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In 2017, "Terrorism" dropped from being the #2 fear of US citizens in 2016 to #22! Their biggest fear was "corrupt government officials", up 15% in one year to 75%.
In 2017 the legal, ideological and technical foundations of internet censorship were expanded under the veil of the pretext of "counter-terrorism". US adults' biggest fear continued to be, not "terrorism" but "corrupt government officials".

In 2017 the phrase "deep state" was widely (with contrasting definitions) used by the commercially-controlled media. This followed their introduction of the "Fake News" meme in November 2016. 2017 saw reports of censorship of many the 200 sites listed by PropOrNot, including Naked Capitalism, Truthdig and Counterpunch and an April adjustment of Google's search algorithm to send less visitors to progressive websites. The case Saleh v. Bush was concluded in February 2017, and the Bush administration officials deemed not guilty of war crimes since "The actions that (Bush administration officials) took in connection with the Iraq War were part of their official duties". The ADL reported that "Anti-Semitic Incidents Surged Nearly 60% in 2017", although this finding has been criticised.

Deep state exposure

Full article: Deep state/2017 Popularisation

After years of being ignored, the phrase "deep state" became popular after the 2016 US Presidential election and in early 2017 had a huge rise in popularity, particularly in the case of the US Deep State. In February, the Trump administration shut down the 7th floor group.

2017 Refugee False Flag

Full article: 2017 Refugee False Flag

The 2017 Refugee False Flag plot was never carried out, after carelessness in Vienna airport lead to its being exposed

In April, carelessness by 'Franco A.', an officer of the German Bundeswehr, lead to uncovering of the False Flag plot after he was arrested with a firearm in Vienna airport. Having created a fake Syrian identity in 2015, he was charged in 2017 with two conspirators for planning an "act of state-threatening violence". The commercially-controlled media reported on their arrest, but did not spend long on their case. They were released in November 2017 on grounds of lack of evidence.

Shadow brokers

The year continued to feature various leaks, including a leak of intelligence agency hacking tools, which were offered for sale by a group calling itself Shadow Brokers.

"Fake News"

Full article: “Fake News”

The "Fake News website" meme introduced in November 2016 appears to have been intended to smear websites to bolster faith in the commercially-controlled media, was quickly reduced to the issue of "fake news". Global efforts were underway in 2017 to try to automate censorship (a.k.a. "fact checking") and crack down on whistleblowers. In the UK, Conservative MP Damian Collins is heading an inquiry into combatting the so-called "fake news" problem, which is reportedly considering increasing the maximum punishment for publishing real information online, from 2 years to 14 years. Various commentators have suggested that the net effect of the "fake news" meme may have been a type of blowback - encouraging everyone to be more critical consumers of news, checking facts and sources.

"War On Terror"

The Home Office tweet announcing that they would set up a new commission to "counter extremism".

Full article: War On Terror

In January, outgoing US president Barack Obama signed Executive Order 12333. This expanded the provision for mass surveillance by removing legal restrictions on the NSA sharing intercepted raw data with agencies including the FBI, the DEA, and the Department of Homeland Security.

In UK three acts of "Muslim terrorism" in the run up to the General Election continued the "War On Terror". They had little detectable affect upon the election result.

Action Counters Terrorism

Full article: Action Counters Terrorism

In March 2017, the UK government - still unreceptive to the population's growing doubts about the 9/11 official narrative - re-branded its "counter terrorism" activity by launching a campaign entitled "Action Counters Terrorism".

"Commission for Countering Extremism"

Full article: Commission for Countering Extremism

After the Manchester bombing, the UK Home Office announced their intention to set up a "Commission for Countering Extremism‎" with an unusually militaristic photo (left) which was criticised fairly widely.

UK General Election

Full article: UK/2017 General Election

In UK the Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election when her party was a long way ahead in the polls, aiming to increase her parliamentary majority. The opposition Jeremy Corbyn however defied predictions by closing the gap and increasing the seats held by the Labour Party, resulting in a hung parliament, leading the Tories to form a coalition with the DUP.

Young people in particular were heavily in support of the Labour party. The UK suffered three acts of "terrorism" during the election campaign, the 2017 Westminster attack, the Manchester Bombing & the June 2017 London attack. In spite of heavy coverage by the commercially-controlled media, these did not appear to greatly influence the election outcome, which was a hung parliament and an increased support for the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn.

