Inspector General’s Office

Selling a War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:22:22 -0700

The U.S. House of Representatives 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 07:38:10 -0700

The Defense Department's inspector general (IG) as well as the General Accountability Office (GAO) began investigations last week into the Pentagon's private briefings of retired military analysts.

Amendment Targets Embedded-Analyst Program

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:02:32 -0700

It looks like the inspector general of the Defense Department and the Government Accountability Office may be joining the Federal Communications Commission in investigating the Bush administration's “embedded analyst” program.

House Aims at Pentagon Propaganda on Iraq War

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:57:24 -0700

The House of Representatives moved Thursday 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 04:41:27 -0700

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 04:10:44 -0700

The inspector general’s office at the Defense Department announced on Friday that it would investigate a Pentagon public affairs program that sought to transform retired military officers who work as television and radio analysts into “message force multipliers” who could be counted on to echo Bush administration talking points about Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and terrorism in general.