Pentagon Closes Office Accused of Issuing Propaganda Under Bush

[babsbunny]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/us/politics/16policy.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

By THOM SHANKER
Published: April 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon office responsible for coordinating Defense Department information campaigns overseas has been abolished in an effort by the Obama administration to distance itself from past practices that some military officers called propaganda, senior officials said Wednesday.

[noamnety]

1. Excellent. What will they call it now?

(we know it's not gonna be disestablished, just renamed, right?)

[w4rma]

2. Sounds like its closed and gone for good. Which is good! (nt)

[noamnety]

3. Oh, I don't think so.

Having worked in intel and counterintel under Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, and a tiny bit under Bush 2, I'm confident we'll still be doing the same things, just under a different chain of command perhaps. It'll still exist.

The article says it's being restructured - not exactly the same as gone completely. Not sure if or why that's an improvement.

[madeline_con]

4. Maybe they could do 90% less lying.