V.S. Grijze propaganda t.b.v. oorlogvoering

From Talk2000.NL

Jump to: navigation, search

... The first DoD effort - the Office of Strategic Influence - was shut down in February 2002, after only four months in operation, when the US media discovered that its mandate included feeding disinformation to foreign media, so-called 'grey propaganda'.

...

A subsequent attempt emerged in December 2002, when The New York Times reported that Secretary Rumsfeld had supported a change in DoD policy on PSYOP, redefining it in the cornerstone DoD directive '3600.1: Information Operations'. While previously, DoD policy defined PSYOP as operations to affect the behavior of 'adversary' decisionmakers and populations, the re-wording favored 'foreign' decisionmakers and populations, including friendly and neutral nations.

...

Since mid-December 2002, the DoD has stepped back from the 'grey propaganda' rĂ´le, leaving the State Department sole responsibility for strategic PSYOP.

...

 


- N a v i g a t i e -

Personal tools