OSP and WHIG Establish Daily Intelligence-Propaganda Coordination Meetings

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The Office of Special Plans (OSP), led by Douglas Feith, and the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) institutionalized daily coordination meetings to synchronize intelligence production with propaganda messaging. These meetings enabled the systematic manipulation of intelligence to support the Bush administration’s case for invading Iraq, bypassing traditional intelligence assessment processes.

Sources & Citations

[1] Pentagon Office Produced 'Alternative' Intelligence on Iraq Tier 1

[2] Pentagon Office's Misleading Intelligence · 2023 Tier 1

[3] Context of White House Iraq Group Intelligence Coordination Tier 2

Tiers Tier 1 court records & gov docs · Tier 2 established outlets · Tier 3 regional & specialty press · Tier 4 opinion or single-source. Methodology →

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The Cascade Ledger. “OSP and WHIG Establish Daily Intelligence-Propaganda Coordination Meetings.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, October 12, 2002. https://capturecascade.org/event/2002-10-12--osp-whig-daily-intel-propaganda-meetings/