WSJ: trump gave the CIA the right to destroy the militants, using drones
MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. The US President Donald trump has given the Central intelligence Agency (CIA) the right to use drones to eliminate militants. On Monday night, reported the electronic version of the newspaper the Wall Street Journal, citing informed sources.
As the newspaper notes, such a policy does not correspond to the course of the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, who on the contrary had limited paramilitary role for the CIA. First intelligence Agency has used drones and other tools of intelligence to identify the location of the terrorists, then blow on targets inflicted by the military. Now the CIA has the ability to conduct operations against terrorists on their own.
The Wall Street Journal draws attention to the fact that the CIA is not supposed to report on the number of the killed fighters is unlike the Pentagon, which should report the most recent air strikes and their results.
According to the newspaper, the first time the CIA has used new powers at the end of February to destroy one of the leaders of the terrorist group “al-Qaeda” (banned in Russia) in Syria named Abu al-Kheir al-Masri. Despite the fact that on liquidation of the militants was later revealed, information that the operation for its destruction has been carried out with the participation of the CIA, was not disclosed.
At the moment, the CIA, the Pentagon and the White house to discuss long-term strategy for counter-terrorism operations and distribute spheres of influence, reports the newspaper.
The Pentagon and the CIA declined to comment on this information.