Military outsources 'psy ops"

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> Psychological Warfare Effort to be Outsourced
> Army command hires three firms to sway Afghans and Iraqis
> by James W Crawley
> June 10, 2005
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> WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Special Operations Command has hired three firms to produce newspaper stories, television broadcasts and Web sites to spread American propaganda overseas.
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> The Tampa-based military headquarters, which oversees commandos and psychological warfare, may spend up to $100 million for the media campaign in the next five years.
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> The Pentagon backed away from a similar campaign in 2002.
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> The use of contractors in psyops is a new wrinkle. But psychological warfare expert Herb Friedman said he is not surprised.

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