A damning classified document has been uncovered that reveals how the CIA plans out and set off riots to destabilize governments.
In a 92-page 'playbook' written in 1983, officials mapped out how they would pay criminals and other 'agitators' to ramp up anger among ethnic minorities and students with the goal of having them riot in the streets.
This declassified document was recently brought to light on social media, amid claims that protesters in Los Angeles were being paid thousands of dollars to riot against the Trump Administration.
Several people on X have posted images of Craigslist ads promising to pay between $6,500 and $12,500 for 'tough bada--es' to enter the city during the protests.
The CIA guide entitled 'Psychological Operations' served as a manual for starting antigovernment movements in other countries, although conspiracy theorists have claimed that those tactics are being used against the White House as well.
However, no evidence has been revealed that directly connects CIA operatives with triggering violence during protests here in the US.
Originally, the CIA used this strategy of teaching guerrilla fighters how to influence people's minds to take down the Nicaraguan government, which the US viewed as a communist ally of the Soviet Union and Cuba.
The document specifically detailed how the agency would hire criminals and train professional protesters in order to make mass riots look like spontaneous uprisings against an allegedly unpopular government.
The CIA document, declassified in 2023, explained how agents would take control and organize mass gatherings and steer them towards violence against governments believed to be acting against the interests of the US intelligence community.
'The control of mass meetings in support of guerrilla warfare is carried out internally through a covert commando element, bodyguards, messengers, shock troops (incident initiators), poster carriers (also used to give signals), and slogan shouters, all under the control of the external commando element,' CIA officials wrote.
Intelligence officials broke down this plot into several steps, starting with a 'front organization.'
Guerrillas infiltrate groups like labor unions or student organizations, secretly controlling them to push anti-government ideas.
Next, guerrillas used 'armed propaganda,' acting friendly, helping communities, and showing that their weapons protect the people, not control them, in order to gain their trust.
Slogans and speeches would then provide simple, emotional sayings to excite crowds and focus their anger on the government.
The manual then suggested using small groups of trained agitators to stir up crowds at protests, making it look like a big, spontaneous movement. This could also involve paying criminals to march along with normal protesters.
These instigators would provoke violence and create 'martyrs' in the crowd to turn people against the government the CIA was hoping to bring down.
In the 1980s, the goal of this plot was to weaken the Nicaragua's Sandinista government by turning the public against it.
By winning people's hearts and minds using these tactics, the CIA hoped to create chaos through protests that undermined government control.
The guerrillas would then aim to overthrow the regime and replace it with a government friendly to US instead of the Russians.
The CIA rioting manual was aimed at the general population, especially peasants, workers, and students, pushing them to rally them against the government while avoiding being seen as terrorists.
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The "original" playbook existed in the mind of long ago CIA Director Allen Dulles. This man got his kicks planning and orchestrating coups in third world nations. I wonder what plans he hatched as a member of the Warren Commission.
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