Pentagon sets up private intelligence in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Pentagon official set up private intelligence in Afghanistan and Pakistan US Department of Defense official Michael Farlong hired private detectives to collect intelligence about militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Since he thereby violated the rules prohibiting the use of civilian contractors for intelligence activities, the Pentagon is conducting a criminal investigation against Farlong. Farlong collected the information collected in this way to military units and intelligence representatives. The private company, whose employees were recruited by Farlong to carry out his assignments, belongs to retired special forces officers, and some sources said that the operations they carried out were not recorded through official channels. However, the information they received was indeed used to track down and destroy the militants. Sources do not know who covered Farlong and note that the money that he paid for the work done was apparently redistributed from the program for collecting information on the social and tribal structure of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Source: [url = http: //www.newsru.com/world/15mar2010/furlong.html] https://www.newsru.com/world/15mar2010/furlong.html [/ url]

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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