Image: A US official organized a network of private contractors to kill Islamic militants, The New York Times has said. Photo AFPContractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
The official, Michael D. Furlong, hired contractors from private security companies that employed former C.I.A. and Special Forces operatives. The contractors, in turn, gathered intelligence on the whereabouts of suspected militants and the location of insurgent camps, and the information was then sent to military units and intelligence officials for possible lethal action in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the officials said.
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More News On The Hiring Of Contractors To Conduct Intelligence Against the Taliban
Official: Pentagon probing alleged spy operation -- AP
Pentagon considers Afghanistan spy ring claim -- BBC
Pentagon eyes contractor ties to hunt for militants -- Washington Post/Reuters
Pentagon spy network hired to 'track and kill' -- The Telegraph
Pentagon reviewing report of private spy network -- AFP
Off-the-Books ‘Jason Bournes’ in Afghanistan? -- The Danger Room
My Comment: Sub-contracting out a war .... mankind has been doing that since the beginning of time.
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