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So not only what had these people done in the past but, again, what could we do, what could the generals say, what information could we present to them that would get them to provide what they needed at the time. usually it was more troops, more trainers, because we were woefully short. the problem wasn't so much that we were using information to do that. the problem was that you wouldn't want to use a psychologically trained team, you wouldn't want to use us as information operators to do that. because as you said up front, we're focused on the enemy and we should have been, not on our own pe...

A stunning report about an alleged attempt by the u.s. military to influence senators to approve more troops and money for the war in afghanistan. it's a story that broke on rollingstone.com. within the past 24 hours. the article quotes a former active duty lieutenant colonel who claims he and his team received orders to psychologically manipulate visiting dignitaries, including senators like john mccain, al franken, even the chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen. the military team refused noting it's illegal to use psy-ops on americans. but according to that lieutenant colonel, rai...