Pentagon pursuing new investigation into Bush propaganda program

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story


Pentagon pursuing new investigation into Bush propaganda program

By Brad Jacobson
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 -- 8:40 am

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The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General is conducting a new investigation into a covert Bush administration Defense Department program that used retired military analysts to produce positive wartime news coverage.

Last May, the Inspector General’s office rescinded and repudiated a prior internal investigation’s report on the retired military analyst program, which had been issued by the Bush administration, because it “did not meet accepted quality standards for an Inspector General work product.” Yet in recent interviews with Raw Story, Pentagon officials who took part in the program were still defending it by referencing this invalidated report.

Gary Comerford, Inspector General spokesman for the Defense Department, told Raw Story last week that his office is conducting an investigation into the retired military analyst program and confirmed that the investigation began during the summer.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/2009/11/pentagon-pursuing-investigation-bush-propaganda-program/

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[Soylent Brice]

2. K&R and a question:

"Congressman John F. Tierney (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, issued a press release this past June, announcing that Pentagon Inspector General Gordon Heddell had begun the new investigation."

in this paragraph there is a link to the press release, but it's not working from my end.

i get a page not found error. anyone else having luck opening it?

[unhappycamper]

3. It's a bad link. n/t

[Soylent Brice]

4. here we go:

http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:PBTwLGHDpegJ:nationalsecurity.oversight.house.gov/story.asp%3FID%3D2519+http://nationalsecurity.oversight.house.gov/story.asp%3FID%3D2519&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a


on edit^ what the hell is that??
that's not what it was when i posted it!

let's try this again:

http: //74.125.93.132/ search?q=cache: PBTwLGHDpegJ:national security .oversight.house.gov/story.asp%3FID%3D2519+ http: //nationalsecurity. oversight.house. gov/story. asp%3FID%3D2519&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

eliminate the spaces in the link

(cache) link next to the "press relase" link on the article now.
weird. it wasn't there earlier.

:shrug:

from the link:

“I commend Acting Inspector General Heddell’s decision to investigate the Public Affairs Outreach Program and to issue the report required by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY09. This is an important step, both to bring the Inspector General’s office into compliance with the requirements set by Congress and to provide the American people with a full accounting of the Public Affairs Outreach Program. A complete investigation of this program will allow us to determine whether appropriated funds were used in violation of the ban on propaganda that Congress has enacted to protect taxpayers. It will also help the Department of Defense to ensure that it does not operate programs that will be open to these types of allegations in the future."

[Ronbrynaert]

5. Not weird...

Saw this thread...thanks for pointing out the link is dead...not sure why it is.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. K&R

I think the Pentagon spooks messed up the link!

I hope they all go to jail...I here there will soon be some empty cells at Gitmo.

[jtrockville]

7. and justice for all

[fascisthunter]

8. "Pentagon pursuing new investigation into Bush propaganda program"

and of course, they find something, but nothing big enough to hold Bush accountable.

[goforit]

9. LOL!1 Yep, Bush/Cheney will always be off limits.

[FiveGoodMen]

10. ...to see if they can pick up any tips

[Vidar]

11. K&R

[chill_wind]

12. I remember that report. It was issued as the Final Friday news DUMP of the Bush Regime-

I'm talking their very last moments of their very last hour-- and true to the rest of his 8 years of tenure, it was a sick sad FARCE.


I ranted about it here, way back.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x417702