Pentagon (Temporarily) Stops Feeding Info to Retired Officers

[babylonsister]

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Message Force Multipliers Put on Hiatus
By Paul Kiel - April 28, 2008, 10:59AM



The Pentagon was shocked by what it read in the paper last Sunday.

From Stars and Stripes:

The Defense Department has temporarily stopped feeding information to retired military officers pending a review of the issue, said Robert Hastings, principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for public affairs....

Hastings said he is concerned about allegations that the Defense Department's relationship with the retired military analysts was improper.

"Following the allegations, the story that is printed in the New York Times, I directed my staff to halt, to suspend the activities that may be ongoing with retired military analysts to give me time to review the situation," Hastings said in an interview with Stripes on Friday.

Hastings said he did not discuss the matter with Defense Secretary Robert Gates prior to making his decision. He could not say Friday how long this review might take.

"We'll take the time to do it right," he said.

[MiniMe]

1. Cut the information off for those generals who are speaking out

Sounds like the typical *co.

[L. Coyote]

2. Now, they just feed to all the journalists directly, I can well imagine. Tell us

who it is fed to still, we must counter to the Pentagon. That's who matters most, I'm guessing!!