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by Bill Gertz


  Active Measures Working Group, 105

  new, 325–26, 352

  on Soviet disinformation, 90–97

  Adams, Samuel, 321–22

  Adelson, Sheldon, 260–61, 263

  “Aerospace Electronic Warfare” (Huang, Lu, Zhao, and Liu), 109

  Afghanistan, 2, 207, 224, 255, 345

  Soviet invasion of, 83–84, 202

  terrorists and, 20, 84, 204–5, 276

  U.S. military operations in, 240, 284, 317–18

  Agee, Philip, 304

  AIDS, 91, 93–94

  Albright, Madeleine, 98

  Alcoa, 121–22

  Alexander, Keith, 256

  Alinsky, David, 298–99

  Alinsky, Saul, 298–302

  al Qaeda, 26, 37, 102–3, 108, 209–10, 213, 233, 285, 352–53

  Afghanistan and, 20, 84

  comparisons between IS and, 36, 217–18, 220

  Guantanamo and, 204, 302, 305

  killing leaders of, 25, 72, 211–12, 215

  terrorism and, 15–16, 35, 210, 215, 276–77, 302, 305

  American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 290

  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 303–4

  American Revolution, 320–21

  American University, 246

  Ames, Aldrich, 95

  “Anatomy of Russia Information Warfare, The” (Darczewska), 171

  Angleton, James Jesus, 95

  Annie, Operation, 79–80

  Ansar al Sharia, 210

  Ansari, Hossein Jaberi, 269

  Anthem, 123, 125, 152, 327

  Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, 86–87, 98

  anti-bullying, 290

  Anton, Michael, 293–95

  Arab Spring, 15, 213

  Russia and, 173, 192

  social media and, 26–27

  Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 98

  Aro, Jessikka, 187–88

  Asculai, Ephraim, 247

  Ashiyane Digital Security Team, 268

  Asia Pivot, 353

  Assad, Bashar, 205, 223

  Assange, Julian, 162–63

  Associated Press, 24–25

  Athar, Sohaib, 25

  Atlantic Monthly, 204–7, 239, 245

  Awakening Movement (Sunni Arab National Front for the Salvation of Iraq), 224

  Awlaki, Anwar al-, 277–78

  Badiucao, 38–39

  Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-, 196, 208–9, 274, 343

  Mosul and, 216–17

  Bank of Hawaii, 82

  Bebber, Jake, 134

  Benghazi attack, 5, 68, 210

  Bennett, Bruce, 47–49

  Berezovsky, Boris, 156–57

  Beseda, Sergei, 168

  Biden, Joe, 88

  Big Data Project, The, 326–28

  Bill of Rights, 310

  bin Laden, Osama, 217

  killing of, 25, 72, 209–10, 212, 215

  Black Book of Communism, The (Courtois et al.), 289n

  BlackEnergy, 178, 181, 185

  blacks, 83, 296, 307

  police shootings of, 292–93

  Blair, Dennis C., 93

  Bloomberg Business, 259

  Blumenthal, Sidney, 73

  Bo Guagua, 41

  Boston Globe, 298–99

  Boston Marathon bombing, 25, 278

  Bowman Dam attack, 266–69

  Bo Xilai, 41

  Breedlove, Philip M., 189–91

  Brennan, John, 285–86, 305

  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 17–18

  Broad, William, 166

  Broadcasting Board of Governors, 8, 99–100

  Brownback, Sam, 351

  Brussels attack, 19, 32, 205

  Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 84–85

  Bukovsky, Vladimir, 159–60

  Bush, George H. W., 146, 244, 342

  Bush, George W., 101–2, 211, 241, 289, 302

  Iraq invasion and, 205, 207

  BYZANTINE HADES, 129–30

  Cable News Project, The, 331–32

  Cairo University, 200–202, 245–46

  Calpine attack, 266

  Cambridge University, 150, 289

  Carlin, John, 122–23

  Carr, Jeffrey, 60

  Carter, Ashton, 36, 306–7

  IS and, 228–29

  Russia and, 184–85

  Carter, Jimmy, 83–84

  Iran and, 202, 213

  Casey, William, 88, 96

  Center for Security Policy, 214–15

  Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, 37, 103–8

  Centers for Nonviolent Faith, 345

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 77, 81, 88–91, 95–96, 111, 240

