The White House has intensified the Central Intelligence Agency’s drone missile campaign in Pakistan, approved raids against Qaeda operatives in Somalia and launched clandestine operations from Kenya. The administration has worked with European allies to dismantle terrorist groups in North Africa, efforts that include a recent French strike in Algeria. And the Pentagon tapped a network of private contractors to gather intelligence about things like militant hide-outs in Pakistan and the location of an American soldier currently in Taliban hands.

While the stealth war began in the Bush administration, it has expanded under President Obama, who rose to prominence in part for his early opposition to the invasion of Iraq. Virtually none of the newly aggressive steps undertaken by the United States government have been publicly acknowledged. In contrast with the troop buildup in Afghanistan, which came after months of robust debate, for example, the American military campaign in Yemen began without notice in December and has never been officially confirmed.

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The newspaper’s investigation found that nine years after the tragedy, the bureaucracy has become “so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.”

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See also:

“Top Secret America” Washington Post Investigation Reveals Massive, Unmanageable, Outsourced US Intelligence System
Democracy Now, Tues, Jul 20, 2010

America’s secret army: how the ‘war on terror’ created a new industry
The Guardian, Mon Jul 19, 2010
Since 9/11, US intelligence numbers have gone through the roof – and the budget is three times as high

Shadow government
Daily Kos, Mon Jul 19, 2010
Commentary on the Washington Post stories

A hidden world, growing beyond control
The Washington Post, Mon Jul 19, 2010
Part 1 of the series, Top Secret America, a Washington Post Investigation

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