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To: calgal who wrote (228535)	2/19/2002 7:04:19 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Westi, thanks for posting that, I missed it this morning. There are powerful implications in "Information Warfare" involving who is connected to what here in the domestic US media. "It goes from the blackest of black programs to the whitest of white," a senior Pentagon official said. My first reaction is high anxiety... realhistoryarchives.com Recalling of course Fletcher Prouty: anu.org "major media working for Big Brother" A chronology of intel activities, including a para on Operation Mockingbird, domestic control of media korpios.org A more sensationalistic and dense but factual link (which misses the mark by blaming "soulless corporations" rather than individuals and fails to also talk about the intense Soviet competition for worldwide "hearts and minds") -- It's a battle with lots of losers, especially the truth. The question: who wins? alexconstantine.50megs.com Speaking of fascism, an interesting litany of fascism, by the same guy, btw alexconstantine.50megs.com "I've always been opposed to the secret government." John F. Kennedy, 1958 "The extreme right ... object, "quite rightly, to politics intruding on the military - but they are anxious for the military to engage in politics." He urged his supporters, "Let us not heed these counsels of fear and suspicion.... Let our patriotism be reflected in the creation of confidence rather than crusades of suspicion" (Entire speech published verbatim in Rusher, pp. 121-123). " Well said. To avoid anxiety and suspicion, however, it will be interesting to see how this doesn't blend into some official secret "Office of Domestic Influence". My opinion, fwiw: the truth will indeed set us free...

To: calgal who wrote (228535)	2/19/2002 8:56:14 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 769667

"The Pentagon and the CIA are barred by law from propaganda activities in the United States". Which leads to question: who is permitted to do so? During the run-up to the Gulf War, we were told that Kuwaiti babies were being tossed out of incubators in Kuwaiti hospitals, and the incubators were then stolen and shipped to Iraq. The person telling this story was a Quwaiti teenager who was under oath in front of a Congressional committee with full media coverage. The only problem with the story was that it was an utter fabrication, a complete lie, a deceptive means to sway a gullible public. The girl who was lying wasn't who she said she was, some "candy-striper" from the middle classes in Kuwait City. She was the daugther of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the U.S. and hadn't even been in Kuwait at the time of the incident she reported seeing. She was taught how to do a credible job in front of the sympathetic committee by the public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton. Guess what, they're still at it. An executive from Hill & Knowlton was the trainer who helped Linda "Please, call me Imelda" Lay for her performance on the "Today" show. As has been amply reported, H & K was once again engaged in a complete snow job, a utter falsehood and a total fabrication. Apparently, lying is the only thing they do well. All the best, Ray Source for Kuwaiti info: Second Front : Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War by John R. MacArthur amazon.com