Active Measures Quotes

“Bittman explained how entire bureaucracies were created in the Eastern bloc in the 1960s for the purpose of bending the facts, and how these projects were proposed, authorized, and evaluated. He outlined how he learned to mix accurate details with forged ones; that for disinformation to be successful, it must “at least partially respond to reality, or at least accepted views.” He explained”
― Thomas Rid, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

“For liberal democracies in particular, disinformation represents a double threat: being at the receiving end of active measures will undermine democratic institutions—and giving in to the temptation to design and deploy them will have the same result.”
― Thomas Rid, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

“At-scale disinformation campaigns are attacks against a liberal epistemic order, or a political system that places its trust in essential custodians of factual authority.”
― Thomas Rid, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare