A New Intelligence Initiative Coming Out Of The Pentagon (Commentary)

The Pentagon's New Defense Clandestine Service -- Kerry Patton, American Thinker

Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported a new intelligence initiative coming out of the Pentagon. We are constantly reminded that intelligence agencies have difficulty sharing their work, yet the Pentagon has decided to create another intelligence agency -- the Defense Clandestine Service. Many professionals believe that this initiative is doomed to fail.

Since the technological revolution, intelligence-collection among human activity has swiftly deteriorated. Technology has superseded human intelligence (HUMINT) collection efforts with tools such as Signals Intelligence, Measures and Signatures Intelligence, and Open Source. Today, HUMINT has become an endangered species. The good news behind the newly formed Defense Clandestine Service demonstrates that America's HUMINT is like the bald eagle -- it may be endangered, but it is making a comeback.

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My Comment: What's my take with this new intelligence agency .... sighhhh .... Kerry Patton analysis is spot on .... it will probably be just as useless as all the other newly invented intelligence agencies that have been imposed on us over the past few years.

A New Intelligence Agency For The Pentagon

Pentagon Establishes Defense Clandestine Service, New Espionage Unit -- Washington Post

The Pentagon is planning to ramp up its spying operations against high-priority targets such as Iran under an intelligence reorganization aimed at expanding on the military’s espionage efforts beyond war zones, a senior defense official said Monday.

The newly created Defense Clandestine Service would work closely with the CIA — pairing two organizations that have often seen each other as rivals — in an effort to bolster espionage operations overseas at a time when the missions of the agency and the military increasingly converge.

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More News On The Pentagon's New Intelligence Service

Defense Department Plans New Intelligence Gathering Service -- New York Times
Pentagon reshapes spy service -- L.A. Times
Pentagon sets up new spy agency to eavesdrop on a changing world -- The Guardian
Pentagon Creates New Spy Service in Revamp -- Wall Street Journal
New Pentagon spy agency to focus on Iran, China -- AFP
Pentagon spies get new service, stepped up mission -- AP
Pentagon Launches New Spy Agency -- Slate
Pentagon creating new spy service -- Baltimore Sun
Pentagon creating new spy service -- Baltimore Sun
US spies to target Iranians, Chinese -- The Australian
U.S. reorganizing military intelligence -- UPI
New Defense Service Enhances Intelligence Capabilities -- US Department of Defense
Military reworking spy operations -- CNN
Pentagon to Establish Defense Clandestine Service -- RIA Novosti
The Pentagon Is Starting A Whole New Spy Agency To Steal Foreign Secrets -- Business Insider