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CIA Begins Sizing Up Islamic Extremists In Syria For Drone Strikes -- L.A. Times
The strategy is part of the agency's secret contingency planning to protect the U.S. and its allies as the violence there grows. Some militants in Syria are seen as closely linked to Al Qaeda.
WASHINGTON — The CIA has stepped up secret contingency planning to protect the United States and its allies as the turmoil expands in Syria, including collecting intelligence on Islamic extremists for the first time for possible lethal drone strikes, according to current and former U.S. officials.
President Obama has not authorized drone missile strikes in Syria, however, and none are under consideration.
The Counterterrorism Center, which runs the CIA’s covert drone killing program in Pakistan and Yemen, recently shifted several targeting officers to improve intelligence collection on militants in Syria who could pose a terrorist threat, the officials said.
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My Comment: So the U.S. is laying the groundwork to get involved in another conflict .... with no public debate, discussion, or (public) Congressional input.
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When all you've got is a hammer,
every problem looks like a nail.
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