“Unfortunately, we continue to miss opportunities to clarify truth, counter distortions, puncture false narratives, and influence events in time to make a difference,' they added. military forces in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, as well as special operations troops, wrote to then-acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire last January. “We request this help to better enable the US, and by extension its allies and partners, to win without fighting, to fight now in so-called gray zones, and to supply ammunition in the ongoing war of narratives,' the commanders who oversee U.S.
But efforts to compete in the battle of ideas, they added, are hamstrung by overly stringent secrecy practices. Only by 'waging the truth in the public domain against America’s 21st century challengers” can Washington shore up support from American allies, they said.
