Thursday, January 3, 2013

More Questions Are Being Raised On The Conduct Of The CIA's "Global Response Staff" (GRS).

Missteps By CIA's Shadowy Military Wing Highlight The Agency's Troubling Shift To Militancy -- Business Insider

In the years since the Afghanistan invasion, the CIA, long a covert intelligence gathering body, entered a phase of growing militancy that has rendered headline after headline in U.S. mainstream media — and that's due in no small part to its relationship with military operators.

On December 26th, Greg Miller and Julie Tate of the Washington Post published an article about something called the "Global Response Staff" (GRS).

From their post:

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My Comment: As I had commented in my previous post on this subject .... this work is incredibly dangerous .... and vitally essential. 'Screw-ups' and disasters are going to occur .... it is the nature of the work and the environment that many of these men work in. Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan .... and God knows where else .... problems and threats are always going to be present when you work in these regions, and because of the nature of international terrorism and the reach of Al Qaeda ... going home is not an option .... someone has to go there and stay there to assist the intelligence and diplomatic officials who are there and who are trying their best to stop the next terror attack and/or threat.

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