As we pull, and tug at the spam propaganda story ? those fake "good news" letters from Iraq sent out to 500 newspapers, signed by different soldiers ? the whole fabric of this odd little episode begins to come apart, revealing a whole other layer underneath. The Pentagon, the local commanders, everyone disclaimed any knowledge of this "good news" factory, and it was only a coincidence that the President had just launched a major public relations blitz designed to shore up support for the war.
The official story, up until recently, was that a single individual soldier had taken it upon himself to write and circulate the letter, but, as it turned out, this wasn't just any grunt: it was Lt. Col. Dominic Caraccilo, who is, by any measure, far from ordinary.
He is not only a published author and editor, but is also, perhaps, the single most cited soldier in press accounts of the war, as a Google search reveals. Wherever there is a question to be answered, a rationale to articulate, a "good news" perspective to be given on some unfolding disaster, Lt. Col. Caraccilo is at the media's service.
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