The CIA has always treated itself as a private quasi-military power. It was always able to borrow ordnance and vehicles from the US Military for their beloved black clandestine ops. Now? No longer. From Newsmax:
Pentagon to End Military Support for CIA Counterterrorism Missions
The Pentagon is planning to cut most of the military support it provides to the CIA’s counterterrorism missions by Jan. 5.
According to ABC News, the Pentagon has already informed the CIA of its plans. The network news attributed its information to a former senior administration intelligence official.
The decision, described as both surprising and unprecedented, was reportedly detailed in a letter by Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller to CIA Director Gina Haspel.
The CIA’s Special Activities Center has its own paramilitary force to carry out counterterrorism operations. However, it often relies on the military for transportation and logistical support, according to ABC News.
We do not need them. Let that agency wither on the vine. Move them to some abandoned shopping mall in Nebraska - let a small (80 people) core group operate there and retire the rest of them. What have they done for We The People?
They (OSS anyone?) - like a lot of other organizations (labor unions come to mind) - originally were a brilliant solution to a major problem but they grew complacent, fat, lazy. They failed to adapt and need to be disbanded.
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