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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The Pentagon has created battlefield intelligence
\n units that for the first time have been assigned to work directly with
\n Special Operations forces on secret counterterrorism missions, tasks
\n that had been largely the province of the Central Intelligence Agency,
\n senior Defense Department officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n
Wasn’t one of the identifiable problems contributing to 9\/11 the duplication of effort by agencies doing the same thing and not communicating with each other? The interagency squabble between CIA and Defense has from the New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The Pentagon has created battlefield intelligence units that for the first time have been assigned to work directly with Special Operations forces on secret counterterrorism missions, tasks that had been largely the province of the Central … Continue reading
\n been going on since long before the neo-cons got hold of the reins
\n of power.
\n What the military has against the CIA, basically, is that they are civilians,
\n which in addition to leaving them outside the warm glow of warrior male
\n bonding makes them susceptible to accountability and oversight by that
\n other most odious caldron of civilian interference – the US Congress.<\/em><\/p>\n