Source: NY Times
Gen. George W. Casey Jr. orders an inquiry into a public relations firm paying Iraqi News outlets to print positive articles--cough, cough--I mean propaganda.
I guess the answer was found...the findings: no breach in military law in regards to work in Iraq.
Come on, they know what they are/were doing is illegal. What, did anyone honestly expect "my mistake, we goofed and broke another 1-15 international laws again, and we will do it another 100 times"?
Besides, what law? They don't abide by mankind's laws.
WASHINGTON, March 21--An inquiry has found that an American public relations firm did not violate military policy by paying Iraqi news outlets to print positive articles, military officials said Tuesday. The finding leaves to the Defense Department the decision on whether new rules are needed to govern such activities.
The inquiry, which has not yet been made public, was ordered by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the senior American commander in Iraq, after it was disclosed in November that the military had used the Lincoln Group, a Washington-based public relations company, to plant articles written by American troops in Iraqi newspapers while hiding the source of the articles.
Obviously, someone in the Pentagon believes the report's findings are so good, hence a big delay in its public release.
Officials who have read or been briefed on the review said the delay in its public release reflected discomfort in the Pentagon about the actions by the Lincoln Group and about the lack of clarity in broader Defense Department policy.
Even when caught red-handed in illegal and immoral activities, the old "lie, lie, and deny" play is in effect.
Got to love the "policy of corruption" and cover-ups in the Pentagon.
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