A very interesting story in Stars and Stripes, vividly reflecting the Pentagon's will to manipulate the media into reporting their line (and incidentally featuring John Rendon, who will be familiar to readers of the chapter on propaganda in Flat Earth News):

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=64401

 ..... and, 24 hours later, a very interesting follow-up:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0809/Pentagon_ends_profil...