Friday, September 9, 2011

CIA Unwilling To Give Special Operations Commandos The Lead For All Covert Military Action


Military, CIA Shun 9/11 Panel On Covert Operations -- Washington Times

Special-ops lead urged in report.

The U.S. military and the CIA failed to agree on implementing a key recommendation of the commission that investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks: Give special-operations commandos the lead for all covert military action.

The 9/11 Commission ordered the shift in response to concerns that CIA covert action — a mainstay of the agency’s World War II predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services — had “atrophied.” The agency also had a “risk averse” approach to spying and semisecret military activities.

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My Comment: It appears that some officials want to protect their turf .... and with no direction from their political masters (who always try their best to avoid being accountable for their decisions) .... we now have an impasse that should not be there at all.

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