The Pentagon has informed the CIA that it is weighing an end to most of its support to the CIA's counterterrorism missions.
abcnews.go.com
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In a surprising move, the Pentagon has told the Central Intelligence Agency that it plans to end the majority of the military support it provides to the agency's counterterrorism missions by Jan. 5, according to a former senior administration intelligence official.
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Defense One was
first to report that the Pentagon was reviewing its support to the CIA.
The online defense news outlet cited multiple officials as saying the intent behind the move is to see if Defense Department personnel "detailed" to the CIA should be diverted from counterterrorism missions and toward missions related to competition with Russia and China. Multiple former and current administration and military officials confirmed this to ABC News.
That diversion from counterterrorism missions would be in line with the National Defense Strategy that pushes the military's focus away from the regional wars in the Middle East towards near-peer competitors like Russia and China.
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As detailed in the ABC News article, the CIA is not happy about this, and anticipates its being reversed -- or having its budget increased to compensate for such diversion of special operations troops -- with the incoming administration (meaning Biden's).
As touched on earlier on this thread, such changes were initiated in 2018 and approved by both parties.
excerpt, Defense One article linked to above:
In 2018, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis rolled out a
national defense strategy announcing that the United States would prioritize so-called near-peer competitors over the counterterrorism missions of the last 20 years. The strategy was embraced by Republicans and Democrats alike, but the precise role of special operators in this new paradigm has remained a point of debate and academic study.
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