Quote from wilburbear:
Ah, yes. Here it is. The change in propaganda law was attempted in May.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/congressmen-seek-to-lift-propaganda-ban
Stratfor, the private intelligence firm closely linked to the U.S. government, had its emails hacked months before this attempted change in propaganda law in May.
Stratfor and the U.S. government knew the emails would be leaked in pieces, and that the emails would reveal unlawful U.S. government propaganda campaigns against its own citizens.
So why not get ahead of the game, and try to change the law regarding
government propaganda? The CIA and FBI knew what they were doing was wrong. That's why they tried to change the law.
Reader bonus: the U.S. government and Pentagon were so sensitive to examination of this issue that they attempted the rarely-utilized strategy of attacking 2 journalists who were working on this story (see the link above).
2nd bonus: an eagle-eyed, tech-savvy reader discovered the IP address used to attack the reporters had redirected to the NSA(!), and described his findings in the comments section of a news story on this issue.
I will also attempt to find that and post it here.