  China and, 128, 136, 151

  and criticisms of Gertz, 9–10

  Guantanamo security breach and, 302–5

  The Interview and, 45, 49

  Iran and, 234, 236, 241, 269

  IS and, 223–24, 285–86

  Islamic terrorism and, 18, 209–10

  OSS and, 79–80

  politicization of, 82, 84

  Russia and, 191–92

  social media and, 5, 18

  Chamberlain, Neville, 232

  Chen, Kathy, 37–38

  China, 1, 9, 21, 55, 59, 75–76, 91, 106, 109–52, 187, 195, 314–16, 338–43

  anti-American factions in, 149–50

  Broadcasting Board of Governors and, 99–100

  Clinton email scandal and, 68, 71

  communism in, 4, 6, 25, 30, 37–39, 41, 97, 110, 112, 114–16, 129, 132, 134–35, 137, 142–45, 147, 151, 201, 207, 290–91, 307, 329, 339–40, 350, 353

  cyberattacks and, 11, 41, 43, 49, 114–15, 118, 121–31, 139, 144, 152, 163, 182, 258, 327, 341

  disrupting and taking action against, 127–29

  dissidents in, 15, 97

  economy of, 143, 147, 151, 340–41

  expansionism of, 20, 315, 332, 340

  Google and, 114–15

  indicting hackers of, 121–26

  Information America and, 326–27, 329–33, 339

  information warfare capabilities of, 252–53, 258, 326–27, 329–33, 339–41

  information warfare goals of, 115, 117–18, 138–40, 149–50

  in information warfare scenarios, 40–43, 109–14

  information warfare strategy and weapons of, 116–18, 126, 132–41, 143–46, 150

  Iran and, 150, 232, 249

  iWar policy proposal on, 340–43

  Long March and, 201, 297

  North Korea and, 40–43, 63, 150, 350

  nuclear weapons and, 4, 40–43, 114, 132–35, 141, 144, 146, 150–51, 239, 340–41, 353

  reformist regimes in, 135, 151

  roots of information warfare in, 134–37

  social media and, 30, 37–39, 120–21, 152, 338–39

  South China Sea campaign of, 117–21, 132, 147–49, 332

  special information warfare attacks of, 139–40

  supremacist worldview of, 143–44

  Three Warfares of, 131–32, 314, 326, 341

  Tiananmen Square massacre in, 114–15, 146, 244, 342

  U.S. policies of conciliation toward, 145–51

  U.S. trade with, 111, 125

  China (Menges), 341

  “China: The Three Warfares,” 150

  China Central Television

  (CCTV), 99–100, 116, 145, 331

  China Daily, 116

  China Digital Times, 143

  China Netcom, 51

  China Threat, The (Gertz), 151

  Christianity, 212, 281, 287, 310

  civil rights, 83, 292, 308, 310

  Clapper, James, 64

  Iran and, 252–53, 258

  Russia and, 172, 180

  Clark, Bill, 96

  Clarridge, Duane “Dewey,” 224

  Cleaver, Operation, 264

  climate change, 148, 207, 306–7

  Clinton, Bill, 70, 74

  Clinton, Hillary, 235, 309

  Alinsky
and, 301–2

  counterterrorism and, 103–4

  Egypt and, 213–14

  email scandal of, 68–76

  leaked speeches of, 166–67

  presidential elections and, 28, 69, 74–75, 161–62, 166–67, 273, 286–87, 301, 311

  Russia and, 68, 71, 73, 161–62, 166–67

  SAPs and, 72–73

  Codevilla, Angelo, 82, 309, 311, 319–20

  Cold War, 4, 9, 52, 76, 81–82, 86, 89–90, 97–98, 105, 114, 116, 146, 169, 203, 342

  Comey, James, 292

  Clinton email scandal and, 69–71, 74–75

  Orlando nightclub shooting and, 276–77

  Sony cyberattack and, 49, 51–52

  communists, communism, 9, 84, 91, 94, 175, 297–98

  in China, 4, 6, 25, 30, 37–39, 41, 97, 110, 112, 114–16, 129, 132, 134–35, 137, 142–45, 147, 151, 201, 207, 290–91, 307, 329, 339–40, 350, 353

  Cold War and, 81–82, 89

  in North Korea, 40, 44–45, 56, 333, 349–50

  in Soviet Union, 37, 89, 230, 289, 345

  U.S. education system, 288–89

  Congress, U.S., 96, 98, 102, 104, 223

  Clinton email scandal and, 68, 71, 74–75

  Iran and, 236, 240, 249, 252, 258, 262–63, 270

  and need for information warfare tools, 351–52

  Russia and, 158, 172, 180

  SDI and, 86–89

  U.S. information warfare failures and, 77, 88–89

  see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

  conservatives, 30, 98, 260, 309, 347

  left and, 287–88, 295

  SDI and, 86–87, 89

  social media and, 338–39

  Constitution, U.S., 108, 221, 302, 309–10, 346

  Continetti, Matt, 166–67

  Cooper, Martin, 22–23

  Coronet missions, 130

  Coughlin, Stephen, 345–46

  Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), 214

  counterintelligence, 126, 279, 352

  CIA and, 302–3

  Reagan and, 95–96

  Counter–Political Correctness Program, A, 347–48

  Counterrevolution and Revolt (Marcuse), 272, 298

  Crimea, 168–72, 177, 179, 190

  critical infrastructures:

