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Supposed to target americans," says one veteran of the psy-ops team.ç "it's 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. it's an honor to be here. >> michael, they didn't limit their targets to members of congress, according to your reporting. they actually targeted psychological operations on admiral mike mullen of the joint chiefs of staff. how's that news being received in the pentagon today? >> i get a sense they'...

"everyone in the psy-ops community knows you're not supposed to target americans," says one veteran of the psy-ops team. "it's 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. it's an honor to be here. >> michael, they didn't limit their targets to members of congress, according to your reporting. they actually targeted psychological operations on admiral mike mullen of the joint chiefs of staff. how's that news being recei...

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...