From
The Rolling Stone, by James Bamford.
According to James Bamford, the Pentagon secretly awarded the Rendon Group a $16 million contract to target Iraq and other adversaries with propaganda. The Rendon Group has made millions from government contracts since 1991 to help "create the conditions for the removal of Hussein from power."
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"By law, the Bush administration is expressly prohibited from disseminating government propaganda at home. But in an age of global communications, there is nothing to stop it from planting a phony pro-war story overseas -- knowing with certainty that it will reach American citizens almost instantly."
The Rendon Group also assisted George H. W. Bush shortly after his election when he hired them to help overthrow Norieta.
"In 1989, shortly after his election, President George H.W. Bush signed a highly secret "finding" authorizing the CIA to funnel $10 million to opposition forces in Panama to overthrow Gen. Manuel Noriega. Reluctant to involve agency personnel directly, the CIA turned to the Rendon Group. Rendon's job was to work behind the scenes, using a variety of campaign and psychological techniques to put the CIA's choice, Guillermo Endara, into the presidential palace. Cash from the agency, laundered through various bank accounts and front organizations, would end up in Endara's hands, who would then pay Rendon."
After Iraq withdrew from Kuwait, Rendon's job was to make the victory look like a flag-waving liberation, and he remarked, "Did you ever stop to wonder how the people of Kuwait City, after being held hostage for seven long and painful months were able to get hand-held American -- and, for that matter, the flags of other coalition countries?" After a pause, he added, "Well, you now know the answer. That was one of my jobs then."