The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in „psychological operations“ to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators..

„My job in psy-ops is to play with people’s heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave,“ says Lt. Colonel Michael Holmes, the leader of the IO unit, who received an official reprimand after bucking orders. „I’m prohibited from doing that to our own people. When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressman, you’re crossing a line.“