National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard confirms Media PSYOP "Operation Mockingbird" revived to target Americans
By willowt // 2025-08-05
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  • Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirms Operation Mockingbird’s ongoing influence, linking it to CIA tactics weaponizing media and intelligence to undermine President Trump.
  • $900M Biden Propaganda Campaign fueled distrust in the CDC through misleading data on masks, vaccines and child health.
  • Scientists admit psychological tactics — including fear-based manipulation — were employed during the pandemic.
  • Modern Mockingbird Tools include algorithmic censorship, social media surveillance and Big Tech partnerships.
  • Trump’s Agenda aims to dismantle “Deep State” media propaganda apparatuses, per Gabbard.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped a literary-sized bombshell on American democracy this week, confirming Cold War-era intelligence tactics are now targeting U.S. citizens. The CIA’s infamous Operation Mockingbird — once a tool for influencing foreign and domestic media — is, she says, alive and weaponized to undercut the Trump administration and distort public opinion. In a July 31 interview with conservative host Benny Johnson, Gabbard described intelligence insiders leaking secrets exclusively to “friends” in corporate media, including Fox News and CNN, though their parent companies are owned by globalist-aligned firms like BlackRock (a World Economic Forum partner). “They believe their will is more important than yours,” Gabbard warned. “Weaponizing public records to sabotage elected leadership is an attack on constitutional order and the American people.” This isn’t fringe conspiracy  — Gabbard, a former U.S. Congressmember, has official authority to corroborate it. Nor is it limited to leaks: Today’s “Mockingbird 2.0” uses artificial intelligence, corporate surveillance and $900 million in federal propaganda funneled into media narratives during Biden’s pandemic response.

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Gabbard’s warnings align with a 2024 House report that found Biden’s CDC spent taxpayer money to spread “erroneous” data during the pandemic. According to the Energy and Commerce Committee, ads exaggerated vaccine efficacy, underplayed children’s risks and partnered with Big Tech to monitor Americans. Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said the campaign eroded trust in public health entirely: “They weaponized fear. Millions believed threats that either lacked evidence or were exaggerated.” Perhaps most alarming: House investigators revealed the CDC distributed messaging that conflicted with FDA authorization — flagrantly violating its role as a regulatory body.

Whistleblowers expose fear as a weapon

Gabbard’s claims gained credibility when former UK pandemic advisors admitted to exploiting psychological tactics from 2020–2022. A Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group (SPI-B) member told JonFleetwood.com: “Fear smacked of totalitarianism.” The group’s psychologists inflated risks to justify lockdowns, even while knowing public resistance could weaken compliance. One member now calls the program “dystopian,” admitting, “We handed dictators a playbook.”

Modern Mockingbird tools

While the original Mockingbird relied on clandestine journalist recruitment, today’s iteration is digital, mass-scale and taxpayer-funded. Gabbard’s team identified five key mechanisms:
  • Leaked intel narratives: Directed to “loyal” media for manipulated headlines.
  • AI censorship: Social platforms suppress dissent through algorithmic bias.
  • CDC youth influencers: Funded accounts “testing the water” on experimental drugs.
  • Surveillance partnerships: Tech giants hand over private data under “public health” mandates.
  • Fear psychology: Campaigns weaponized child vaccination mandates to gin public outrage.

The end of the domino theory? Or just the beginning?

Operation Mockingbird’s resurrection serves as a eulogy for the American press’s perceived independence. The Church Committee’s 1975 findings — exposing CIA ties with the New York Times, Time and CBS — were labeled “conspiracy theories.” Now, Gabbard validates its continuation in digital warfare. President Trump tapped Gabbard to dismantle this apparatus, and she insists his election victory was no accident. “The public sees it,” Gabbard says, “and that’s why this fight is personal.”

The Mockingbird sings for democracy

Gabbard’s revelation forces a reckoning: When government agencies use media as propaganda arsenals, democracy dies in darkness. Whether Mockingbird’s revival is a “covert program” or institutionalized overreach, its effects are clear — erosion of trust, facilitated censorship and a public increasingly weaponized against itself. As Harper Lee’s Atticus Finch said, killing innocence mocks the very society that commits it. Tulsi Gabbard’s fight isn’t just about accountability. It’s about preserving journalism’s soul — and democracy’s future. Sources for this article include: ZeroHedge.com TimesofIndia.com Substack.com
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