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Date Posted: 19:50:20 02/19/02 Tue
Author: Grumpy�
Author Host/IP: 155-41.poccpe.cableone.net / 24.116.155.41
Subject: Managing information seems to be a contagious thing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/19/international/19PENT.html

"By JAMES DAO and ERIC SCHMITT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 � The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations as part of a new effort to influence public sentiment and policy makers in both friendly and unfriendly countries, military officials said.

The plans, which have not received final approval from the Bush administration, have stirred opposition among some Pentagon officials who say they might undermine the credibility of information that is openly distributed by the Defense Department's public affairs officers.

The military has long engaged in information warfare against hostile nations � for instance, by dropping leaflets and broadcasting messages into Afghanistan when it was still under Taliban rule.

But it recently created the Office of Strategic Influence, which is proposing to broaden that mission into allied nations in the Middle East, Asia and even Western Europe. The office would assume a role traditionally led by civilian agencies, mainly the State Department"

Why am I not surprised?

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Replies:

Re: Managing information seems to be a contagious thing. -- Normal, 10:24:57 02/20/02 Wed
- Re: Managing information seems to be a contagious thing. -- ejgreene, 19:30:00 02/21/02 Thu
  - LOL, EJ -- Normal, 20:01:04 02/21/02 Thu
    - Need to look at it.... -- Donk, 20:40:30 02/21/02 Thu