CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA WAS AFFIRMED THAT DONALD TRUMP USED
DURING THE 2016 ELECTION, THEY BRAGGED ABOUT HOW THEY COULD DO
PSYCHOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
ESPECIALLY FACEBOOK, AND TURN OUT VOTERS. AND THERE'S GOOD
REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THAT AND IT WAS AT
LEAST SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL, OBVIOUSLY DONALD TRUMP WON AND
HE SPENT A FRACTION OF THE MONEY HILLARY CLINTON DID ON MEDIA BUT
HE SPENT IT LARGELY ON FACEBOOK AND DIGITAL MEDIA WHICH TURNED
OUT TO BE A MORE SAVVY MOVE. IT TURNS OUT THERE IS A A PROBLEM
WITH THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DIDN'T
ACQUIRE THAT INFORMATION LEGALLY. OH BOY. THE NEW YORK
TIMES HAS A HUGE STORY ON THIS, FIRST THEY EXPLAIN THE
BACKGROUND --
>>NOW, AT THE TIME THEY DID THAT THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE
TOOLS. THEY HAD TO GET THEM, AND IN A HURRY, AND THEY WOUND UP
SECURING THEM. BUT AGAIN, NOT IN A WAY THAT APPARENTLY IS LEGAL.
SO LET'S GIVE YOU MORE BACKGROUND --
>>SO IT'S ONE THING IF YOU GOT LEGAL ACCESS TO FACEBOOK AND USE
THAT IN THE CAMPAIGNS, THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, AND FACT I
THINK IT'S PRETTY SMART. BUT WHEN YOU ILLEGALLY GET THE
INFORMATION OF 50 MILLION USERS THEN WE HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THEIR CEO, A GUY NAMED NIX --
>>NOW, WYLIE IS THE GUY WHO IS NOW GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS, HE LEFT IN EARLY 2015 BUT HE SAID THEY WERE ALREADY
TALKING TO PEOPLE LIKE CORY LEWANDOWSKI ABOUT RUNNING A
CAMPAIGN FOR THE TRUMP TEAM EVEN BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED HIS
CANDIDACY, AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO SHIFT THE CULTURE THROUGH
THIS PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AS EARLY AS THEN. AND WYLIE WAS ONE
OF THE FOUNDERS, HE HAD WORKED ON OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN AND
EVENTUALLY GREW DISGUSTED WITH HOW CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA WAS
USING THE INFORMATION, AND LATER OF COURSE THEY ACQUIRED IT IN
ILLEGAL WAYS, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROBLEM AND A HUGE PROBLEM FOR
THEM PRESENTLY. I WANT TO SHOW YOU ROBERT AND REBEKAH MERCER,
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO GAVE MONEY TO TED CRUZ'S CAMPAIGN,
INITIALLY THIS INFORMATION WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP HIM BUT NOTHING
COULD HELP TED CRUZ, THEN LATER THEY SWITCHED TO DONALD TRUMP.
LATER WHEN BREITBART GOT IN TROUBLE FOR ASKING NEO-NAZIS
WHAT THE ALT-RIGHT AGENDA SHOULD BE AND THEN PUBLISHING IT,
ROBERT MERCER PRETENDED TO STEP AWAY FROM BREITBART AND STEVE
BANNON AND SAID MY HANDS ARE CLEAN. SO WHO DID YOU GIVE YOUR
INTERESTS TO? HE GAVE IT TO HIS DAUGHTER, SO SHE NOW OWNS THAT
INTEREST, AND BREITBART STILL OWNS CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA, IT'S A
LITTLE MORE COMP LOCATED BECAUSE THEY SET UP SHELL CORPORATIONS
BECAUSE OF ANOTHER ILLEGALITY WHICH I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IN A
SECOND, AND LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER PICTURE, THERE IS THAT
SAME REBEKAH MERCER WITH STEVE BANNON AND KELLYANNE CONWAY, IT
WAS THE MERCERS WHO INTRODUCED BANNON AND CONWAY TO DONALD
TRUMP, THEY ARE THE GUYS BEHIND THE CURTAIN. OKAY. CHRISTOPHER
WYLIE EXPLAINS FOR THE GUYS RUNNING CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA AND
THEIR CONSERVATIVE COLLEAGUES, HE SAYS --
>>YOU WILL SEE SOME SHOCKING
VIDEO OF THOSE OWNERS OF
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA NOW, THE CEO I SHOULD SAY, THAT CHANNEL FOUR
IN THE U.K. HAS UNCOVERED, I WILL SHOW THAT TO YOU IN A BIT,
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT BOY DOES HE MEAN IT WHEN HE SAYS THAT ALL
IS FAIR WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO DO THEIR DIRTY TRICKS. WYLIE
ALSO SAYS --
>>AND IT'S CLEAR FROM BANNON'S INTENTIONS THAT THAT IS WHAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN A LOT OF WAYS.
THE NEW YORK TIMES EXPLAINS --
>>THEY SAY OH, NO, WE GOT RID OF THAT A LONG TIME AGO. NOT
REMOTELY TRUE, ACCORDING TO THE INSIDERS AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT
WERE OBTAINED --
>>CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA, LYING? THEY WOULD NEVER --
>>BUT OF COURSE IT WAS NOT FOR
ACADEMIC PURPOSES, AND THEY
WOUND UP ACCESSING THE PRIVATE INFORMATION OF 50 MILLION USERS.
