The best form of gossip is always laced with the truth. It’s the same with active measures (AM) used to shape the perceptions, beliefs, emotions and actions of an adversary to disorientate, disrupt and fuel internal dissent. It’s political and psychological warfare. AM includes propaganda, counterfeiting official documents, inserting false information into factual reports, as well as political repression through a bewildering mix of truth and lies.
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