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How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Saturday, May 10, 2008 09:41 AM

    Therein lies the rub

    -Sounds like a new form of warfare!-

    paddy_boy

    You nailed it, IMO.

    Glenn

    Correct me if I am wrong, but disinformation ops or propaganda campaigns are a form of warfare, as much as aerial bombing. Is that assumption at all accurate?

    I view this activity as literally warfare waged against a domestic target much like the domestic spying program(s).

    It's most unfortunate that the US is no longer a nation of laws, certainly not for the members of that exclusive club.

    —Northwestwoods Read Northwestwoods's other letters

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