Top Policy Official Defends New Strategic Info Office

By Thomas Duffy / February 20, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon's top policy official today defended the creation of a new Office of Strategic Information as necessary for coordinating policy on the various information operations now carried out by the Defense Department. Douglas Feith, the under secretary of defense for policy, did not rule out "creative" uses of the office in helping the military achieve operational objectives. Speaking to reporters during a breakfast in Washington, Feith said the OSI mandate is still being developed and the lines of responsibility...

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