The CTI Files Exposé: Unveiling the Dark Side of Anti-Disinformation Warfare

Inside the Controversial Tactics of the CTI League and Their Government Partners

In a dramatic turn of events, a whistleblower has revealed a substantial cache of documents from the CTI League (CTIL), a group purportedly combating Covid-19 misinformation. Initially underestimated, these documents, brought to light by Michael Shellenberger and Alexandra Gutentag, expose a complex web of operations involving government agencies like the DHS and FBI.

The CTIL, spearheaded by British data scientist Sara-Jayne “SJ” Terp and Navy/SOCOM technologist Pablo Breuer, was not merely a defensive group. Their tactics, now partially adopted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), reveal a more aggressive stance in the battle against disinformation.

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Many people insist that governments aren't involved in censorship, but they are. And now, a whistleblower has come forward with an explosive new trove of documents, rivaling or exceeding the Twitter Files and Facebook Files in scale and importance. pic.twitter.com/tqgSQjPIuT
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 28, 2023

What's startling is the depth of CTIL's offensive strategies. Think burner phones, fake identities, and sockpuppet accounts designed to infiltrate domestic political groups. Their operational security training includes lines like “lock your shit down” and courses titled “Persona: your spy disguise.”

The enormity of this leak is just beginning to unfold. It suggests that the FBI and DHS were not only partners but enthusiastic endorsers of these offensive tactics. The CTIL even aimed to develop a “good guy analog” to the disinformation campaigns of adversaries like Russia and China.