t r u t h o u t - Pentagon to Plant News Stories Throughout the World
"A $300 million Pentagon psychological warfare operation includes plans for placing pro-American messages in foreign media outlets without disclosing the US government as the source, one of the military officials in charge of the program says....
The three companies handling the campaign include the Lincoln Group, the company being investigated by the Pentagon for paying Iraqi newspapers to run pro-U.S. stories.
THE PROGRAM:
•Cost: Up to $100 million per contractor, $300 million total
•Contractors: SYColeman of Washington; Lincoln Group of Washington; Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego
•Awarded: June 7
•Length: Five years
•Purpose: "For media approach planning, prototype product development, commercial quality product development, product distribution and dissemination, and media effects analysis.
Source: Department of Defense"
PHOTO: Thousands of South Koreans wave U.S. and South Korea flags during a pro-U.S. rally in October. By Lee Jin-man, AP.
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