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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 10:49 PM
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4. Isn't there a law against that? Aren't 'We the People' the good guys?
Great catch for the patch, jara sang. And, yep, it's the turkey photo-op.

Psy Ops had practice. Remember when CNN and NPR admitted using "interns" supplied by the Pentagon?



Military Interns Booted From CNN, NPR

How Did Army Officers Get Into The News Business?


TV Guide April 15-21, 2000
The Robins Report By J. Max Robins
-permission pending-

Top executives at CNN and National Public Radio were more than a bit surprised when they learned that their organizations had used interns from a rather nontraditional source-the United States Army's Psychological Operations unit (PSYOP).

"We have interns from all over the world, but they are accredited journalists or studying ," says Eason Jordan, CNN president of news gathering and international networks. "But those interns had no business being here."

Both internship programs were ended shortly after top management learned of their existence.

A highly specialized unit of the military, PSYOP personnel are often trained in the production of videos as well as television and radio programming used to advance American policy abroad. "In Somalia, we broadcast on radio and shortwave," says Lt. Col. Paul J. Mullin. "We've helped countries in South America produce antidrug public-service announcements."

According to CNN executives and military officials, the intern program began last June and ended in March. A total of five PSYOP sergeants were assigned to the network's Atlanta headquarters-two at the Southeast bureau, two at CNN Radio and one at the satellite department. At NPR's Washington, D.C., base, three PSYOP personnel worked for periods ranging from six weeks to four months from September 1998 through May 1999 on such programs as All Things Considered and Morning Edition.

CONTINUED...

http://www.greaterthings.com/News/Martial_Law/Turner_psyops.htm



The biggest buzzard in the room is starring. Heh heh heh.

Bonus test for your eyes: Isn't that the side profile and bun of disgraced ex-general Janis Karpinski? She's the one who actually said the people running the show at Abu Ghraib were higher ups from the Pentagon.



Gee. Isn't that where the nice Mr. Rumsferatu works?
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