I know that there is a Wall Street protest because I listen to Thom Hartmann; I watch his show and read his books.

I know that there is a Wall Street protest because I listen to Nicole Sandler, Jack Rice, Mike Papantonio, Mike Malloy, and many other tak show hosts, political pundits, and celebrities.

I also monitor the major news networks: CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX. I have used the Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube venues to inquire as to why the Wall Street Protests ae not being televised by the major news networks, only to have my comments removed, and my questions unanswered.

I wonder why the Conservative Media will not answer my questions. I wonder why they will not report the Wall Street protests, or make mention of the police brutality and civil rights violations…

…but, most of all; I wonder what all of the good, hardworking news anchors will do, when their services are no longer needed.

There is no such thing as mental rape. Mental rape does not exist, unless it involves insertion of a penis into the victim’s mind. Psychobabble is very real, and it features ambiguous terms like “Mental Rape”, to falsely indentify/and/or link a psychological attack with a physical attack that may result in both physical, and emotional damage.

You will not get pregnant from mental rape. You will not get sexually transmitted diseases from mental rape. You will not show signs of physical damage after a mental rape. You will not need rape counseling, aids medication, or dialysis as a result of mental rape.

“Mental Rape” is just as disingenuous as the term “Gentle Rape”, so when you hear someone use that term, call them out. Rape involves a penis, an oviduct, and forced penetration. Sexual attacks other than that may be listed under “sodomy” or “molestation”, but all forms of sexual molestation, sodomy, and rape, require physical contact.

Eavesdropping was one of the ways the Continentals gathered information. The British took over a room in Lydia Darragh’s home in Philadelphia. That resulted in the opportunity to eavesdrop on their secret meetings. While she was eavesdropping on one of the meetings, she learned of a surprise attack against the Continentals. She passed the information along to her son, who was a lieutenant for the Continentals. When George Washington received the information, all of his army prepared for the attack. When the British came to “surprise” the Continentals, they quickly found out that their attack wasn’t a surprise anymore, and they retreated.

Another way the Continentals gathered information, was by intercepting it from the enemy. For example, Benedict Arnold and Maj. John Andre were trying to sell a fortress at West Point for a half-million dollars, in present currency, to the British. They would have gotten away with it if three militiamen hadn’t intercepted Andre in his journey to New York. When Andre was captured, the plans were found in his boot. Andre was hanged shortly after, ending the scheme.

Disinformation was one of Washington’s most successful tactics during the Revolutionary War. A magazine published information that the Continentals only had 300 kegs of gunpowder, nine rounds per soldier. Washington spread the lie that he actually had 1800 barrels. The piece of disinformation was also spread throughout the Continental Army to give them encouragement about their strength.

Washington also used disinformation for preventing an attack from happening. The British commander, Henry Clinton, sent six-thousand troops from New York on transport ships to attack French ships in Rhode Island. Because of a spy named Robert Townsend, who figured out the plan, Washington disinformed the British about a huge attack the Continentals were about to make on Clinton’s base in New York. Clinton recalled the troops, prepared, and waited weeks for an attack that never came.

Washington also disinformed Clinton to stay in New York, while the French and the Continentals cornered Cornwallis at Yorktown, New Jersey. After three weeks, the attack from the French and the Continentals ended, and Cornwallis finally surrendered, thus ending the war.

There were also double agents and spies, who helped the Continentals. John Honeyman was a double agent who “switched” his loyalty to the British, and gained the trust of British officers. While wandering, Honeyman was captured by a Continental patrol, and was taken to Washington to be “interrogated.” None of the Continentals, except for Washington, knew Honeyman’s true loyalty. While under “interrogation”, Honeyman gave a specific description of a British garrison in Trenton, New Jersey. That night Honeyman “escaped” from the Continentals and went back to the British, telling them all about Washington’s weak army. The British at the garrison, thinking they could spend their Christmas with no worries, were surprised to be attacked by the continentals, who killed almost all of the British at the garrison.

By mid-1780 the British had assessed the size of Washington’s army, and decided to deliver a “final blow” attack that they hoped would finish them off and end the war. Right before the British arrived, an unknown spy warned Washington and his troops about the attack. With the help of the local militia, Washington and his army took some hills nearby and defeated the British. This battle would have probably ended the war, if that spy had not warned the Continentals.

As you can see, gathering information, disinformation, and double agents/spies, were three great assets to why the Revolutionary War was won by the Continentals. Each of the spies mentioned played a critical role, in one way or another, in the Revolutionary War. Disinformation and espionage played equal roles, because of George Washington’s brilliance. Without the information gathering efforts of the Revolutionary War, our country would not be what it is today.

