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Dont Know Much About History: Aug 7, 10:54pm 1 review government, history, military, pentagon
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2008/07/dont-know-much-about-history...; The Pentagon looks back to four great empires for tips on how to rule the world.

From the page: "In the summer of 2002, the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA) published an 85-page monograph called "Military Advantage in History". Unusual for an office that is headed by Andrew Marshall, the Pentagon's "futurist in chief," the study looks back to the pastā€"way back. It examines four empires, or "pivotal hegemonic powers in history," to draw lessons about how the United States "should think about maintaining military advantage in the 21st century." Though unclassified, the study was held close to the vest; a stamp on the cover limits its dissemination without permission. Mother Jones obtained it only through a Freedom of Information Act request. Though the report is far from revelatory, it provides a window into a mindset that unselfconsciously envisions the United States as the successor to some of history's most powerful empires. "

Jonathan Martins Blog: Obama camp says Pentagon nixed troop visit - Politico.co…: Jul 25, 10:31am 0 review military, politics, pentagon
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/Obama_camp_says_Pentagon_ni...

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagons own…: May 11, 10:30am 1 review politics, journalism, iraq-conflict, propaganda, pentagon
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/10/analysts/index.html; From the page: "On the question of whether the Pentagon maintained an illegal covert domestic propaganda program -- and on the broader question of whether the American media s political coverage is largely shaped and controlled by the U.S. Government -- I don t believe it s possible to obtain more conclusive evidence than this:

"These are excepts from a memorandum sent on January 14, 2005 -- just before President Bush was to be inaugurated for his second term -- from Capt. Roxie T. Merritt, the Director of DoD Press Operations, to several top Pentagon officials, including Larry Di Rita, the top aide to Donald Rumsfeld pp. 7815-7816 .pdf . It reports on Merritt s conclusions and proposals in the wake of a Pentagon-organized trip to Iraq for their military analysts:"

cookie756.html: May 11, 10:26am 11 reviews politics, journalism, iraq-conflict, propaganda, pentagon
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/

Pentagon&039;s Propaganda Documents Go Online, But Will the TV Networks Ever Rep…: May 6, 6:57pm 2 reviews politics, journalism, media, propaganda, pentagon
http://www.prwatch.org/node/7299; From the page: "Eight thousand pages of documents relative to the Pentagon's illegal propaganda campaign, known as the Pentagon military analyst program, are now online for the world to see, although in a format that makes it impossible to easily search them and therefore difficult to read and dissect. This trove includes the documents pried out of the Pentagon by David Barstow and used as the basis for his stunning investigation that appeared in the New York Times on April 20, 2008."

Pentagon military analyst program - SourceWatch: May 6, 11:28am 0 review journalism, media, propaganda, pentagon
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_program

Daily Kos: Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Program: May 6, 9:47am 1 review activism, politics, journalism, propaganda, pentagon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/6/10473/09913/540/510012; Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Program by John Kerry

Sen. John Kerry writes on Daily Kos asking for our help in getting to the bottom of the Pentagon propaganda program that prepared military analysts to appear on news shows to prop up their Iraq war effort.

From the page:, "Records and interviews show how the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform the analysts into a kind of media Trojan horse ā€" an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks."

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"In fact, this has been another great example of how important online media has become in keeping the spotlight on stories like this. The first and I think still only time Dana Perino was asked about this was when a reporter from rawstory.com asked her about it. The great folks at freepress.net have been working hard to keep the issue front and center for their activists. And I've seen Think Progress and the folks at Huffington Post keep up the heat, as well as - of course - posts here at Daily Kos."

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"Click here, read the letter I sent to the GAO, and add your voice to those of us who are demanding answers.

"I don't often come here to Daily Kos and ask for something like this, but when there's no coverage of this issue on television, it's hard to build the drumbeat you need sometimes to get results. We need to demonstrate that Americans care about the credibility of their government and the transparency of their media, and I hope I can count on you to back me up on this."

Please, click the link above and TAKE ACTION!

The New York Times & Log In: Apr 29, 11:47am 1 review ethics, military, politics, journalism, pentagon
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/washington/26analyst.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ore...; Pentagon Suspends Briefings for Analysts

As the song goes.... Too much, too little, too late...:

From the page: "The Pentagon announced on Friday that it was suspending its briefings for retired military officers who often appear as military analysts on television and radio programs."