Wisconsin Prosecutor busted for emailing Governor Walker suggesting a staged attack on him in order to make the protesters look guilty of terrorism. False flag operations are covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is flying the flag of a country other than one's own. False flag operations are not limited to war and counter-insurgency operations, and can be used in peace-time. Civilian usage While false flag operations originate in warfare and government, they also can occur in civilian settings among certain factions, such as businesses, special interest groups, religions, political ideologies and campaigns for office. [edit] Businesses In business and marketing, similar operations are being employed in some public relations campaigns (see Astroturfing). Telemarketing firms practice false flag type behavior when they pretend to be a market research firm (referred to as "sugging"). In some rare cases, members of an unsuccessful business will destroy some of their own property to conceal an unrelated crime (eg safety violations, embezzlement, etc.) but make it appear as though the destruction was done by a rival company. [edit] Political campaigning Political campaigning has a long history of this tactic in various forms, including in person, print media and electronically in recent years. This ...