 

Events

Event	Date	Description
Al-Salam weapons deal		A large arms deal signed during the government of Tony Blair.
Saleh v. Bush		A legal claim that the Iraq war was an illegal act of aggression, dismissed in 2017 by the Westfall Act since it was carried out by US government employees within the scope of their employment.
Elsagate
2017 Refugee False Flag		A failed attack which appears to have been intended as a false flag to be blamed on Syria.
Russiagate
Danske Bank money laundering scandal
War on Journalism		The "War on Journalism" is a global campaign to try to suppress fact-based reporting. It is a deep state response to increased awareness of big media's mendacity and that many "democracies" offer their citizens no real choice.
Russia’s Strategy on NATO'S Eastern and Southern Flanks		A CIDOB/The Institute for Statecraft/NATO meeting
Brexit
Wikileaks/Vault 7
Action Counters Terrorism		A replacement for the highly criticised Prevent "branding platform" of "counter-terrorism".
2017 Westminster attack		A combined vehicle assault and stabbing at an iconic London location
2017 Manchester bombing
Reframing Russia		An IfS/II discussed project about "The RT Challenge" which was publicly launched in 2019, not under the II/IfS name.
Bilderberg/2017		The 65th Bilderberg Meeting
June 2017 London attack
Grenfell Tower fire
Answering Russia's Strategic Narratives
Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty
A World in Flux: The Future of Democracy Europe and the Middle East
Democracy and Propaganda - Can independent media defend universal values?		An EED "fake news" conference in Ukraine
2017 Las Vegas shooting		The most deadly mass shooting in US history, one about which many questions - most particularly "Why?" - remain unanswered. The original official narrative of a single "lone nut" shooter was confused as of February 2018.
Paradise Papers		A set of 13.4 million confidential electronic documents about use of tax havens to house around $10 trillion. The highly skewed nature of the exposure (very little from the US) suggest it was a modified hangout
Wikileaks/Vault 8		A leak of some of the source code of the Vault 7 leaks.

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Commission for Countering Extremism			A "counter-extremism" group set up after the 2017 Manchester bombing.
EU Disinfolab			II aligned group focused on "Russian Propaganda"
Security Without Borders
Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Spain			The Integrity Initiative's first foreign cluster, set up in Spain in January 2017
Democracy Integrity Project
Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Netherlands			The Integrity Initiative's Dutch Cluster, set up with help from the Dutch MOD
Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Leaders
Credibility Coalition			fact checker
Red Tape Initiative
UN/Office of Counter-Terrorism		Agency
Alliance for Securing Democracy			"A well-funded national security advocacy group"
Lawyers Committee for 911 Inquiry		Charity	A organisation of professionals seeking legal accountability for the events of 9-11 and the prosecution of those responsible
Octant
Labour Against The Witchhunt
Labour Against the Witchhunt

 

New Websites

Event	Image	URL	Description
BitChute		https://bitchute.com/	Video hosting website. Alternative to YouTube
Saidit		https://saidit.net	A less corporate Reddit.

 

Groups that were Wound Up

Group	Image	Description
British Bankers' Association		A trade association for bankers which was working with the Integrity Initiative.

 

