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People, he wasnt satisfied with the message. and went to the psychological operations people to say, look, i need better data on the senators themselves, who they are, whats their voting record and the like. to use that as anybody would in preparing for a meeting of that kind. now, heres where the problem would lie, calling on them in the first place is a problem but the deepest problem would be if psychological ops, psy-ops provided disinformation that was passed along to senators, admiral mull...

Order to extract more troops and funding for the war. general petraeus, the commander of all u.s. forces in afghanistan, of course, has now ordered an investigation to determine the facts.ç eric bates is executive editor of "rolling stone" magazine and joins us now. eric, thanks so much for joining us. were talking about, of course, something that involved psy ops, which is a very murky area of army operations. and according to your reporting, your report says that it would be completely inapp...

Afghanistan 11 times. talked to countless generals and privates and diplomats and members of our aides and state department. so i try to get a broad view and not to the put too much stake in any one position while i travel. >> there are other allegations in this. i mean, besides what are, i guess, the traditional psy-ops that are supposed to, according to defense departments only guidelines only be used on hostile foreigners. they apparently were told to put together and did put together, accord...

Of plotting to carry out attacks here in the u.s. on his list of targets, the dallas address for former president george w. bushs home. plus, well be talking with the editor of "rolling stone" about whether the army tried to use psy-ops against senators visiting afghanistan. and your exclusive first look at the "national journals" new cover as they roll out their annual congressional ratings. well see you in 15 minutes. a powerful blast at a chinese chemical plant tops our world view. it t...

Sent the first man into space. its auctioned off at sothebys in new york. expected to go for between $2 million and $10 million. wrap did you do with it is my question? and the royal couple, prince william and kate middleton made their first public appearance since announcing theyre engagement. they came to western wales for the naming ceremony of a lifeboat. i guess thats how you start out before youre married. a lifeboat. not like a big yacht or anything like to. unbelievable report how ab...

Enemy and doing propaganda on the taliban and put them in the room with the senators without the senators knowledge? theres a real clear line there in terms of staffing. and they went to the psy ops staff and used them instead. >> there are a lot of questions to be answered here, but carl levin has pointed out that he would support the war, nonetheless. but the fact that general petraeus is investigating and that general caldwell is one of the top leaders, top commanders, very fast-moving, high-...

Called the propaganda ryder that also expressly prohibits psy ops and this kind of operation from being used on american citizens. >> now, some of the senators who were supposedly targeted for influence are among some of the militarys chief supporters. so whether or not this had any impact is very arguable. john mccain, joe lieberman, you can see, jack reed, al franken, carl eleven, and steve israel, the congress member. but whether or not they were influence, and as well, the joint chiefs chair...

Stakes are too high, politically and substantively, theres no doubt this has to get done. >> before we let you go, psy-ops, when you went to visit war zones and what is that line? did you feel like you were ever being spun by generals? >> this is of course about the "rolling stone" article that suggests theres an afghan general trying to conduct psychological operations on sitting senators. >> well, did you -- what was it like when generals would do this? >> a couple of generals did look at me f...

Watching the biggest movement of wealth i think in our nations history. and its not going towards the middle class. and i applaud democrats, like grayson, for standing up at least and going toe-to-toe with a lot of what i think psy-ops. psychological operations. making people feel like, you know what, hes a lost cause. >> weve heard from those who are disappointed with the president. well talk about that more on the other side of the break. all these men will be back with us. and on the other si...

Timing is sort of unfortunate for the house intelligence committee, which wrapped up this investigation and really didnt give much credence to the famous trump tower meeting. this would seem to be a piece of evidence that they would want to look at a little bit more closely. the first thought i had about this is why is she coming out and saying this publicly? and is this first kind of psy ops by the kremlin? obviously, they love to keep the russian meddling story going. they know it creates lots...