"Legalization of injected information": who can stand behind the publication of an article on "saboteurs" in the White House

The White House continues to search for a mysterious official in the presidential administration who wrote an article for The New York Times. In it, the anonymous author described his efforts to counter President Donald Trump. The Axios portal, citing sources in the president's office, said that Trump suspects most members of his entourage, including the most trusted persons, believes in a conspiracy directed against him, and says he lives among "snakes".

The fact that the appearance of the material is the work of the so-called deep state (Deep State), Trump personally informed his supporters who gathered for a share in his support in the state of Montana.

"No one knows who he or she is, but in order to maintain our national security, The New York Times must immediately disclose the author's name. The unelected bureaucrats of the "deep state" go against the will of the voters, promoting their secret plans - that's who really threatens democracy, "Trump said from the rostrum.

In an interview with Fox, which he gave before the event, the American president called the NYT decision to publish the material "extremely dishonest."

• Trump told his supporters that the publication of the article in The New York Times is the interests of unelected bureaucrats from the so-called deep state
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"Someone writes, but you can not refute their words, because you have no idea who the author is. It may not be a Republican or a conservative, it may be a representative of the "deep state", who has been there for a long time. It's very dishonest, but it's very unfair to our country and to the millions of people who really voted for us, "Trump told reporters Fox.

The spouse was supported also by the first lady of the country - Меланья Трамп. According to her, the author of the material and all those involved in activities aimed at thwarting Trump's work, are sabotaging against the country.

"The author of the material: you do not defend this country, you sabotage its activities with your cowardly actions," she said.

Spy, get out

After the publication of the article, Trump's associates resorted to various measures to establish the identity of the author. After the publication, the White House press secretary Sarah Sanders posted on her Twitter phone the editorial office of The New York Times to increase pressure on the newspaper's management.

At the same time, a Republican Senator from the State of Kentucky, Rand Paul, offered to test all the suspects in the authorship of the lie detector.

"Using lie detectors to check people who have a high degree of access to whether they disclose important information is a common thing. We always check the CIA agents and the FBI. If you have access to the White House, it is normal to apply a polygraph to you and ask if you are in contact with the press in violation of the rules of the White House, "he quotes The Hill.

If the author of the article is indeed a high-ranking official in the Trump administration, Senator Paul argues, it means that he can have access to secret information on the national security line, which he can also disclose to journalists.

"We need to figure out who this person is," concluded Rand Paul.

In turn, the portal WikiLeaks, after conducting a linguistic analysis of the text, came to the conclusion that its author is highly likely to be a male conservative older.

Based on our statistical analysis, anonymous Op Ed, the author is likely to be an older (58%), conservative (92%) male (66-87%). Sources should protect themselves by consulting "adverserial stylometry" and "forensic author profiling". pic.twitter.com/yfU22OveTq

"Based on our statistical analysis of the language ... the author is probably older (58%), conservative (92%), man (66-87%)," the report said.

The experts of the portal, publishing the research data, recommended that those who disseminate information anonymously, pay attention to techniques that make it difficult to establish their identity through linguistic analysis.

The journalists and experts who researched the text noted that it uses uncharacteristic language constructions for everyday speech, which can point to the identity of a mysterious author. Thus, the text uses the non-negotiable form "lodestar" (English Lodestar - RT ), often appearing in the speeches of Vice President Mike Pens.

Also in the article are separately mentioned certain "first principles" (English First principles. - RT ), which the head of the Pentagon, James Mattes, likes to mention. Both are aged men who hold conservative views and fit the author's profile, compiled by WikiLeaks.

However, the political science professor at the Moscow State University, Andrei Manoylo, in an interview with RT noted that it is unlikely that the author of the anonymous appeal is one of Trump's current entourage.

"Of the current members of Trump's environment, I think this article was not written. But the preparation could be written by any of the people whom he fired, driven by a sense of resentment. Absolutely, it was not James Mattis. Although it is known about him that he periodically objects to Trump about military operations and in his area of ​​competence. Perhaps, he tried to cover up, but he is a strong figure and supports Trump. He has an impeccable reputation, "says Manolo.

In addition to Vice President Pence and James Matthys, American media have written to the list of "suspects" the adviser to President Don McGovern, the director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow, the US special envoy to the UN Nikki Haley and even the wife of the vice president - Karen Pence. With official denial of his authorship, Pens himself, Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who, incidentally, no one in the authors wrote down.

Professor Manoilo notes that a mysterious saboteur may not exist at all.

"This technique is called" legalization of injected information through applications from pseudo-official persons. " The journalist refers to an anonymous person, ascribes to him a high position somewhere in the State Department or the presidential administration, in the intelligence community. But in fact, you can not establish the identity of this person and you can not check it too. It may not exist at all in nature, "the expert said.

• The main contenders for the role of the mysterious fighter with Trump were Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the Pentagon, James Mattis and even the US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley
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Correction for madness

The article itself is a new element of the information war that is being waged against Trump, Professor Manolo said. According to him, such actions will only intensify on the eve of the midterm elections to the US Congress, which will become the moment of truth for Trump and the Republican Party.

"This is due to the preparation of the midterm elections to the Congress, which will be held in November. For Trump, this is a matter of life and death, because if Democrats win and receive a majority in the House of Representatives, they can launch an impeachment procedure. Now, in the hope that they will win, two grounds are being worked out that can be used for impeachment. The first is the 25th amendment to the Constitution, the second is state treason, "he explained.

The said 25th Amendment to the US Constitution allows the President to be removed from office if the Vice-President and the majority of cabinet members consider him incapable of fulfilling his duties, including in case of physical or mental distress. About it in his article for The New York Times spoke and a mysterious member of the Trump administration - he argued that the members of the inner circle of the president discussed the possibility of applying this amendment.

About the use of this tool after the publication of the article, and Sen. Democrat from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren - one of the main political opponents of Donald Trump. At the same time, using the article as an excuse to state the president's dismissal, she criticized her author.

"If the top officials of the administration believe that the US president is unable to fulfill his duties, they must apply the 25th amendment. The Constitution provides for the procedure for this case. But there is no provision that senior officials should walk around the president, take documents from his desk and write anonymous articles in newspapers. Each of these officials vowed to defend the US Constitution. It's time to do it, "- quotes Warren CNN channel.

Manoilo noted that the article referred to the immoral behavior of Trump and his instability in order to create the necessary context for the application of this amendment.

"Thrown in information that Trump for a long time behaves inadequately: he rolls up hysterics, and he has other signs of a possible mental disorder. Immoral behavior, which is mentioned, very often indicates irreversible changes in the psyche. This article casts a shadow on his state of health, "the expert explained.

At the same time, Manoilo said that this scandal will cast a shadow on those officials whom Trump until recently trusted.

"There is an ungrounded assertion that there is an opposition within Trump's team that holds him back, but he is very unhappy with them. Today she holds him back, and tomorrow he can make a deal with his opponents and betray Trump. This, of course, will affect American citizens who read this article - they will begin to doubt Trump's personality. The president himself will suspect everyone, and in the White House spy mania will begin, "the expert concluded.