Leaked ICE memo details media strategy to counter citizen activist groups

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Source: Raw Story

Leaked ICE memo details media strategy to counter citizen activist groups

By Stephen C. Webster
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 -- 7:38 pm


Call this a crash course in how federal agencies use the press to advance their own advocacy.

A memo leaked from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is has immigration reform activist groups up in arms, calling the government's plans to argue on behalf of its programs "unbelievable" and an "an aggressive strategy for spin and deception."

The document details how the agency was to respond amid a host of planned protests against the so-called "Secure Communities" program. It reveals that ICE targeted major media in eight cities where activists planned their rallies, securing space in publications like The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Maimi Herald, The Washington Examiner and others.

"On the day of the launch, ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton placed opinion-editorials in Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; and Morristown, New Jersey—all sites of the campaign," noted Uncover the Truth, a joint advocacy campaign set up by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and other non-governmental groups.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0429/leaked-ice-memo-details-media-strategy-counter-citizen-activists/

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MEMO HERE:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30724588/ICE-Media-Strategy

[Trillo]

1. Sounds like a modern version of Operation Mockingbird. nt

[boppers]

3. Mockingbird was covert.

This, at least, is overt.

[whereaminow]

2. Mr. Obama y Sr. Calderon

Tear down this wall!

[leveymg]

4. The Washington Examiner is the free, throwaway bus stop tabloid

It's owned by conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz and staffed by a bunch of Moonie Times and National Review alumni. Not really much news in that pulp - a lot of advertising for discount furniture stores.