Military Contractors Writing the News?

The Pentagon's Propaganda at Its Worst

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet

Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and beyond.

Department of Defense will pay private contractors $300 million over the next three years to "produce news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements for the Iraqi media in an effort to 'engage and inspire' the local population to support U.S. objectives and the Iraqi government,"

Virginia Sen. Jim Webb wrote a strongly worded letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. "I have serious reservations about the need for this expenditure in today's political and economic environment," he wrote. "Consequently, I am asking that you put these contracts on hold until the Armed Services Committee and the next administration can review the entire issue of U.S. propaganda efforts inside Iraq."

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References:

Update: FBI Blows It: Supposed Terror Plot Against NY Synagogues Is Bogus

http://www.alternet.org/world/140209/fbi_blows_it%3A_supposed_terror_plot_against_ny_synagogues_is_bogus/

DOD Propaganda Timeline

http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=military_analysts

Inspector at Pentagon Says Report Was Flawed

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/us/06generals.html

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_program

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101300.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/05/pentagon-spending-billions-pr-sway-world-opinion/

http://www.ds-pa.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30general.html