Office of Strategic Influence
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Abbreviation | OSI |
Formation | 30 October 2001 |
Interests | War On Terror, B |
Part of the OSI's mission was to conduct covert disinformation and deception operations — planting false news items in the media and hiding their origins.[1]
The closure of the office was announced by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld soon after its existence became publicly known.