  China and, 111, 114, 129, 152

  Iran and, 252, 265–66, 270

  Russia and, 177–81, 183–86

  Cruz, Ted, 27–28

  Cultural Revolution, 135, 290–91

  cyberattacks, cyberwarfare, 2, 6, 20–21, 109, 113–15

  agreements on, 152, 182–83

  China and, 11, 41, 43, 49, 114–15, 118, 121–31, 139, 144, 152, 163, 182, 258, 327, 341

  DarkSeoul and, 50–51

  Information America and, 334–35

  on Internet, 11–12

  Iran and, 62, 185, 241–44, 251–53, 256–71

  IS and, 228–29

  NIEs on, 128, 257–58

  North Korea and, 40–45, 47, 49–52, 55–66, 165, 258–59

  Obama’s conciliatory approach to, 163–64

  Russia and, 11, 60, 73, 160–67, 176–86, 189, 258, 343

  on Sands, 258–64, 266

  on Sony, 40, 43–45, 47, 49–52, 55–66, 165, 259

  timetable on, 264

  U.S. presidential elections and, 160–68

  Cyber Command, U.S., 59, 126, 134, 152, 183, 185–86

  IS and, 228–29

  Sands cyberattack and, 262–63

  cyber reconnaissance:

  Iran and, 261, 266

  Russia and, 180–81

  cyberstalking, 188

  Cyber Warfare Guidance Bureau (Unit 121), 50–51, 55, 63–64

  Dabiq, 18

  Dalian Wanda, 329

  Darczewska, Jolanta, 170–71

  DarkSeoul cyberattacks, 50–51

  Dark Web, 227–28

  data analytics, data mining, 126, 255

  counterterrorism and, 106–7

  Information America and, 326–28

  DCLeaks.com, 164–68

  Declaration of Independence, 310

  Defense Department, U.S. (DoD), 10, 36, 62, 92–93, 102, 105, 240, 305–8

  China and, 6, 122, 128, 130–32, 136, 150–51, 342

  climate change and, 306–7

  Iran and, 237, 251, 254, 262

  IS and, 224–26, 228–29

  9/11 attack on, 199, 201, 316–17

  Russia and, 184–85, 193–95, 352

  SDI and, 86, 88, 92

  Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 65, 179, 284

  China and, 6, 128–29

  deGraffenreid, Kenneth E., 95–97

  Demarest, Joe, 58–59

  democracy, 4, 21, 26, 39, 81, 87, 97, 165, 260, 294, 298

  China and, 15, 143, 146, 151, 332–33, 340–42

  Egypt and, 213–14

  Information America and, 315, 326, 330, 332–33, 338

  Iran and, 84, 234–35, 348–49, 353

  PC and, 7–8

  Russia and, 153, 186, 333, 339, 342–43

  Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 314

  Democracy Promotion Project/Human Rights Promotion Project, The, 332–34

  Democratic National Convention (DNC), 160–64, 298–99

  Democrats, Democratic Party, 147, 236, 294, 300

  SDI and, 87–89

  U.S. information warfare failures and, 77, 88–89

  U.S. presidential elections and, 27–28, 69, 160–63, 167–68, 296, 311

  Dempsey, Martin, 317

  Deng Xiaoping, 151

  disinformation operations, 2, 13, 20, 70, 83, 351

  Active Measures Working Group and, 90–97, 325–26

  China and, 119, 187

  counter-, 6, 88, 95, 325–26

  on Gertz by Soviets, 89–91

  Information America and, 315, 322, 325–26, 332

  Iran and, 236, 238–39, 252

  Russia and, 159, 172, 174, 186, 189, 314, 352

  on SDI, 87–89

  on spreading AIDS, 91, 93–94

  distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), 12, 256

  Donnelly, Elaine, 308

  Donovan, William “Wild Bill,” 67, 80–81

  drone strikes, 72–73, 318

  Islamic terrorism and, 108, 208–9, 211–12, 277

  Drudge, Matt, 30–31

  Dugin, Aleksandr, 173–74

  Dunford, Joseph, 229

  Dyn, 11–12

  eBizMBA, 23–24

  Edry, Idan Udi, 184

  Egypt, 26, 91, 205, 207, 224, 345

  Muslim Brotherhood and, 213–15

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 28, 79–80

  electromagnetic pulse (EMP) shock waves, 269–70

  email, 39, 61, 106, 259, 304

