Here is a round-up of interviews from the March 4th edition of Democracy Now!, a daily, grassroots independent global news hour.
Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011
Our whole approach to security is built around the assumption that you can kill an idea. Guns, brutality, coercion: This is the common wisdom.
MSNBC | Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | Posted 05.25.2011
The law prohibits psychological operations from being used against U.S. citizens. But those familiar with psy-ops and propaganda say the field is a cl...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) responded on Sunday to a report that he was the target of "psychological operations" by the U.S. military to...
nytimes.com | THOM SHANKER | Posted 05.25.2011
The spokesman for a three-star general accused of instructing troops to carry out "psychological operations" to sway visiting members of Congress said...
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011
The latest general to find himself excoriated in the pages of Rolling Stone, Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, should resign immediately for using psychological operations, commonly known as "psy-ops" against U.S. lawmakers visiting Afghanistan.
Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011
General Caldwell should face court marshal proceedings for violating his oath of office and US law.
Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.25.2011
By Nick Schwellenbach, crossposted on POGO's blog Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings has written another article that's gone viral. Here's how it opens...
AP | PAULINE JELINEK and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is ordering an investigation into charges that an army unit trained in psychological operatio...
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings has something right out of bad fiction -- Caldwell actually hatched and deployed a plan to use psy-ops against U.S. senators and congressmen. Unbelievable, and illegal.
Rolling Stone | Michael Hastings | Posted 05.25.2011
The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing ...
Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011
Early this week, a vulture flew across the Israeli border into Saudi Arabia, where it was captured on suspicion of espionage.
The Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011
A months-long review of documents and interviews with Pentagon personnel has revealed that the Bush Administration's military analyst program -- aimed...
Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011