Something similar occured at the Pentagon during "Dubya's" first term. To gin up support for attacking Iraq which had nothing to do with 9/11 or al-Qaida, in 2002 the DOD put on to active duty a cell of military reserve officers who were known neo-cons or Islamophobes. A five-man propaganda cell at the Pentagon massaged the information and intelligence to sell the illegal invasion of Iraq to the American public and newspapers.