This was taken from a local newspaper......

The penragon has shut down a short lived office that reportedly considered planting false news stories abroad to curry favor for U.S. policies.
The Defense Department created the office after the Sept. 11th terror attacks. Rumsfield said the office was created to help get out the United States' side of the story to counter views of opponentssuch as the Taliban, now ousted rulers of Afghanistan, and the Al-Qaida terrorist network sheltered by the Taliban.
Last week, reports surfaced that the office had proposed giving false information to foreign journalists to further the U.S. war against terrorism.
The New York Times reported that the office, headed by Air Force Brig. Gen. Simon Worden, had begun circulating classified proposals that recommended using the Internet and clandestine operations to spread such disinformation.

This story was really long so I just highlighted the important things.....