 In 2000, it came to light that soldiers from the 4th Psychological Operations Group had been interning at the American news networks Cable News Network (CNN) and National Public Radio (NPR) during the late 1990s.The program was an attempt to provide its PSYOP personnel with the expertise developed by the private sector under its "Training with Industry" program.The program caused concern about the influence these soldiers might have on American news and the programs were terminated.