from SLATE:
>The NY [TIMES] goes high with a leak that the Pentagon is considering expanding its propaganda efforts--what's known in Pentagonese as psychological operations, or psy-ops--to friendly nations. "We have the assets and the capabilities and the training to go into friendly and neutral nations to influence public opinion," said one unnamed officer. "We could do it and get away with it. That doesn't mean we should."
>Trying to give a sense of what the proposed propaganda policy might entail, the Times says there are "suggestions" that the "military might pay journalists to write stories favorable to American policies or hire outside contractors without obvious ties to the Pentagon to organize rallies in support of American policies." ...<
so all you folks in what we USers call "friendly" nations should get ready.
Jim
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