Pentagon Cancels Rendon Contract Over Profiling Flap
The Pentagon canceled its contract with the Rendon Group today, a week after Stars & Stripes first reported the firm’s controversial journalist profiling conducted for the military. An email from Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, a senior communicator in Afghanistan noted that the decision was his alone, and that the issue had become a distraction.
The Defense Department tried to downplay the timeline, and the nature of the profiles, till they started surfacing online. The DoD also denied that journalists were refused embed spots because of them.
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