More CIA Personnel To Be Stationed Overseas

CIA To Station More Analysts Overseas As Part Of Its Strategy -- Washington Post

The CIA's overseas expansion since Sept. 11, 2001, has mainly been evident on the operations side, with more case officers, more drone strikes and the distribution of a lot more cash. But the agency also has been sending abroad more employees from its less-flashy directorate, in what officials described as a major shift in how the agency trains and deploys its analysts.

One U.S. intelligence official said "hundreds" of analysts are already in overseas assignments, a number that is expected to grow under a plan unveiled this week by CIA Director Leon Panetta.

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My Comment: Is there a covert war happening out there .... when one considers the resources that the CIA is receiving now, it is clear (from this blogger's point of view) that the U.S. has made the decision that it will prioritize the use of it's intelligence services to fight Al Qaeda and their extremist allies instead of using the U.S. military. Stationing CIA analysts overseas is one of the many steps that will make this possible.