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But when they got there, general caldwell and his staff said, hey, no, we want you to start, you know, using -- we want you to actually work on influencing senators and other military officials visiting to help sort of grease the skids and get what they want. then what happens was the leader of the -- of this information operation cell said hey, that sounds illegal to me. and that was later confirmed with a legal opinion he received from a j.a.g. lawyer. so the question is, why were they using this vital resource, this $6 million a year information operations cell, to try to spin senators? >> ...

To actually work on influencing senators and other military officials visiting to help sort of grease the skids and get what they want. then what happens was the leader of the -- of this information operation cell said hey, that sounds illegal to me. and that was later confirmed with a legal opinion he received from a jag lawyer. so the question is why were they using this vital resource, this $6 million a year information operations cell, to try to spin senators? >> and what techniques do they use in this operation? >> well, i think what's most interesting is that you know, this unit resisted...

Chiefs of staff. how's that news being received in the pentagon today? >> i get a sense they're 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. that's what they were supposed to do. but when they got there, general caldwell and his staff said, hey, no, we want you to start, you know, using -- we want you to actually work on influencing senators and other military...