==Quotations== 

Deaths

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Cause of death	Summary	Description
John Pomian	16 March 1924	2017				Multi-Bilderberg Polish nobleman who settled in the UK
Nuno Brederode Santos	1944	2017
George Krimsky	1942	2017			Journalist	US journalist that was part of Cold War propaganda apparatus
Luc Coene	11 March 1947	5 January 2017			Economist Central banker	Belgian central banker
Udo Ulfkotte	20 January 1960	13 January 2017			Journalist Editor	Former editor of a German broadsheet who exposed press corruption while also subscribing to an Islamophobic narrative.
Vahit Halefoglu	19 November 1919	21 January 2017	Turkey Istanbul		Diplomat Politician	Turkish politician
Tam Dalyell	9 August 1932	26 January 2017	Scotland West Lothian			Former Labour MP who posed the "West Lothian Question"
John R. Simpson	13 February 1932	10 February 2017
Omar Abdel-Rahman	3 May 1938	18 February 2017
Vitaly Churkin	21 February 1952	20 February 2017	New York United States		Diplomat
Peter Corterier	19 June 1936	22 February 2017			Politician	Double Bilderberg possible German deep state functionary
David Rockefeller	12 June 1915	20 March 2017	New York United States Pocantico Hills		Financier Deep politician Billionaire	US deep politician. CFR founder. Only person to attend over 50 Bilderberg meetings.
Robert Silvers	31 December 1929	20 March 2017	New York		Editor
Martin McGuinness	23 May 1950	21 March 2017	Northern Ireland Derry	Amyloidosis
Khalid Masood	25 December 1964	22 March 2017	London Westminster UK
Denis Voronenkov	10 April 1971	23 March 2017	Ukraine Kiev		Politician	A vocal critic of Vladimir Putin. Assassinated in 2017.
Deane Hinton	12 March 1923	28 March 2017			Diplomat
Klaus Liesen	15 April 1931	30 March 2017	Germany Essen		Businessperson
Giovanni Sartori	13 May 1924	4 April 2017	Italy Florence		Academic
Sheila Abdus-Salaam	14 March 1952	12 April 2017	New York United States		Judge	A US judge
Piero Ottone	3 August 1924	16 April 2017	Italy Camogli		Journalist
Luigi Ramponi	30 May 1930	5 May 2017	Italy Rome		Spook
Hugh Thomas	21 October 1931	7 May 2017			Author Historian
Roger Ailes	15 May 1940	18 May 2017	United States Florida Palm Beach		Media mogul
Peter Marychurch	13 June 1927	21 May 2017			Spook	A former head of GCHQ.
Alistair Horne	9 November 1925	25 May 2017			Journalist
Zbigniew Brzezinski	28 March 1928	26 May 2017	United States Virginia Falls Church		Politician Deep politician	US Deep politician, Cercle, Bilderberg, ...
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	18 October 1918	29 May 2017	Greece Athens		Politician
Adnan Khashoggi	25 July 1935	6 June 2017	London England		Arms Dealer	Multi-billionare arms dealer.
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann	5 February 1933	8 June 2017	Nicaragua Managua		Diplomat Politician Priest
Barbara Kulaszka	1953	15 June 2017		Cancer	Lawyer
Helmut Kohl	3 April 1930	16 June 2017	Germany Ludwigshafen
Mats Johansson		24 June 2017
Torvild Aakvaag	27 January 1927	9 July 2017			Businessperson	Single Bilderberg Director General of Norsk Hydro
Klaus Eberwein	1957	12 July 2017	US Florida Miami	Gunshot	Businessperson	A Haitian government official and businessman who was found dead a week before he was due to testify before the Haitian Senate’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
Anders Bjorgerd	8 November 1920	18 July 2017			Businessperson	Swedish oil exec
John DeCamp	6 July 1941	27 July 2017			Author Politician
Enzo Bettiza	7 July 1927	28 July 2017	Italy Rome		Author Journalist Politician	Novelist, journalist and politician who attended the 1974 Bilderberg Meeting
Marshall I. Goldman	26 July 1930	2 August 2017	United States Massachusetts Cambridge		Academic Economist
Jim Marrs	5 December 1943	2 August 2017	United States Texas Springtown	Heart attack	Author Researcher Journalist
Ernst Zündel	24 April 1939	5 August 2017	Germany Baden-Württemberg Bad Wildbad		Truth Seeker Revisionist historian	Nicknamed the "Revisionist Dynamo" for his dogged revisionist truth campaigning. Perhaps more than any other Revisionist he has caused the veracity of the official narrative of The Holocaust to be scrutinised and discussed.
Helen Alexander	10 February 1957	5 August 2017		Cancer	Businessperson	President of the Confederation of British Industry.
Kevin McNamara	5 September 1934	6 August 2017	Formby England		Politician
Feyyaz Berker	7 October 1925	22 August 2017			Businessperson	spooky Turkish businessman, Turkish Industry and Business Association chair
Isaac Irving Davidson	19 January 1921	September 2017			Deep state actor
Ford M. Fraker		4 September 2017	US Massachusetts Nantucket		Diplomat Banker Deep state functionary
Serif Mardin	1927	6 September 2017	Turkey Istanbul		Sociologist	The "doyen of Turkish sociology"
Allan MacEachen	6 July 1921	12 September 2017	Nova Scotia Antigonish		Politician	Both Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Canada/President of the Privy Council twice
Brian Barder	20 June 1934	19 September 2017	London Trinity Hospice		Diplomat Activist
Daniel Yankelovich	29 December 1924	22 September 2017			Pollster
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