Propaganda
Today the term propaganda is associated with information that is manipulative, biased, or misleading in nature, but propaganda historically was a neutral descriptive term. Propaganda …
Common Terms
Plausible Deniability
Plausible deniability is the process by which a country, agency, or individual maintains the ability to deny involvement in an operation. For instance, if there …
Black Operation
(or black op) is a covert operation by a government, a government agency, or a military organization. Black ops refer to covert actions and activities …
PsyOp
PsyOp, abbreviation for Psychological Operation, is used “to denote any action which is practiced mainly by psychological methods with the aim of evoking a planned …
Coup d’état
Also known simply as a coup (koo), it is the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the …
Trojan Horse
A “Trojan Horse” has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or …
False Flag
“False flag terrorism” occurs when elements within a government stage a secret operation whereby government forces pretend to be a targeted enemy while attacking their …
Cronyism
The practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends or trusted colleagues, especially in politics and between politicians and supportive organizations. For …
Orwellian
To describe something as “Orwellian” is most commonly thought to say that it brings to mind the fictional totalitarian society of Oceania described in George …
Draconian
Traditional Athenian law code allegedly introduced by Draco c. 621 BCE. Aristotle, the chief source for knowledge of Draco, claims that his were the first written Athenian laws and that Draco …