Geoff Gray writes, "what looks to be a 2006 version of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth [3] has formed. The putatively grassroots organization called Vets for Freedom [4] has been offering up decorated, interview-ready soldiers to, as its website puts it [5], 'promote the unbiased, nonpartisan truth of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, to educate the public and mobilize public support for the Global War on Terror [6].' Their offensive started in April, when former Bush press secretary Taylor Gross [7] ... tempted newspaper editors ... with inexpensive war coverage—'unbiased perspectives' that 'would not be at any significant cost.' Gross had no takers. Then, over Memorial Day, Owen West [8], a Goldman Sachs commodities trader, Marine reservist, and adventure-book author published an op-ed in the Times [9] in which he lashed out against war opponents ... . John Stauber [10], executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy [11], thought the Vets’ Website looked suspiciously un-grassroots. ... The group’s Website is hosted by Campaign Solutions [12], a high-profile political consultancy that does Republican-campaign web work. Clients have included Bush-Cheney ’04 and the Swift Boat Vets. 'Vets for Freedom are the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth' of the ’06 cycle, says Stauber."