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Supposed to target americans," says one veteran of the psy-ops team.ç "its what you learn on day one." joining me now in his first television interview since his article became public, michael hastings of "rolling stone." thanks for joining us tonight, michael. >> thanks for having me, lawrence. its an honor to be here. >> michael, they didnt limit their targets to members of congress, according to your reporting. they actually targeted psychological operations on admiral mike mullen of the jo...

"everyone in the psy-ops community knows youre not supposed to target americans," says one veteran of the psy-ops team. "its what you learn on day one." joining me now in his first television interview since his article became public, michael hastings of "rolling stone." thanks for joining us tonight, michael. >> thanks for having me, lawrence. its an honor to be here. >> michael, they didnt limit their targets to members of congress, according to your reporting. they actually targeted psycholog...

Chiefs of staff. hows that news being received in the pentagon today? >> i get a sense theyre talking about it in the pentagon. but this was an information operation segment specialized in psychological operations as well as military deception. and they originally were on a mission to -- what they were there to do was to actually train and influence afghans and the taliban. thats what they were supposed to do. but when they got there, general caldwell and his staff said, hey, no, we want you to ...