  Chinese hackers and, 122, 125

  Clinton scandal and, 68–76

  The Interview and, 47–48, 61

  phishing and, 49–50

  Russia and, 161–67, 181, 190–91

  Emrich, Matthew, 17

  Enemies (Gertz), 48n

  Energy Department, U.S., 112–13

  Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 214

  European Union, 159, 169

  Iran and, 232, 248

  Evanina, William, 126

  Facebook, 5, 23–24, 26, 29–35, 39

  censoring of, 33–35, 338–39

  counterterrorism and, 32–34, 105–6

  Information America and, 326–27

  IS and, 105–6, 196, 227, 275

  number of users of, 24, 30–31

  Orlando nightclub shooting and, 274–75

  post monitoring of, 34–35

  presidential elections and, 27, 31

  Failure Factory, The (Gertz), 78n

  Fallujah, 286

  Fanell, James, 116

  Farhang Azma Communications Company, 254

  Farook, Syed Rizwan, 197–99, 278

  Farrell, Chris, 279

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 57–61, 83, 111,
122, 161, 199, 292, 352

  Clinton email scandal and, 69–75

  Orlando nightclub shooting and, 276–81

  Sony cyberattack and, 49, 51–52, 57–59

  training agents in, 278–79

  Feith, Douglas, 102

  Finland, 187–88

  FireEye, 15

  Firoozi, Hamid, 268–69

  Fitzgerald, Patrick J., 304–5

  Flynn, Michael, 129

  Fort Hood shooting, 15–16, 277

  Founding Fathers, 272–73, 311, 314, 320–22, 347

  Fox, Clare, 289–91

  Free China, 340–43

  Gadhafi, Moammar, 207–8

  Gale Wind-12 (Shtorm-12), 192

  gays, 273, 290, 293–94

  Orlando nightclub shooting and, 280–82

  GCHQ, 52

  Georgia, 172

  Gerasimov, Valery, 153

  Germany, 17, 169

  East, 85, 89–90, 95

  Iran and, 232, 249–50

  Nazi, 35, 79–81, 232, 236

  World War II and, 78–81, 232

  Gershaneck, Kerry, 146–47

  Ge Xing, 120–21

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 27

  Global Engagement Center, 105–8

  Global Times, 38, 132–34, 142–43

  Global Zero, 239

  Goldberg, Jeffrey, 204–7, 239, 245

  Google, 5, 24, 114–15

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 94, 173

  Gorka, Sebastian, 218, 228, 281

  Gortney, William, 184–85

  Greenert, Jonathan, 142

  Guandolo, John, 278

  Guantanamo Bay detention center, 204, 211

  security breach at, 302–5

  Guardian, 160, 292

  Guardians of Peace, 55–56, 61

  Guccifer 2.0, 162–63, 165

  gun control, 280, 307

  Halper, Stefan, 131–32, 150

  Hamas, 233, 250

  Hamilton, Alexander, 321, 330

  “Hamilton” Project, The, 330

  Hard Choices (Clinton), 235

  Harris, Harry, 184–85

  Hassan, Nidal, 277

  Hawsawi, Mustafa Ahmed al–, 303–5

  Helms, Jesse, 98

  Hezbollah, 233, 248, 250, 276

  Higgins, Richard, 345–46

  Hirai, Kazuo, 47

  Hitler, Adolf, 80–81

  Hollywood Project, The, 328–30

  Homeland Security Department, U.S. (DHS), 17, 50, 104, 281

  China and, 125–26, 128

  radical Islam and, 284–85

  Russia and, 164–65, 181, 185

  Honecker, Erich, 89–90

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 82–83

  House of Representatives, U.S., 68, 76, 125

  Intelligence Permanent Select Committee of, 162, 180, 258

  see also Congress, U.S.

  Huang Hanwen, 109

  Hudson Institute, 122, 141n

  Huffington, Arianna, 28

  Hughes, Karen, 102

  human rights, 159, 352

  China and, 38–39, 115

  Islamic terrorism and, 201, 208

  North Korea and, 47, 61, 63, 65

  Hunter, Robert E., 99

  Hussain, Rashad, 105

  hybrid warfare, 170, 172, 175–76, 187, 189–90, 314

 

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