<

Defense Will Not Lie to Public, Feith Says
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
When Defense Department officials speak to the public, they tell the truth, said Defense Undersecretary for Policy Douglas Feith.

Feith spoke Feb. 20 to a group of defense writers in Washington. He said despite the reports about the Office of Strategic Influence, "Defense Department officials don't lie to the public. We are confident that the truth serves our interests in the broadest sense of our national security and specifically in this war."

"Information operations" do not have to be untruthful, either. "One of the major things we did during the Cold War was bring true information through the Iron Curtain," Feith said.

Feith said the United States has been advertising rewards in Afghanistan -- those are "information operations." So, too, were the Commando Solo radio broadcasts that told the Afghan populace what to expect, warned people about unexploded ordnance, and told them that humanitarian rations could be eaten.
(More: DoD News Source)
2002 © The United States Department of Defense.

Dan