fifth column, clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who attempt to undermine a nation’s solidarity by any means at their disposal. The term is conventionally credited to Emilio Mola Vidal, a Nationalist general during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). As four of his army columns moved on Madrid, the general referred to his militant supporters within the capital as his “fifth column,” intent on undermining the loyalist government from within.
A cardinal technique of the fifth column is the infiltration of sympathizers into the entire fabric of the nation under attack and, particularly, into positions of policy decision and national defense. From such key posts, fifth-column activists exploit the fears of a people by spreading rumours and misinformation, as well as by employing the more standard techniques of espionage and sabotage.
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FIFTH COLUMN.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/fifth-column
https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/trump-threatens-eliminate-columns-historic-speech-cia-video/ri18655
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/sperry-john-brennan-running-secret-cia-task-force-langley-investigate-trump-fbi-probe-launched-july-2016/
This just gave me chills.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-cia-headquarters-speech-intel-officials-say-uncomfortable-worse-relations/
Is he referring to the twin towers here?
He's referring to the fifth column, which is exactly what the FBI and the CIA are part of
Thanks friend
I thought it referred to the fake news...............
Understandable, but that would have been a speech directed to media heads, who are intermarried with intelligence agencies but not that fifth column.
Ah, good point...thanks.