How the Pentagon planted a false story

The source of this spate of stories can now be identified as Bryan Whitman, the top Pentagon official in charge of media relations, who gave a press briefing for Pentagon correspondents that morning. Although Whitman did offer a few remarks on the record, most of the Whitman briefing was off the record, meaning that he could not be cited as the source. Full Story »

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David Dresser
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by David Dresser - Oct. 1, 2008

A very good and revealing piece that shows politics ignoring truth to make some sort of nervous point. We've seen this behavior before and we'll see it again and that is the real message in the article.

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