: Leaked Open Society Foundation Document: 2016 The Last
: Presidential Election

How to put this ...

I seemed to me that the body of the report reads as something insane but possibly real. Its words are callous, cynical, and almost unimaginably arrogant, but do seem like something a genuine group of madmen might put together.

Then I read this (my bolding):

Element: Obligatory Terror Event
Actor: Islamic State
Notes: We have worked with the Western Operations Arm of the Islamic State (ISIL) to assist an operation within the US. The leading scenario is a dirty bomb in a liberal city (Target: Seattle). NOTE: This has been controversial due to ecological impact—but the board is very enamored with the idea after having watched numerous Bruce Willis movies.

Come on - this is a joke, right? A very dark one. But still a joke.

Having read the Bruce Willis reference, I found text following that bit also has the feel in places of a "put on" - and the idea that this is a hoax shines its light back onto earlier text as well. For example (again, my bolding):

Candidate: Ted Cruz
Demographic: Christian Right. Tea Party.
Notes: Cruz is a THREAT candidate. Our analysis is that he is disciplined and hard to control. We will leverage his intense negative-charisma factor to disqualify him. Analysis suggests that we can probably get Lindsey Graham to punch him in the face.

That bit sounded mad but possibly real when I first read it, but after "Bruce Willis", it now sounds like a joke, too. :)

Your mileage may vary. :)

--hobie

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