across North and West Africa. More than 2,000 troops from the United States and more than 20 other countries would spend almost three weeks running through drills, sharing skills and best practices for dealing with terrorists […]