Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pentagon Report: More Lying And Propaganda, Less Truth And Honesty


Pentagon Report Calls for Office of ‘Strategic Deception’ -- The Danger Room

The Defense Department needs to get better at lying and fooling people about its intentions. That’s the conclusion from an influential Pentagon panel, the Defense Science Board (DSB), which recommends that the military and intelligence communities join in a new agency devoted to “strategic surprise/deception.”

Tricking battlefield opponents has been a part of war since guys started beating each other with bones and sticks. But these days, such moves are harder to pull off, the DSB notes in a January report (.pdf) first unearthed by InsideDefense.com.

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My Comment: We live in a universe where there is no secrets. Good luck to the Pentagon in finding ways to deceive people (like myself) and/or our enemies who are watching and reading about them all the time.

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