- A
pretext (adj.: pretextual) is an
excuse to do
something or say
something that is not accurate.
Pretexts may be
based on a half-truth or
developed in...
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Pretexting is a type of
social engineering attack that
involves a situation, or
pretext,
created by an
attacker in
order to lure a
victim into a vulnerable...
- details.
Pretexting (adj. pretextual), also
known in the UK as blagging, is the act of
creating and
using an
invented scenario (the
pretext) to engage...
- wars". A
casus belli intentionally based on
inaccurate facts is
known as a
pretext. This
section outlines a
number of the more
famous and/or controversial...
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Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs/ AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22
November 1963) was an
English writer and philosopher. His
bibliography spans nearly 50 books...
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related to drug possession, and uses a
minor traffic infringement as a
pretext to stop the driver. In the case of Whren, the
defense used a "would-have"...
- A
Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the
Abuse of America's
Intelligence Agencies is a 2004 book by
journalist James Bamford that
takes a
highly critical...
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volunteered to join the
Russian forces and the
Ottoman government used this as a
pretext to
issue the
Tehcir Law (Law on Deportation),
which authorised the deportation...
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Gleiwitz incident (a
false flag
operation staged by
Hitler and used as a
pretext for the invasion).
Hitler took a
personal interest in the campaign, often...
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National Security Archive on 30
April 2001.
Responding to a
request for
pretexts for
military intervention by the
Chief of
Operations of the Cuba Project...
