An internal investigation has cleared the Pentagon of violating a ban on domestic propaganda by using retired military officers to comment positively about the war in Iraq in the US media.
In a report posted on its website Friday, the Pentagon’s inspector general said “we found the evidence insufficient to conclude that RMA (retired military analysts) outreach activities were improper.”
The report said the controversy, which erupted in April following an expose in the New York Times, warranted no further investigation.
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The Times found that the Pentagon laid on special briefings and conference calls for the retired officers, many of whom then repeated the talking points as military experts on television news shows.
It also found that many of the media analysts also worked as consultants or served on the boards of defense contracting companies, but that those ties often went undisclosed to the public.
January 18th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I find it difficult to see how an agency investigating itself can be considered anything other than a conflict of interest and a lack of accountability to the government and the people in general. Any time an agency needs to be investigated for improper behavior it needs to be done by an independent oversight group.
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Goodam Reply:
January 18th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
No it’s nothing but another insult to our intelligence LOL
January 18th, 2009 at 10:10 am
The truth is dead. Long live The Truth.
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Goodam Reply:
January 18th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Ha ha ha wonderful isn’t it?
wow we are all impressed with their internal investigation, and now we should believe them, or we are not patriots LOL
Sometimes I wonder who the hell they think we are, but on the other hand, many people (sheep) will believe it what a joke!!!!!!!! lol
January 18th, 2009 at 10:20 am
The system is rigged, it belongs to “them.” The occasional slap on the wrist is not enough for megamurderers and superthieves. The only way any of the criminals we read about on Prison Planet are going to see justice is if WE deliver it to them.
Their sytem is bankrupt on every level and no longer relevant. It is time to replace it with our own.
Goodam Reply:
January 18th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
JT, that’s exactly what we should do, otherwise who the hell is going to judge these psychopaths?
You said it, that’s what people stop talking, and act upon it instead, we are wasting our time, instead of doing something useful.
Jack Washington Reply:
January 19th, 2009 at 10:20 am
THE ANSWER being STOLEN AND BATTLING IN COURT
http://www.libertydollar.org/ld/legal/lawsuit.htm
January 18th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Now we can rest easy knowing Miniluv’s own investigations proved so fruitful.
This would be like the Mafia investigating itself for crimminal activity. Same difference.
Oh wait, there’s very little difference between the Mafia and the military these days.
Goodam Reply:
January 18th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Jollyroger
Lol
January 18th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Investigated ‘itself’ and found noThing wrong with ‘itself’…words you will use more often as Nero fiddles your favorite LuLLabye
January 18th, 2009 at 11:53 am
You heard them, “the controversy warrants no further investigation.” Case close. This is the way we should handle all criminal cases…let the accused look into it.
Police Chief: “Mr. Bundy, we need you to investigate these murders you’re accused of, see if you had anything to do with it.” Ted: “Sure thing. I’m gonna get to the bottom of this.”
January 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
What a surprise!
An INTERNAL investigation clears them of propaganda violations!
January 18th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Good grief! Who do they think is going to believe this crap!
January 18th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
The Pentagon finding the Pentagon not guilty.
Why do they even bother? The extra insult?
Goodam Reply:
January 18th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Canadianperson
Ha ha ha I just said it, another insult to our intelligence, but mind you there are lots of baa baas (sheep) out there who would truly believe it and not only they will believe it, but they will use it as an argument in a debate LOl
Believe me if these people are treating us like cattle, it’s because there’s a good damn reason.
January 18th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
This is like Bill Clinton checking for blisters at the Bunny Ranch!
January 18th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Now maybe the blowdry media will have these fellows back on the air to explain just how this worked the first time around when they interviewed them for some ‘happy talk’ about Iraq and Afghanistan. However they’ll have to get in line because right now as the inauguration approches and the Gaza atrocity by Israel is still in the news there is a backup of Mossad/CIA agents waiting to be ‘interviewed’ and give us their propaganda—-uh, I mean opinions.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Even on the jewish controlled ‘digg’, the top story is how the jews of Israel butchered the 3 daughters of a palestinian doctor, to “teach palestinians a lesson about jewish supremacy”.
