An essential 40 min lecture on the origin story of The Blob. Thanks to Hillsdale for a beautiful event. Timestamps: Timestamps: 1:19: The Inauguration of Organized Political Warfare 11:20: NSC 10/2 and the Plausible Deniability Doctrine 15:08: Diplomacy Thru Duplicity 16:04: Smith-Mundt Act, The CIA Media Empire 19:40: The Department of Dirty Tricks 20:36: The CIA As Servant Of The State Department 23:02: 1789-1948 pre-history 29:54: 1948-1983 37:31: I learn there’s 2 mins left on the clock & need to summarize the post-1983 structural changes and post-2016 operational changes in like 3 mins 😂 I only made it a third of the way thru the lecture! 😩