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Journalism:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitte...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-secretly-created-cuban-twi...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/usaid-effort-t...

There's a bunch of programs like these. CANVAS for example works with the US government to stir dissent in VZ. Similar to how the US then uses crackdowns on its clandestine programs as illustrations of a corrupt VZ government when the Cuban government cracked down on phones due to US messaging programs (both to SMS and through apps like ZunZuneo) it was criticized by the US government for cracking down on civil rights. This is also similar to (project UNITER) activity by the CIA in organizing the Euromaiden protests and for shell media companies in Ukraine, and the following cry about the crackdown on 'civil society' there.

These things are incredibly smart, of course, and I'm glad our government has these capabilities and is so good at it. But there's also a level at which some debates need to be had and while specific programs and details hurt national security a general conversation among the people on what sorts of tactics they approve of and what boundaries should be in place in this murky area of law should be a good thing.