“Small teams are locating and killing bad guys. That’s what we are doing.” The official in charge of the hit teams was a senior aide to CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who Trump just nominated to be secretary of state.
The Central Intelligence Agency has been deploying small teams of commandos to kill selected suspected terrorists, according to two sources familiar with the program.
The program, which has not been previously disclosed, is coordinated by units from the CIA’s Special Activities Center, which oversees the agency’s paramilitary capability, the sources said.
The CIA denied that it has such a program. “Your story is wrong,” said Ryan Trapani, an agency spokesperson.
Director Mike Pompeo, who President Trump has just tapped to become secretary of state, has publicly said the agency will become more “aggressive” and “vicious” but has not mentioned the new effort to kill terrorists.
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Update: Trump’s Pick For Secretary Of State Reportedly Set Up ‘Kill Teams’ Of Commandos At The CIA (Task & Purpose/Business Insider)
WNU Editor: The U.S. has been targeting terrorists since 9/11. The whole purpose of the drone program was just that .... observe and gather intelligence, and if a high value target shows up .... take him out. So why the uproar over reports that the CIA has now set up commando units to track and kill terrorists. The mission is still the same .... gather intelligence and if a high value target is present, take him out.
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The CIA admitted that they had participated in the Iranian overthrow of the government way back in the 1950s. So who exactly are the terrorists?
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