National Security

CIA Using Paramilitary Teams to Kill Terrorists

ON THE GROUND

Under the Trump administration, the agency is reportedly growing its paramilitary operations in their Special Activities Center.

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The Central Intelligence Agency has been sending teams of commandos to kill alleged terrorists overseas, despite an Obama-era effort to cease the use of “assassination squads” by the agency, according to a report from BuzzFeed News.

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