Ala the New York Times, Democracy Now! reported on the Pentagon's use of so-called military analysts who portrayed Iraq as a threat leading up to the 2003 invasion. This propaganda included writing op-eds, appearing on CNN, etc. Might be worth reading if you're interested in press-state relations.

Something that caught my attention near the end of the piece is this idea that analysts weren't really mouthpieces so much as they were employed to explain the facts on the ground. As if. FAIR's Peter Hart disagreed as well.

DN! also reported that the Pentagon is allowing more felons into the army:

New Pentagon statistics show the number of felons recruited by the Army more than doubled last year. Between September 2006 and 2007, the Army granted so-called conduct waivers for felonies and misdemeanors to 18 percent of its new recruits. Conduct waivers were given to recruits convicted of burglary, grand larceny, kidnapping, making terrorist threats, rape or sexual abuse, and indecent acts or liberties with a child. Congressman Henry Waxman, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the statistics yesterday. Waxman said, "The significant increase in the recruitment of persons with criminal records is a result of the strain put on the military by the Iraq war." 

Sounds like tough times for war profiteers.

DN! also reported that George W. Bush now officially holds the record as most unpopular president, at least according to Gallup Polls. (Yeah, even more unpopular than Truman.)

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