Inspector General’s Office

Selling a War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:22:22 -0400

Full article: Seattle Times
The House has angrily and appropriately lashed out at a Pentagon program that used retired senior military officers as propaganda surrogates to sell the Iraq war.

GAO, Pentagon's IG Investigate Military TV Analysts

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:38:10 -0400

Full article: PRWeek
Ted McKenna
The Defense Department's inspector general as well as the General Accountability Office began investigations into the Pentagon's private briefings of retired military analysts.

Amendment Targets Embedded-Analyst Program

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:02:32 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The inspector general of the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office may be joining the FCC in investigating the Bush administration's "embedded analyst" program.

House Aims at Pentagon Propaganda on Iraq War

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:57:24 -0400

Full article: Los Angeles Times
James Rainey
The House of Representatives moved to crack down on a Pentagon program that Democrats say planted false and overly optimistic news stories about the Iraq war, using military analysts who appeared regularly on television.

Military Public Relations Effort Faces Inquiry

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:41:27 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
The Pentagon's internal watchdog is investigating a government public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the administration's Iraq war policies.

Two Inquiries Set on Pentagon Publicity Effort

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:10:44 -0400

Full article: New York Times
David Barstow
The inspector general's office at the Defense Department announced that it would investigate the Pentagon pundit program one day after the House passed an amendment to the annual military authorization bill that would mandate investigations of the program.