On December 25, New York Times reporter David Barstow filed this update on the scandal that he broke back in 2008: A Pentagon public relations program that sought to transform high-profile military analysts into "surrogates" and "message force multipliers" for the Bush administration complied with Defense Department regulations and directives, the Pentagon's inspector general has concluded after a two-year investigation. Those who don't recall Barstow's original story can catch up by reading this FAIR action alert (4/22/08): According to the Times, the Pentagon recruited over 75 retired generals to act as "message force multipliers" in support of the Iraq War, [...]