Pentagon Pundits Scandal

For years now, retired military officers have been used by network TV programs to assess the most current situation and to give guidance and advice on the future concerning the Iraq war. What the networks did not know, but should have discovered, was that The Pentagon was orchestrating the viewpoints of these men even to the point of writing scripts for them to mouth on TV. Their glowing reports were made to ramp up support for the War, according to the New York Times, which broke the story. Worse, some of these same former officers had financial holdings in some of the contractors and companies upon which they were opining, without disclosing such ties.
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