Little White Lies

Behind the scenes of the Pentagon’s “military analyst” program.  Leave it to an email to provide a vital link.

How The Pentagon Propaganda Machine Worked: ‘are you telling me to tell a lie???? surely not! ’

The Pentagon document dump on its propaganda program reveals this interesting insight as to how the Defense Department worked with conservative allies to manipulate the media. In a Feb. 16, 2006 email exchange, Pentagon media staffers discussed coordinating with the Heritage Foundation to identify someone to speak about detainee treatment at Gitmo. An anonymous employee [...]