Not only do we have the war on terror, we may now have a big "human intelligence" turf war heating up between the CIA and Pentagon.
It really looks like these guys are making headway in working together and sharing intelligence, right, well--wrong..
Can't we all just get along?
President Bush's selection of Gen. Michael V. Hayden to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency sets the stage for new wrangling with the Pentagon, which is rapidly expanding its own global spying and terrorist-tracking operations, both long considered C.I.A. roles.
Overseeing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's drive to broaden the military's clandestine reconnaissance and man-hunting missions is Stephen A. Cambone, the Pentagon's intelligence czar and one of Mr. Rumsfeld's most trusted aides, whose low public profile masks his influence as one of the nation's most powerful intelligence officials.
Since his office was created three years ago, Mr. Cambone and his deputy, Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, a former commander of the Army's elite Delta Force, have carried out a wide-ranging restructuring of the Pentagon's sprawling intelligence bureaucracy.
I guess these guys are feuding in private because no one has the guts to go on public record right now. We'll just have to wait for the next round of General retirements to get the juicy gossip.
Too bad.
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