Alex Jones, however, has cleansed prisonplanet of almost all stories describing the holocaust of non-jews in Israel, just in time for Obama’s inauguration. WHAT AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE.
Edward Bernays, were he still alive, would scream out in joy “THAT’S MY BOY, ALEX”.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Yes when you get arrested for a crime, simply ask the judge, I am sorry Judge from my own invistigation, I found out that I was innocent all along.
Then the judge will declare the case adjourned and you are dismissed Lol
No need for the police to invstigate, they should take your word for it, to save the tax payer’s money (or should I say debts) loll
January 18th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Internal investigations anywhere completely corrupt the seeds of justice as we have seen so many times with the constant killing of Americans by cops and the FINE justice that is laid when the “Internal Investigations” inevitably declare no wrong doing on the part of the occifer.
It’s also like giving the Banks your money to fix the economy they have so terribly destroyed.
January 18th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Propaganda was used by the NAZIs and it took some time to overcome the scripted LIES millions paid for in DEATH…
January 18th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
everyone knows that propaganda is what every gov. thrives off of when they need the public to side with them good or bad. When we live in a system of bullshit… we get bullshit.
thats the systems we have… religous, monatary, ect ect. key ingredient BULLSHIT.
you can’t expect anything else. look at it for what it is
January 18th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
The generals that commented favorably for the Bush push for war were told that there pensions would be put in jeopardy if they did not endorse the Bush war, just as the media was payed millions of dollars to promote the war. There is absolutely no question that this impostor
that called himself president used propaganda to incite and to distort the facts for his self interest and for the benefit of his war partners. Having the Pentagon investigate itself is like asking Al Capone to investigate organized crime in Chicago in the 1920’s. Its the same old story of the government cooking shit and telling you its dinner.
January 18th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
It sounds to me that the left hand washed clean the right hand.
January 18th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
The Murderer has done an internal investigation and has cleared himself of any wrong doing.
Next time you get a ticket from a cop, tell him you did an internal investigation and have cleared yourself of any wrong doing.
The only thing the US had left was hope, and when the voters and the vote riggers decided to commit suicide and take the rest of us along with them by NOT electing Ron Paul, that hope is now gone.
There is no hope left for this country – the Neo Roman Empire. Washington DC, like Rome before it, will burn. It IS flammable, I assure you.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
See the Kennedy Assassination and you’ll figure it out. We apoint those who cover themselves up during an investigation.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Want to end the Federal Reserve and a whole heck of a lot of government BS? Here’s what to do:
1. Carry a pen on you at all times.
2. Whenever you use a public washroom, take the pen out of your shirt pocket and write on a wall: GOOGLE: AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM.
3. Do the above whenever you use a public washroom until the Federal Reserve is no more.
January 19th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Hate to have to look forward to more of the power of the military coming in the Obamanation.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Sounds like the same bullshit as the 911 investigation, investigations of Iraqi civillians rape and murders, WMD’s in Iraq, Iranian involvement in Iraq war investigations, Valerie Plame investigation, and the fucking list goes on. What’s on the menu for tomorrow after Obama is in control? Roast Bullshit and rice with a side order of creamed bullshit and for desert bullshit pie!
January 19th, 2009 at 10:46 am
A comparison :
You’ve just taught your toddler the mechanics of toilet training.
You are confident that the little guy can handle it and close the
door to offer a little privacy. Time goes by and neither a flush
nor the faucet make a sound. You open the door to check and
there stands the boy, shit covered from head to toe. There’s
shit on the walls, shit on the floor, even shit on the ceiling.
You ask “What happened?”
“I don’t know,” replies the boy. “But I’ll conduct a full investigation
and get back with you”.
The boy rubs the handfulls of shit in your face and continues,
“I don’t know who did that either, but it could’ntve been me!”
You swallow the shit, congratulate the boy on a job well done,
and say “I knew it couldn’t have been you. Let’s go get ice cream!”
The boy asks “But what aout the mess?”
The mom, who has overheard and come in, reassures him,
“Don’t worry, YOUR grandkids will clean it up”.
The boy resounds ,”Wow! it’s great to be an American!”
Reminds me of the Warren commission, 9/11 commission …
COMMISSION : the act of committing or perpetrating a crime, error, etc.: The commission of a misdemeanor is punishable by law.