Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates responds to questions during testimony with Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen. (Released)Gates Orders Review Of Pentagon Information Operations -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered an internal review of the Pentagon's intelligence operations amid allegations that a defense official hired private contractors for an off-the-books spying effort to track militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Mr. Gates directed a small team of military and defense officials to conduct a 15-day assessment of the military's so-called information operations, which can include psychological warfare and other efforts at battlefield deception. He said the team would look for "systemic problems" that might require "corrective action."
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More News On Gates Review Of Pentagon Information Operations
Defense secretary orders review of military information programs -- Washington Post
Alleged private spy ring prompts wider US probe: Pentagon -- AFP
Gates orders study of Pentagon 'information ops' -- AP
Pentagon probing 'private spy network' -- Sydney Morning Herald/AFP
Caution lights for the military's 'information war' -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
My Comment: This review is long overdue.
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