Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2364-1001478127-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:25:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 23152 invoked by uid 510); 26 Sep 2001 04:23:28 -0000 Received: from n16.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.66) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 04:23:28 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2364-1001478127-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by mo.egroups.com with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2001 04:23:09 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 26 Sep 2001 04:22:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 8701 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2001 04:21:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.224 with QMQP; 26 Sep 2001 04:21:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 04:22:50 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id VAA08908 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:22:50 -0700 Message-Id: <200109260422.VAA08908@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Rumsfeld:.Pentagon.Won't.Lie] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Rumsfeld: Pentagon Won't Lie By Pauline Jelinek Associated Press Writer Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2001; 3:27 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON ญญ Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld promised Tuesday his department will not mislead the press as part of the campaign against terrorism and said there are other ways to protect sensitive information. "I am 69 years old, and I don't believe it's ever happened that I have lied to the press, and I don't intend to start now," he said. At a Pentagon news conference, Rumsfeld was asked whether he could guarantee there would be no policy of giving out false information. "You can be certain there is no campaign targeted at the news media," he said. Pentagon officials have been unusually secretive in the last week as the Bush administration prepares for what it has said will be a long war against terrorism, which will be unlike other was the country has known and will be fought on many fronts. Among other things, officials have refused to give many details on the military buildup under way in the Persian Gulf, which nations have joined the coalition or even what countries might be targeted. Rumsfeld said the government is giving "a great deal of thought to handling the public affairs" surrounding the anti-terrorism campaign and held a meeting on the subject Monday. He was asked circumstances in which Defense Department officials "will be authorized to lie to the news media" in order to increase chances of success of a military operation or gain some other advantage over adversaries. "I cannot imagine a situation," he said. "I don't recall that I've ever lied to the press. I don't intend to. ... There are dozens of ways to avoid having to put yourself in a position where you're lying." Rumsfeld recalled that during World War II, allies planted false information about the planned time and location of the Normandy invasion. Rumsfeld said U.S. military officials will refuse to comment on anything that will endanger troops or operations. "And anyone that does talk to any of you about that is breaking federal criminal law and should be in jail," Rumsfeld said. "Responsible people won't do it," Rumsfeld said. "People that know anything won't do it. But that's a very different thing from coming out and actively telling a lie." "I suppose you never say never," he said. "But all I can say is I cannot imagine a situation where we would be so unskillful that we would be in a position that we would have to do that to protect lives." ญญญ On the Net: Pentagon media guide: <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/asdpa.html">http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/asdpa.html> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XrFcOC/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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