Timeline

September 1776 - Nathan Hale is sent on a disastrous espionage mission.

December 1776 -John Honeyman gives enough vital information to the Continental Army to make an attack on the British.

Late December 1776 - George Washington and his troops attack a British stronghold in Trenton, New Jersey.

December 1777- The Continentals ward off a surprise attack made by the British, because of a spy named Lydia Darragh.

June 1780 - The Continentals win a battle against the British because of an unknown spy, who warned the Continentals about the attack.

Mid-1780 - Culper Jr. (Robert Townsend) discovers a plan made by British to destroy the French in Virginia Harbor. Washington uses disinformation to make the British stay in their fort in New York, instead of them sending troops to help the British in Virginia to destroy the French.

Mid-1780 - Cornwallis is surrounded in his fort in VA by the French and the Continentals, thus ending the Revolutionary War.

1780 – Benedict Arnold and Maj. John Andre try to sell a fortress at West Point.

Glossary

Disinformation- Telling someone erroneous information to sidetrack them from a situation.

Erroneous - Wrong/False

Townsend, Robert – an American spy who goes by the alias Culper Jr.

Darragh, Lydia – A woman who eavesdropped on the British army. She was one of the most effective spies for the Continental Army.

Hale, Nathan – An inexperienced spy for the Continental Army, who got caught spying on the British.

Honeyman, John – An American double agent.

Arnold, Benedict – A traitor to the Continental Army, who was involved with a scandal to sell a fortress at West Point.

Andre, Maj. John – One of Benedict Arnold’s top spies. Also involved with the West Point scandal.

Sources

• Fleming, Thomas, “George Washington, Spymaster”, American Heritage, 51 (February/March 2000): 38.
• Erwin Knoll, “The Spy Game”, Progressive, 56 (January 1992): 36

The Allies realized that they needed to prevent the Germans from sending reinforcements from one position to the other. To prevent that from happening, the Allies needed to convince the Germans that the Normandy invasion was only one in a series of attacks that the Germans would have to defend.

That is why the Allies, especially the British, went to great lengths to provide the Germans with misinformation about the planned invasion. Using captured German codes and double agents, they sent messages to German intelligence indicating that the invasion army was much larger than it actually was and that the main attack would come at Calais in Northern France. They also played up the possibility of other attacks from Norway, Italy, the South of France, Greece, and the Balkans.

Because the Germans were not sure where the invasion would come, they had to keep all of their garrisons manned and could not concentrate their resources on any one spot. To what extent they did concentrate their forces, they concentrate in Calais, instead of Normandy where the attack was actually planned.

The ruse went far beyond simple misinformation, however. The Allies created two bogus armies including the First United States Army Group and they went to enormous lengths to make the Germans believe that they were actually full of thousands of men. Indeed, those armies were initially filled with men assigned to “real” armies preparing for Operation Overlord (D-Day).

In addition, British intelligence created inflatable tanks and plywood battleships to accompany the tent city and base where the army was supposedly housed. Care was taken to move the vehicles at night and add tire tracks when possible. Since the ships were in range of German guns on the coast, the few “real” people assigned to the FUSAG and its counterpart used fireworks to simulate damage.

While a close look at these fake armies would have made it clear that they were fake, they looked real enough for German surveillance planes flying high above Britain. The legitimate looking reconnaissance photos those planes took and the disinformation that the Germans were being fed by Allied intelligence convinced the Germans, including Hitler, that there were really three armies in Britain all preparing for an invasion.

The Germans might have suspected that it was all a ruse if the Allies had entrusted placed know-name generals at the head of the fake armies. That is why General George Patton, a man renowned for his toughness at the head of the First United States Army Group. The Germans regarded him highly and were convinced that he would lead the assault on Europe. Since his forces appeared ready to attack Calais, the Germans dared not move transfer any soldier from Calais to Normandy, where the attack actually happened.

Patton played his part well, although almost certainly despising it. He had been relieved of command after slapping and verbally abusing as cowards soldiers coming from the front lines with combat fatigue. His actions had caused such a controversy that, talented though he was as a military commander, he was removed form command. His reputation remained, however, and was instrumental in making the disinformation campaign successful.

All of the efforts at tricking the Germans paid off after the attack on Normandy was under way. Convinced by reports that said that the attack on Normandy was just a ruse to get the Germans to move men away from Calais in advance of the real Allied assault, Hitler refused to reinforce Normandy even after the attack on it began.

Weeks into the Allied assault and even after Patton had taken command of the Third Army, the Germans still kept men stationed at Calais. By that point, however, it was too late for those men to be of much help.