Obama Authorizes Secret Support For Libya Rebels -- Reuters
President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks, according to four U.S. government sources familiar with the matter.
Such findings are a principal form of presidential directive used to authorize secret operations by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA and the White House declined immediate comment.
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My Comment: Is this a surprise? No .... what I would like to know is to what extent this secret assistance is. But I guess I will only find out long after this war is over.
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