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The Information Operations Roadmap is a document commissioned by
the Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As ...
in 2003 and declassified in January 2006. The document was personally approved by former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,Rumsfeld's Roadmap to Propaganda
by National Security Archive, January 26, 2006
and describes the United States Military's approach to Information operations, with an emphasis on the
Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...
.


See also

* Computer network operations * Electronic warfare *
Military deception Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action or inaction that creates favorable conditions for the deceiving force. This is usually ...
* Operations security *
Propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...
* Psychological operations (United States) *
Psychological warfare Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PsyOp), has been known by many other names or terms, including Military Information Support Operations ( MISO), Psy Ops, political warfare, "Hearts and Mi ...
* PSYOP * War on Terrorism


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PDF of this document

Information Operations Roadmap
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, January 27, 2006 {{Disinformation 2003 documents Psychological warfare Counterterrorism United States Department of Defense publications Counterterrorism in the United States Propaganda in the United States