Free Republic

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2006 -- Terrorists operating in Iraq are staging attacks that garner negative press coverage so that the American people become soured on the war, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told two radio talk show hosts yesterday. “You know, they're very good at manipulating the American press and managing the news in a way that advantages them and tries to break the will of the American people,” Rumsfeld told Bill LuMaye during a telephone interview on WPTF in Raleigh, N.C. “And they're good at it. They know what they're doing. They consciously plan their attacks to achieve...