FACEBOOK VICE PRESIDENT PAUL GREWAL PUT OUT A STATEMENT AFTER
THE NEW YORK TIMES CONTINUOUSLY ASKED THEM FOR A STATEMENT --
>>SO IT'S TRUE, IT WAS A FRAUD.
ALSO --
>>HE'S THE ONE THAT ORIGINALLY DESIGNED THE APP THAT GAVE THEM
ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD. NOW --
>>BUT AS I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU, ACCORDING TO INSIDERS AT
THE COMPANY AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT IS NOT THE
CASE. THEY DID NOT DELETE THE INFORMATION, THAT IS NOW ADDED
ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER LIES THAT CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA HAS
BEEN CAUGHT IN. SO NOW BACK TO THE ISSUE OF OTHER ILLEGAL
ACTIONS TAKEN --
>>APPARENTLY THOSE WARNINGS WERE NOT HEEDED. THEY USED
ALEXANDER NIX, WHO IS BRITISH, ON THESE CAMPAIGNS. LATER THEY
WOULD CLAIM OH, NO, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN BRAGGING ALL ACROSS
MEDIA FOR A YEAR NOW HOW THEY WON TRUMP THE ELECTION, OH, HE
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CAMPAIGN. AND THERE ARE OTHER
EMPLOYEES FROM THE U.K., FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, FROM CANADA,
WHERE THEY CLAIM NO, IT WAS OUR AMERICAN EMPLOYEES EXCLUSIVELY
WHO WORKED ON THOSE AND NOT THOSE. I'M LESS CONCERNED ABOUT
THAT ILLEGALITY BUT IT IS AN ILLEGALITY, AND THEY WILL HAVE
TO GRAPPLE WITH IT. ON MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT INVADING OUR
PRIVACY AND USING THAT INFORMATION ILLEGALLY BUT BOTH
ARE MATTERS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEY WANT TO BE CLEAR, THE
GUY WHO DESIGNED THE APP WAS A RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, HE'S NOT AT
ISSUE HERE, IT IS THE CITIZENS OF OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE AT
ISSUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR VIOLATION. NOW, LET ME GO TO THE
CHANNEL FOUR EXCLUSIVE ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S A WHOPPER. THIS
COMES FROM THE U.K., AND THEY HAVE CEO ALEXANDER NIX, WHO WE
HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT, EXPLAINING TO AN UNDERCOVER
REPORTER ALL THE DIRTY TRICKS THEY DO IN OTHER CAMPAIGNS
ACROSS
THE WORLD. WATCH.
>>
>>I FIND THAT WORKS VERY WELL. SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY TALKING
ABOUT BRIBES, BLACKMAIL, EXTORTION, BUT THEY ALSO TALK
ABOUT BRINGING IN UKRAINIAN PROSTITUTES TO GET THEIR
POLITICAL WISHES. BUT THESE GUYS, I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T DO
ANYTHING THAT WASN'T ABOVEBOARD, RIGHT? WELL, I'M GOING TO GO
BACK TO WYLIE BECAUSE HE APPEARED ON THE TODAY SHOW --
>>HE ALSO SAID --
>>SO THAT LEADS TO THE FINAL
CLIP FROM CHANNEL FOUR HERE IN
THEIR MULTIPART INVESTIGATION OF CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA, LET'S WATCH
--
>>SO HE SAYS WE HAVE TO DO THE PROPAGANDA, BUT WE HAVE TO BE
SUBTLE ABOUT IT SO THEY DON'T REALIZE IT'S PROPAGANDA AND THEY
DON'T REALIZE WHERE IT CAME FROM. WELL, THE PEOPLE WHO PUT
THE MONEY UP, IT'S 15 MILLION BUCKS FROM THE MERCERS, THAT'S
WHERE IT CAME FROM. THE GUY WHO HELPED TO HIRE THIS FIRM, STEVE
BANNON, THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA,
THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. NOW WE KNOW. A FINAL QUOTE FROM
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA HERE IN DENYING THE UNDENIABLE, THOSE
TAPES, THEY SAY --
>>WE DENY ANY HINT THAT CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA USED ANY
BRIBES WHATSOEVER. ALL THE THINGS YOU JUST SAW THEM SAY TO
AN UNDERCOVER REPORTER. USING PROSTITUTES TO TRY TO ENTRAP
POLITICIANS IS CALLED A HONEY TRAP. AND THEY SAY WE TRY TO
TEASE OUT ANY UNETHICAL INTENTIONS. THAT'S HILARIOUS.
NO, WE WERE SAYING ALL THESE ILLEGAL THINGS TO SEE IF WE CAN
CAPTURE THEM HAVING ANY ILLEGAL INTENTIONS. WELL, DID YOU TURN
THEM IN? NO. THEN WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO SPRING THAT CRAP ON
THEM? OR PERHAPS, JUST LIKE WE CAN SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES, IT
WAS YOU THAT HAD ILLEGAL INTENTIONS AND CLEARLY STATED
THEM ON THAT CAMERA YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS THERE. BUT YOU THOUGHT
IT WAS A CLIENT, AND YOU TOLD THAT CLIENT YOU WERE WILLING TO
DO ALL THOSE ILLEGAL THINGS. THAT TO TRUMP'S TEAM WAS.