A deposition of Nicholas Johnson, a consultant who was brought on to help Robert Rice run the Defend Iowa Facebook page and later to create a similar page in Pennsylvania, called PA Progress.
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WhatsApp Chats Between NoDAPL Infiltrator and TigerSwan Propagandist
In these WhatsApp chats between Robert Rice and Joel McCullough, we see how McCullough was feeding Rice information for use in his counter-protest efforts, what sorts of things Rice was asking for, and what sorts of things McCullough asked for Rice’s help with as well. It’s an illuminating window into the way infiltration and propaganda […]
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TigerSwan Daily Intelligence Briefing Sent to Nicholas Johnson and Kurt Merriweather
Rice sends these briefings to Johnson and Merriweather with instructions: “Guys, these STIREPs are confidential and also probably the most important of the dally emails to read. The intel assessment gives good data on ground conditions and LE (law enforcement) activities.When | send them, please take a minute to read them.”
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Task Order for Kurt Merriweather and Nicholas Johnson(Cedar Fork) and TigerSwan
Task Order/Assignment Sheet lists Rice as the Project Manager that Merriweather will report to, and details the marketing and communications support tasks Johnson and Merriweather are performing under Merriweather’s company, Cedar Fork.
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Emails from Merriweather and Rice to Jim Reese at TigerSwan Outlining What They’re Doing, Results, and Cost of the Program
Merriweather sends an email to Rice with stats for the Netizens pages and accounts and a summary report on the messaging project for him to forward on to Reese. In it, he notes that they are gaining huge traction on Facebook, much more than they initially expected.
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WhatsApp Chats Between Robert Rice and TigerSwan Staff
Various WhatsApp chats in which Rice is updating TigerSwann’s Troy Thomas and James Reese on what’s been happening and what’s planned for efforts to counter the Standing Rock protests.
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Emails Showing Collaboration Between TigerSwan and DCI Group
Emails between various TigerSwan staffers and consultants (although in this email Reese refers to Rice as TigerSwan’s “ SocialMedia/Cyber Director” on the DAPL project) show coordination between Energy Transfer’s security and intelligence contractor , TigerSwan, and its PR and crisis comms firm, DCI Group. DCI Group is monitoring social media and media and sending Energy […]
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Emails Between Robert Rice and TigerSwan Staff Strategizing about Ways to Discredit Indigenous Protestors
In a series of emails, Rice suggests various tactics and Ashley Parsons, listed as “DAPL Intelligence Analyst” builds on them, suggesting messaging and distribution tactics for shifting the narrative from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe as the victim to tribal protestors as “agitators.”
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Rice Initial Emails with Ashley Parsons Giving Her His Thoughts on Propaganda for Countering NoDAPL
Rice describes to Parsons in great detail what he and TigerSwan are doing to help counter the protests in North Dakota.
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Rice Looking for Examples of Protest Camps Polluting Water to Use in Propaganda Campaign
In an email to TigerSwan staff and consultants, Rice asks for anything they can find on the ground that shows that the protest camps, not the pipeline, are contaminating water sources around the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.