This, in turn, leads us to the other important aspect of the review, as hinted above and concerning public reaction to the annual review and to Security Police activity as a whole. Among the information war tricks described in the review is so simple as to border on the banal: with Russia assuming is as its strategic goal to find supporters in the West, it went by a very simple principle: find friends not foes in the West and once these are found, strengthen the ties. Leaving alone the others tools in information warfare – and some of these, like propaganda based on lies and half-truths, democracies cannot adopt if for the questionable ethics – one aspect is worth remembering. Namely: an institution’s message is as weighty as is trust towards that institution. Not always in society does the divide run between a country’s domestic and external forces; often, it is between state and community activities. For a community to take vital messages seriously, friends not foes need to be found in the community. Not always easy, from the position of power.