Wikileaks received this document today from an anonymous source.
Title: Recommendation for New Intelligence Operation
Date: December 23, 2025
Author: [REDACTED]
Agency: Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Classification: Confidential
Distribution: DNI eyes only
Subject: Proposal for Operation Hysterical Talons
There are many recent examples of mass hysteria informing government policy [1]. Our internal analysis [2] indicates that approximately 73% of the recognized instances of mass hysteria in the USA since 1960 were initiated by the covert activity of one or more government agents at the local, state or national level. It has been reported [3] that over 95% of all politically relevant cases of mass hysteria in the USA since 1955 were amplified and “put over the top” by news agencies funded by Project Mockingbird and its successors.
With this as background, we can analyze the effectiveness of a current case of mass hysteria in a foreign country, and suggest how a similar operation might work in the USA.
Specifically, the “Elbows Up” campaign active in Canada since March, 2025 succeeded in reversing the predicted outcome of the Canadian federal election in April, and provides continued support for anti-US government actions at the federal and provincial levels. This hysteria, which is extensively promoted by government-subsidized news outlets (TV networks and newspapers), has broad uptake among their primary audience in the 60+ age cohort, but has not gained much traction among younger people.
It is worth noting that, like many hysteria precursors, this one is based on a misunderstanding or half-truth. The phrase “elbows up” refers to the iconic hockey player Gordie Howe, who famously went into the corners of the rink “with his elbows up” to protect himself from body checking by opposing players. Under the rules of hockey, body checking is legal while “elbowing” is illegal, and should be penalized. Since Gordie Howe rarely received a penalty, this became his trademark. So “elbows up” honors the fact that Canada’s national sport is a rigged game, in which its biggest star received special treatment from the referees. Some psychologists believe [4] that shared subconscious knowledge that their hysteria is based on a lie or mistake may be necessary for its wide adoption.
Canada’s national symbols include the maple leaf, the beaver, and the game of hockey. It is no coincidence that one of their national symbols was co-opted as the basis for a national hysteria campaign against the USA.
What can be learned from this? Primarily that a unifying national hysteria can be generated through the careful selection and promotion of a half-truth or misunderstanding about a national symbol. In the case of the United States of America, that symbol is the bald eagle.
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In conclusion, it is hoped that the outline presented here for Operation Hysterical Talons might serve as a blueprint for action to mobilize a broad cross-section of the U.S. population. To paraphrase a famous Senator, sanity in service of mediocrity is no virtue; hysteria in pursuit of greatness is no vice.
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