Can You Write Convincing Fiction?
The Lincoln Group Wants You!
We reported earlier in the week that the U.S. military was planting fake news stories in Iraqi newspapers. Now it turns out that the Lincoln Group, the "defense contractor" that planted the stories for the military, is hiring! Check it out:
Lincoln Group is seeking an experienced Project Director to manage a variety of Information Operations and Communications Campaigns which will target foreign audiences in support of Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The work would be based primarily in the company's offices in Washington DC, with some travel to Florida and worldwide locations. Required: Experience planning and managing complex media campaigns to foreign audiences [snip] Experience in emerging, fast-growth environments in conflict zones [snip] Know how of Human Resource Planning and Training (including working with expatriate personnel and local nationals) Current Secret Clearance [snip] Additional information will be provided to short-listed candidates after execution of a non-disclosure agreement. Desirable: [snip]Experience managing projects in hostile or semi-permissive environments. A network of, or ability to develop, corporate PR, communications, and public outreach capabilities with foreign business, tribal, and political leaders; media outlets; opinion leaders and decision makers. Compensation: Salary: $80-120K base plus bonus and profit sharing. Stock Options. Benefits including medical and dental coverage.
Love that bit about "targeting foreign audiences." hat tips: enigma for sending ad; Neil Shakespeare for graphic (Freedom Through White Phosphorous).
tags: lincoln group fake iraq news stories iraq war on terror impeach bush
Do you think that Brownie will submit his resume? Seems like he's rather good at writing fiction.
Posted by: Drew | December 02, 2005 at 09:25 AM
you know, I love irony, so i love all the stories issuing about the bush administration these days- you cant make this shit up and of course, the idiots on the right cant grasp it because they have their heads so far up their asses they are rendered deaf from the echo. We are trumpeting the importance of democracy while threatening to bomb Al Jazeera for printing the truth about the massacre in falluja (of civilians) and we are utilizing private firms like the lincoln group and the rendon group using millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to spread lies and propaganda about how wonderful things are in Iraq.
You know what Iraq is? It's two things- 1. An american colony. 2. Its a boon to the military industrial complex and guess who has huge monetary interests tied up in that complex? The neocons- rummy, cheney, libby, perle, wolfowitz, henry kissinger, and of coure the huge corporations like haliburton, lockeed martin, etc.
Its disgraceful. I have a friend who is a retired colonel in the Army and she has friends over in Iraq and she says she hears the same complaint over and over again- they are disgusted that private contractors are getting paid $600 an hour to do the exact same things the soldiers are doing for free and the contractors were part of the torture scandal all along- the soldiers say these guys are the bottom of the barrel- they will do anything for money. Anything.
Posted by: StacyB | December 02, 2005 at 10:53 AM
"Come to Me, all ye who are weak and have lots of oil." Seek the safety of our enfolding wings! Can't get that damn Ashcroft singing, "Let the eagle soar!" out of my head!
Posted by: Neil Shakespeare | December 02, 2005 at 12:36 PM
Every resume I've read in the last 4 years has been whole cloth fiction, so this should not seem so strange. Fake people, with fake resumes, writing fake news.
I'm having visions of a "Brazil-like," Ministry of Information Retrieval.
Posted by: Kvatch | December 02, 2005 at 12:46 PM
It gets better. This scheme is costing us the taxpayers some 6M dollars! The average marketing/pr firm rarely charges clients over 1M for any kind of campaign. That includes the big boys, like Microsoft, GM ect.
Lincoln also has a 100M dollar contract with the military. Reasons undisclosed and supposedly unrelated to Iraq.
"We will control all that you hear and see"
Posted by: Drew | December 02, 2005 at 03:18 PM
I'm applying, where is the link?!
Posted by: fred | December 02, 2005 at 05:21 PM
Here Fred: http://www.lincolngroup.com/, But I regret to inform you that two of the most coveted positions are taken: Director of Insight & Influence....And Director of Strategic Solutions. ( sigh)
Colonel Treadwell ( yes, that is his name) Said " I have never approved a product that was a LIE or was intended to deceive."
(more from the website- be prepared to gag and/or throw up)
GAO report of April noted that Pentagon has been pressing for Iniatives on "Strategic Communications" to fill the Void left by lack of strategic direction by the White House".(ouch..Rummy and Dicky not getting along- eh?)
Oh- and they are only being paid $100 million signed in June, and another $300 million over the next three years....so they definently have the doe.....they also prefer if you have Foreign Intell experience..so Fred if you have James Bond Credentials you are in...
( Hey, they should hire Judy M...I will email her- prefect job for her..her fictional stenography skills will be a shoe in. )
Posted by: enigma4ever | December 02, 2005 at 09:42 PM
Not much point in filling in the application form as far as I can see, Karl "The obese bum Bandit" Rove is a shoo in for this one. When he gets out of the can that is.
Posted by: GRUMPY OLD MAN | December 02, 2005 at 10:38 PM
Poor eagle, his perch must be in a toxic waste dump sponsored by Bush's "Healthy Forests" act...
Posted by: actor212 | December 03, 2005 at 05:11 AM
It seems like this plan was mentioned by the White House quite some time ago, if memory serves me. Now they are acting like they don't "have the facts" about what the Pentagon is doing. That alone would be pretty scary but it is a blatant lie.
Posted by: karena | December 03, 2005 at 06:57 AM
Oh- and they are only being paid $100 million signed in June, and another $300 million over the next three years....so they definently have the doe.....they also prefer if you have Foreign Intell experience..so Fred if you have James Bond Credentials you are in...
Meanwhile, in flood ravaged New Orleans, thousands of families are still homeless and jobless. Good to know the Federal Government has their priorities in order.
Posted by: drew | December 04, 2005 at 07:59 AM
From Sunday's edition of The Baghdad Times:
Last year chocolate rations were at 30 grams per week. This year chocolate rations shall be raised up to 25 grams per week.
This is doubleplus good news!
Posted by: drew | December 04, 2005 at 08:12 AM
Sorry Drew- but that is what the Lincoln site said- beyond putrid...and yes, the first thing I thought of was the folks in NOLA...and on another level, I did look up their website because Tom Forman of CNN did a story about the FEMA channel and it looks VERY propaganda-ish, so I was checking to see if they do any stuff on American Soil...nope only foriegn...( and it does not just say Iraq...ponder that as well)...and the Bios of the top cheese were all Brit Intel....creepy...
Posted by: enigma4ever | December 05, 2005 at 10:00 PM
This story is far more sinister than just leaking stories to the Iraq press. Also, why is it, that a week later the story has all but VANISHED from the American Press? I just updated the story on my site, and really think Bloggers need to be running with this story to demand accountablity and truth.
Posted by: Pinto Bean | December 09, 2005 at 10:21 AM