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2021-05-18 -Land of the Free

Pentagon's secret army: Shadowy 60K-strong undercover force operating across globe, specializes in cutting-edge 'signature reduction' espionage techniques, has $900B budget

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-05-18 00:28|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Run and controlled by whom?

Posted by 3dc 2021-05-18 03:58|| 2021-05-18 03:58|| Front Page Top

#2 This article itself is signature reduction, maintaining the facade of the DoD being only an externally focused quantity.

Sigredux, as many here will know, is not part of the prosecution process, or pursuing targets. It is only concerned with facilitating ease of operability in sensitive environments. Budgets for it are way higher than even operations. As most deniable capacities go, it is too much power and has come to be used often for political interests than defense.

In light of this, and the ⭔'s sudden interest in domestic politics, I wonder what that 'shadowy force' and $900B budget will actually be used for.

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Posted by Dron66046 2021-05-18 04:47|| 2021-05-18 04:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes....And?

Posted by Sonny Black 2021-05-18 06:49|| 2021-05-18 06:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps someone has watched the Bourne Ultimatum a few too many times ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-18 07:02|| 2021-05-18 07:02|| Front Page Top

#5 I've been reading about this organization frequently. Sounds like they will be hunting political opponents soon.

Posted by Spoter B 2021-05-18 07:05|| 2021-05-18 07:05|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Links? Additional information? I am skeptical, but as always.... remain open about these matters.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-18 07:08|| 2021-05-18 07:08|| Front Page Top

#7 For those on the outside, the size of the Regular Army is limited. It's not a question of just money. The size is set by Congress. When you are capped at 480,000 active duty, the number 60,000 would have a serious impact up manning everything else even if it was just a major share of the total. Manning is a big thing and tracked accordingly. Units not in deployment are often under strength. Officer strength by grade is also limited by law.

The overall population is regularly decremented by those in training, those in hospital, and those in transit. There is a lot of training; entry, skill, and multiple mandatory career development. That's why so many reserve and National Guard units now deploy from home stations. The bodies are not there to cover so many commitments.

Every military commander is always screaming to fill their shortages, both by numbers and skills. You better believe they know the personnel inventory that the service has.

Someone is pulling something out of their rectal orifice here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-05-18 07:46|| 2021-05-18 07:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Bear in mindd that the Newsweek article: Inside the Military's Secret Undercover Army, is written by notorious left winger William M. Arkin, a man who despises the US military.

Posted by Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-05-18 07:55|| 2021-05-18 07:55|| Front Page Top

#9 No way it has a 900 billion dollar budget.

Posted by Dacama 2021-05-18 07:56|| 2021-05-18 07:56|| Front Page Top

#10 ..got to remember the audience these people write for believe the DoD money is half the national budget. Was in around 1960, its now about 12%.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-05-18 08:02|| 2021-05-18 08:02|| Front Page Top

#11 So Posse Comitatus has died and gone away?

Posted by Mercutio 2021-05-18 08:23|| 2021-05-18 08:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Does the author also write those Chinese Wuxia stories? The ones where the main character has to travel 10,000 kilometers to commute to his day job?

Posted by magpie 2021-05-18 10:03|| 2021-05-18 10:03|| Front Page Top

#13 it has a 900 ~~billion~~ million dollar budget.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-05-18 13:13|| 2021-05-18 13:13|| Front Page Top

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