New: Pentagon is planning to withdraw most support for CIA counter-terror missions by the beginning of the year, in a move expected to have a broad effect on the scope of the agency's paramilitary operations, CNN has learned. 1/
2/ Acting Def Sec Miller informed CIA Director Haspel of the decision in a letter this week. The changes, which will take place by January 5, involve returning DOD personnel detailed to the CIA & military equipment, incl Predator drones. W/ @rabrowne75 (@DefenseOne 1st reported)
3/ US military provides a wide range of support to CIA paramilitary operations, incl air transportation, logistics & medical evacuation. The move would be the latest major policy change since Pres Trump initiated a major shakeup at Pentagon following his loss to Joe Biden.
4/ News of the plan comes after CNN reported that a CIA operator was killed last month in an operation in Somalia, according to a senior administration official familiar with the matter. The officer was wounded in an operation in the country and later died, the official said.
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