U.S. Inspector General: No Wrongdoing By Bush-Era Pentagon Officials

A television monitor in the Pentagon Briefing Room shows Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he responds to reporter's question during a press conference with Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq Gen. George W. Casey Jr., U.S. Army, in the Pentagon on June 27, 2005. Rumsfeld and Casey fielded questions from reporters on the U.S. military strategy and operations in Iraq. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Inspector General: Bush-Era Pentagon Officials Cleared Of Wrongdoing -- Washington Times

A three-year government investigation has found no wrongdoing by Bush-era Pentagon officials when they gave war briefings to retired military analysts who served as TV and radio commentators.

The probe by the Pentagon inspector general was a response to a 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning article in the New York Times that implied the former military officers, some of whom worked for or were defense contractors, received financial favors in return for their commentary and that they were tools in a propaganda campaign.

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My Comment: It took them 3 years to clear these officials .... 3 years! They should have done a better and quicker job than this.