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Date: 3 Mar 2000 21:10:31 -0500
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I wonder if these guys were involved in the Larry King show
assassination attempt on the Serbian official - (I can't remember
his name or title)

Kathleen

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/20000303_xex_arm
y_psyops_.shtml

FRIDAY
MARCH 3
2000

Army 'psyops' at CNN
News giant employed military
'psychological operations' personnel

By Geoff Metcalf
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
CNN employed active duty U.S. Army psychological operations
personnel last year, WorldNetDaily has confirmed through several
sources at Fort Bragg and elsewhere.
Maj. Thomas Collins, U.S. Information Service has confirmed that
"psyops" (psychological operations) personnel, soldiers and
officers, have worked in the CNN headquarters in Atlanta. The
lend/lease exercise was part of an Army program called "Training
With Industry." According to Collins, the soldiers and officers, "...
worked as regular employees of CNN. Conceivably, they would
have worked on stories during the Kosovo war. They helped in the
production of news."
When asked if the introduction of military personnel into a civilian
news organization was standard operating procedure, one source
said, "That question is above my pay grade ... but I hope so. It's
what we do."
The CNN military personnel were members of the Airmobile Fourth
Psychological Operations Group, stationed at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina. One of the main tasks of this group of almost 1200
soldiers and officers is to spread 'selected information.' Critics say
that means dissemination of propaganda.
Cable News Network suffered a major embarrassment in the wake
of the 'Tailwind' story it aired, alleging the U.S. government used
lethal sarin gas to kill suspected defectors during the Vietnam war.
After WorldNetDaily was the first news organization to expose the
fraudulent news production, two CNN producers were fired and,
eventually, CNN veteran reporter Peter Arnett also was ousted. In
that case, Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Perry Smith quit his long-
time job as a military adviser to CNN.
What about now? Has the U.S. military been in a position to have
influenced directly CNN's news reports about the crisis in Kosovo?
Collins claims a "handful" of military assets were assigned to CNN
for weeks "to get to know the company and to broaden their
horizons." The Major asserts "they didn't work under the control of
the army."
Several sources have confirmed the temporary outplacement of
U.S. Army psyops personnel started two or three years ago, and
they have been integrated into "various sectors of society." The
assignment durations have been short-term up to one full year,
depending on the mission. When asked, "What were the
missions?" responses to WND varied from "No comment.", "...
need to know," to smiles, and, in one case, an obscene
recommendation.
CNN is the most watched and widely viewed news outlet in the
world. During Operation Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein regularly
watched CNN for battlefield intelligence. The symbiotic, intimate
relationship between CNN and army psyops specialists has raised
many eyebrows, with critics saying it raises doubts about CNN's
journalistic integrity and independence.
The Fourth Psyop Group has been involved in the Gulf War, the
Bosnian War and the Kosovo crisis. American psyops troops
attempt to influence media and public opinion in armed conflicts in
which American state interests are said to be at stake.
News coverage of the war in Kosovo, by CNN and other media, has
been criticized as "one-sided, overly emotional, over-simplified and
relying too heavily on NATO officials," observed a report from the
Netherlands.
CNN has not thus far commented officially on the allegations.
Megan Mahoney, a CNN spokeswoman recently said, "I don't
believe that we would employ military personnel; it doesn't seem
like something we would normally do." However, now that the U.S.
Army Information Service has confirmed the news, Mahoney said
she would have to contact CNN's senior officials.

Geoff Metcalf is a staff reporter for WorldNetDaily.


--
Kathleen

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." --9th Amendment to
the United States Constitution.

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