Army targeted Senators with "psychological operations" team to boost war funding and troop numbers!

[Better Believe It]

Report: Army targeted senators with psyops
General sought to manipulate VIPs in order to elicit more funding, troops, according to Rolling Stone article
msnbc.com
February 24, 2011

The U.S. army reportedly deployed a specialized "psychological operations" team to help convince American legislators to boost funding and troop numbers for the war in Afghanistan.

The operation was ordered by three-star general in charge of training Afghan troops Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, Rolling Stone Magazine reported in a story published late on Wednesday.

An officer in charge of the unit objected when he was ordered to pressure the visiting senators and was harshly reprimanded by superiors, according to the magazine.

"My job in psyops is to play with people's heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave," the officer, Lt. Colonel Michael Holmes, told Rolling Stone. "I'm prohibited from doing that to our own people. When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressman, you're crossing a line," he added.


Lt. Gen. William Caldwell ordered a specialized "psychological operations" team to manipulate dignitaries visiting Afghanistan and convince them to boost funding and troop numbers, Rolling Stone reports.

Read the full article at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41753749/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia

[WhiteTara]

1. the war machine will stop at nothing

to feed itself.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. SOP

Good to see it in print. Rec.

[Jokerman]

3. Our own military establishment is the greatest current threat to our freedom.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

[Recursion]

4. There's a Dilbert about military expenses...

General makes acquisition recommendations. General gets consulting job when he retires. Taxpayer and boots on the ground get screwed.

[Segami]

5. If the ' PSYOP ' occured within U.S. borders, then they broke the law as its written.

" United States PSYOP units and soldiers of all branches of the military are prohibited by law from targeting U.S. citizens with PSYOP within the borders of the United States(Executive Order S-1233, DOD Directive S-3321.1, and National Security Decision Directive 130.) While United States Army PSYOP units may offer non-PSYOP support to domestic military missions, they can only target foreign audiences.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare

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