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December 3, 2012

Pentagon to Deploy Hundreds of Spies Worldwide 
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The Pentagon has confirmed plans to deploy hundreds of additional spies
overseas as part of an effort to expand its intelligence operations
worldwide. The Washington Post reports the Defense Intelligence Agency
hopes to use the covert operatives as part of an overall force of some
1,600 officials around the world. The proposed expansion would
ultimately result in what the Pentagon aims to be an espionage network
rivaling the CIA in size. It would also likely result in an increased
number of deadly air strikes and other covert actions that would
otherwise be subjected to congressional oversight.

 

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