Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "has transformed himself from corporate henchman to a crusty old guy who can say anything any time with few repercussions," writes James Ridgeway. "Last year he wanted to set up a special propaganda bureau called the Office of Strategic Influence, but he had to close it down amid reports it was putting out false information in an effort to sway public opinion.

The New York Times has profiled Russ Kick's "memory hole" web site, which saves official documents from oblivion and posts them online. "I'm certainly not a journalist in the normal sense of the word," Kick says. "I'm more of an information archaeologist. I'm trying to get the stuff that's either been purposely buried or just covered over by time."

Georgia Military College officials sent out a news release earlier this week inviting reporters to hear a speech by a helicopter pilot involved in Jessica Lynch's rescue. When they came, however, the college informed them that the pilot, Marine Maj. Craig Kopel, didn't want the news media around. When reporters stayed, hoping to interview and photograph Kopel, the college said they were trespassing and called the police on them.