Pentagon Contractor Admits Orchestrating USA Today Smear Campaign
In a conclusion to one of the more bizarre anti-journalist smear campaigns in recent memory, the co-owner of a Pentagon defense contractor admitted on Thursday that he had targeted two reporters from USA Today.
A statement on the website of Leonie Industries, said that Camille Chidiac, a minority owner of the group, had revealed he had directed a misinformation campaign against reporter Tom Vanden Brook and editor Ray Locker in retaliation for a series of theirs on waste and mismanagement at the Pentagon.
Leonie conducts international propaganda efforts for the Pentagon, making Chidiac ideally placed to direct his skills at the paper.
Leonie claimed that it was "not aware of and did not authorize Mr. Chidiac's online activity concerning the reporters," and said that he had had no day to day involvement in the company for years.
The campaign had been exposed by USA Today in April. Fake websites, Wikipedia entries and Twitter accounts were set up in the journalists' name, alleging, for instance, that they were aligned with the Taliban.
(The Pentagon has announced they will be getting rid of that contractor and hiring Rupert Murdoch so that the smearing can be done legally through Fox.)
Pentagon Contractor Admits Orchestrating USA Today Smear Campaign
In a conclusion to one of the more bizarre anti-journalist smear campaigns in recent memory, the co-owner of a Pentagon defense contractor admitted on Thursday that he had targeted two reporters from USA Today.
A statement on the website of Leonie Industries, said that Camille Chidiac, a minority owner of the group, had revealed he had directed a misinformation campaign against reporter Tom Vanden Brook and editor Ray Locker in retaliation for a series of theirs on waste and mismanagement at the Pentagon.
Leonie conducts international propaganda efforts for the Pentagon, making Chidiac ideally placed to direct his skills at the paper.
Leonie claimed that it was "not aware of and did not authorize Mr. Chidiac's online activity concerning the reporters," and said that he had had no day to day involvement in the company for years.
The campaign had been exposed by USA Today in April. Fake websites, Wikipedia entries and Twitter accounts were set up in the journalists' name, alleging, for instance, that they were aligned with the Taliban.
(The Pentagon has announced they will be getting rid of that contractor and hiring Rupert Murdoch so that the smearing can be done legally through Fox.)
Wow... this Camille Chidiac sounds like a flaming right-winger...
Camille Chidiac is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Leonie Industries. Camille Chidiac is an expert in global strategic communications and was instrumental in developing Leonie Industries international media capabilities while acting as the company’s President and CEO from 2004-2008. Since 2004, Camille Chidiac has managed and developed communications and research campaigns in over 50 countries. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Chidiac has advised, partnered with and invested in dozens of both privately held and publicly traded companies in the fields of healthcare, technology, defense, media and renewable energy.
Maybe the Pentagon should announced they will be getting rid of that contractor and hiring MSMBC so that the smearing can be done legally. rofllol Next outrage of the day?
And Lady Jazzer can't even make up her own snark. This is her tag to her post above... "The Pentagon has announced they will be getting rid of that contractor and hiring Rupert Murdoch so that the smearing can be done legally through Fox."
Here is a comment on Huffington Post by "duxguts"... " The Pentagon says they will be getting rid of that contractor and hiring Rupert Murdoch so that smearing will be done legally."
Plagiarism much Lady Jazzer? Lady Jazzer is such a tool of the left.
