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Was Occupy (Santa Cruz) sabotaged?

by G
A CIA document describing techniques for communication sabotage seems eerily familiar...
Was Occupy (Santa Cruz) sabotaged?

As the source of the following document on sabotage is the CIA; it is difficult to know if the document itself is sabotage.

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/CleanedUOSSSimpleSabotage_sm.pdf

In the document, there is an interesting section on communication (any anti-meeting nerds (or fans of Yes, Minister (or Dilbert (or etc))) will recognize the techniques).

(11) General Interference with Organizations and Production

(a) Organizations and Conferences

(1) Insist on doing everything through "channels." Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.

(2) Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your "points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate "patriotic" comments.

(3) When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make committees as large as possible - never less than five.

(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.

(5) Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

(6) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.

(7) Advocate "caution." Be "reasonable" and urge your fellow-conferees to be "reasonable" and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.

(8) Be worried about the propriety of any decision - raise the question of whether such action as is contemplated lies within the jurisdiction of the group or whether it might conflict with the policy of some higher echelon.

Any similarity between the above and my lawyer, or any corporation or government I have ever encountered, is (hopefully) coincidental.
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