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Rolling Stone: General Deployed Psy-Ops Against US Senators

The U.S. Army ordered a "psychological operations" team to manipulate visiting U.S. senators into pushing for more funding and troops for the war in Afghanistan, according to a report in Rolling Stone magazine. Three-star U.S. general Lt. Gen. William Caldwell is accused of deploying propaganda techniques, which the...

William Caldwell: 5 Facts on the General at the Center of Rolling Stone's Psy-Ops Story

Michael Hastings, the reporter whose "Runaway General" profile of Stanley McChrystal forced him to resign his command in Afghanistan, has another blockbuster in the pages of Rolling Stone. According to a report published Wednesday night, the U.S. military ordered its "psychological operations" unit in Kabul to manipulate...

Rolling Stone's Big Army Psy-Ops Story: Here Are the 5 Juiciest Nuggets From It

Did the Army deploy psychological warfare on U.S. politicians? That's the implication of an explosive story from Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings. In "Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators," Hastings reports that experts in "psy-ops," or psychological operations, in Afghanistan were asked to use...

Pentagon Bounces Rolling Stone Reporter: What Embed Ground Rules Actually Say

(Aug. 4) -- The pen is mighty, but the Pentagon has ways to keep it in check. So learned Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings on Tuesday when the military announced it would not allow him to embed with the U.S. army in Afghanistan. The decision comes a month and a half after the release of his explosive article on Gen....

Reporter: McChrystal Camp Tried to Censor Profile

(June 24) -- The author of the Rolling Stone magazine profile that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal said he was pressured not to print some of the damning statements made by the U.S. commander in Afghanistan and his top aides about the Obama administration. Now embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan,...

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05/28/12 Residents fear road closure will reduce business Source: Geelong Advertiser "Consultation is continuing with Winchelsea residents and business owners to further develop preliminary concept designs for a signalised intersection over the next couple of months," Mr Hedley said.
05/23/12 SmithâMundt: Myth and Reality Source: The Heritage Foundation Controversy has swirled around the SmithâMundt Modernization Act since it passed mark-up as an amendment to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act last Friday.
05/18/12 Joyce Grimm Source: The Daily Record - Wooster OH Joyce I. Grimm, 85, of Medina, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Smithville-Western Care Center, Wooster.
05/06/12 Festival speaker spits dummy after organisers baulk at... Source: New Zealand Herald The Rolling Stone journalist who pulled out of the Auckland Writers and Readers festival less than a week before its opening is blaming publishers for not "stepping up" to pay his airfare.
05/05/12 Writer tweets his festival no-show Source: New Zealand News The Rolling Stone journalist who ended the career of US General Stanley McChrystal has started a war of words after pulling out of the Auckland Writers Festival.