Information ops

Marines need lawyers, not tech for information ops

“The first is law. The first thing we need are lawyers because this really means the lexicon we have is already steeped in Congress. We have to make sure we’re talking the right language.”

Crall alluded to operations that had been planned but never executed, authorities that “sit distant on the shelf never to be utilized because we’ve never crossed the right wickets,” adding that words matter in this field.

While other nations and adversaries have been doing this for a while, Crall noted the U.S. has been late to the party, but for good reasons.

“We have a government that values many of the amendments that we have that we hold dear and we want to make sure we’re not administering any of this against a western audience,” he said. “Those are good things, by the way. Those restrictions and rules are what makes us unique. Our adversaries don’t have any of those considerations.”