Hired Hand
December 02, 2005
American war planners are once again fending off challenges to their credibility in the wake of news that they paid Iraqi newspapers to publish good news stories. Many question the ethics - and efficacy - of the project, but others say this sort of "psychological operation" is an integral part of war. Bob talks to intelligence expert James Bamford about the Rendon Group, one of the government's favorite contractors for "strategic communications" campaigns in the lead-up to war.



