USA TODAY: Pentagon Rolls out "Stealth" PR campaign

[Danieljay]

Ahh hell, why not? They've been doing it in this country now for the last 5 years. Lets go global!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/pentagonrollsoutstealthpr

$300 million Pentagon psychological warfare operation includes plans for placing pro-American messages in foreign media outlets without disclosing the U.S. government as the source, one of the military officials in charge of the program says.

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The description of the program by Mike Furlong, deputy director of the Joint Psychological Operations Support Element, provides the most detailed look to date at the Pentagon's global campaign.

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The three companies handling the campaign include the Lincoln Group, the company being investigated by the Pentagon for paying Iraqi newspapers to run pro-U.S. stories.

It's legal for the government to plant propaganda in other countries but not in the USA. The White House referred requests for comment about the contracts to the Pentagon, where officials did not respond.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. That tactic has been used by the U. S. for decades....nothing new.

[The Roux Comes First]

3. Incestuousness betw CIA, VOA, and Reader's Digest,

as one example, is well covered in the book "American Dreamers," which I picked up recently for some background on that delightful Mr. Tomlinson, formerly of Corp. for Public Broadcasting.

[Supersedeas]

2. and the Lincoln Group...any connection to campaign '00 or '04?