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< | '''Kimber L. McKenzie''' is a retired (2006) [[Major general|Major General]] in the [[U.S. Air Force]], whose last assignment of record was Vice Commander, [[Eighth Air Force]], [[Barksdale Air Force Base]]. She had been a military fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], 1999-2000. | ||
A critical letter to Senator [[Claire McKaskill]] accuses McKenzie of participating in possibly illegal military [[information operations]] information that would have propagandized American citizens. This program was first defined by [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] in 2003; McKenzie's name does not appear in this policy document. <ref>{{citation | |||
| publisher = Department of Defense | |||
| title = Information Operations Roadmap | |||
| date = 30 October 2003 | |||
| author = [[Donald Rumsfeld]] | |||
| url = http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/info_ops_roadmap.pdf}}</ref> The letter appeared in the Congressional Quarterly/Roll Call blog, Congress.org. Its sender is not identified by name, only as being from Papillon, Nebraska. <ref>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?letter_id=4922172326 | |||
| title = Subject: DoD Information Operations: Rumsfeld's Roadmap to Illegal Propaganda | |||
| date = 25 March 2010 | |||
} journal = Congress.org | |||
}}</ref> In the "cast of characters of Rumsfeld's illegal propaganda operation," <blockquote>Luly 2003 May 2004. USAF Brig. Gen Kimber McKenzie (but on her USAF biography, there's no mention of her being associated with IO) Architect of USAF Cyber Command at Barksdale AFB. McKenzie was an intelligence agent and was the architect for DoD IO. She separated IO from J2, StratCom in July 2003 with NO funding, 50% of assigned personnel and no IO missions. She never achieved any IO benchmarks or milestones as recommended in the IO road map. She trash-mouthed her JIAPC personnel and transferred millions of dollars from JIAPC to her other pet projects. McKenzie retired from the USAF in November 2006 and bought a farm in Virginia.<blockquote> | |||
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Revision as of 08:57, 4 May 2010
Kimber L. McKenzie is a retired (2006) Major General in the U.S. Air Force, whose last assignment of record was Vice Commander, Eighth Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base. She had been a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1999-2000.
A critical letter to Senator Claire McKaskill accuses McKenzie of participating in possibly illegal military information operations information that would have propagandized American citizens. This program was first defined by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2003; McKenzie's name does not appear in this policy document. [1] The letter appeared in the Congressional Quarterly/Roll Call blog, Congress.org. Its sender is not identified by name, only as being from Papillon, Nebraska. [2] In the "cast of characters of Rumsfeld's illegal propaganda operation,"
Luly 2003 May 2004. USAF Brig. Gen Kimber McKenzie (but on her USAF biography, there's no mention of her being associated with IO) Architect of USAF Cyber Command at Barksdale AFB. McKenzie was an intelligence agent and was the architect for DoD IO. She separated IO from J2, StratCom in July 2003 with NO funding, 50% of assigned personnel and no IO missions. She never achieved any IO benchmarks or milestones as recommended in the IO road map. She trash-mouthed her JIAPC personnel and transferred millions of dollars from JIAPC to her other pet projects. McKenzie retired from the USAF in November 2006 and bought a farm in Virginia.
References
- ↑ Donald Rumsfeld (30 October 2003), Information Operations Roadmap, Department of Defense
- ↑ Subject: DoD Information Operations: Rumsfeld's Roadmap to Illegal Propaganda, 25 March 2010 } journal = Congress.org