Letters to the Editor
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@ Glenn Greenwald
Thanks for your response! I'm just now only a couple hours into the DoD "Propagandists for Profit™" link (http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/milanalysts/) and I really look forward to your near future post/s on this overflowing cesspool.
For those who just can't wait (*g*), here's some more from the "Tara Jones E-mails 200-699" link (http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/milanalysts/16%20Jan%2008/Tara%20Jones%20E-mails%20200-699.pdf):
MEMORANDUM
To: Civilian Defense Experts and Retired Military Analysts
From: Redacted
Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Date: January 17, 2007
Re: Conference Call with Senior DoD Officials
We invite you to participate in a conference call, TOMORROW, January 18, 2006, from 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Mr. Daniel J. Dell'Orto, Principal Deputy General Counsel, and Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Hemingway, Legal Advisor to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, will brief you on the Military Commissions Manual.
This call will be On Background.
And from the attached propaganda plan for the Retired Military Analysts - "Propagandists for Profit™" to help the Administration snowjob:
Military Commissions Manual Roll-Out Communications Plan
...Assumptions:
* The roll-out of the Military Commission rules will result in a major international and domestic news story for 24-48 hours.
* The publication of the procedural rules will be well accepted initially as progress in the right direction, but immediately followed up with questions asking when the detainees will be charged and when the trials will begin.
* NGOs and critics of the system will tie the release of the rules with the January 11th "5-year anniversary" of the detainees at GTMO and highlight the length of time the detainees have been held without trial and emphasize how long it has taken the USG to get a "legal" system in place.
*Aspects of the procedural rules that appear disadvantageous to the defense will be highly critized, resulting in the overall criticism that the rules are unfair.
*Hardcopies and electronic copies of the procedural rules will be of great interest to the media and NGOs.
*Defense attorneys will immediately begin working on ways within the Federal Court system to file motions alleging unfair procedures.
Goals:
* Achieve balanced media coverage of the Military Commissions procedures.
* Coordinate and deliver a strong message emphasizing the goal to conduct fair trials while protecting national security.
* Demonstrate that Military Commissions provide a full and fair trial to try unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for violations of the law of war.
* Brief a Congressional member who serves in both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee who can serve as a strong proponent for the Military Commissions process on Capital Hill.
* The rules and trial procedures delivered to Congress establish extensive, comprehensive guidance for the conduct of Military Commissions.
* Move forward with the charges after the implementing rules have been promulgated.
* Re-charge prior cases with trials anticipated to begin in summer 2007.
* Prosecution to begin building new cases on 14 high value detainees.
* Improve courthouse facilities on GTMO in order to provide safe and secure trials with maximum transparency.
(Bold mine)