The North Korean National Defense Commission, led by Kim Jong-un, says the Obama administration is behind the production of Sony Pictures The Interview, a film featuring the assassination of the North Korean president. It is unlikely Obama was directly involved in the production of the movie, which Sony pulled after theaters were allegedly targeted. A more likely collaborator is the CIA, known for working closely with Hollywood on propaganda projects. The CIA has engaged in psychological operations since its inception, a task it inherited from the pre-CIA Office of Policy Coordination, with oversight by the Department of State. CIA involvement in media increased under Operation Mockingbird, created by Wall Street lawyer Frank Wisner and coordinated by Philip Graham of The Washington Post. This connection between the agency and the establishment media was underscored recently when Udo Ulfkotte, a former editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the largest newspapers in Germany, admitted he worked for the CIA. Wisner also collaborated with Hollywood during the Cold War. In 1996, the CIA admitted it has long had an Entertainment Liaison Office, which collaborates in a strictly advisory capacity with film-makers, according to The Guardian. It was headed up by Chase Brandon, a cousin of actor Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gores college roommate. In addition to influencing fictional movies, the CIA has specialized in rewriting history. Evidence of continuing efforts by the CIA to propagandize the American people surfaced in 2013 when the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 passed as part of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The film, North Koreas response to it, and the as of yet unsubstantiated claim by the U.S. that North Korea is behind the Sony attack will likely result in the country once again being placed on the U.S. governments list of state sponsors of terrorism. It was removed in 2008 by the Bush administration during diplomatic negotiations over North Koreas nuclear program. North Korea insists it has nothing to do with the Sony hack.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:33:20 +0000