Bell Pottinger Discovered in Deal with Pentagon to Make Fake Terrorist Videos
Between 2007 and 2011, documents show Bell Pottinger was paid $540 million by the Pentagon, securing an additional contract with the government defense and military complex in 2006 for $120 million. These funds were paid to the U.K. firm since U.S. law prohibits propaganda from the government being used on the U.S. people. Martin Wells, a former BP employee, broke the story to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism recently.
Wells was hired as a video editor and found himself in Baghdad two days later editing content at Camp Victory. While there, he was part of creating television ads showing Al-Qaeda in a negative light as well as content that appeared to come from “Arabic TV.” The Pentagon confirmed that BP worked with them on the Information Operations Task Force (IOTF), but says all the content was “truthful.” BP also worked on the Joint Psychological Operations Task Force. They also reported to the National Security Council and the CIA for similar tasks.
