Pentagon official ran private spy network, lied to investigators: report

Pentagon official ran private spy network, lied to investigators: report

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A senior Pentagon official broke Department of Defense rules and lied to military officials when he set up a network of private contractors to spy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The New York Times reported Friday. Pentagon rules forbid using contractors as spies.

Furlong's network was made up of small companies -- including one run by an ex-CIA agent -- that used agents in Afghanistan and Pakistan to gather intelligence on militant groups.

It operated under a 22 million dollar contract run by Lo

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t operated under a 22 million dollar contract run by Lockheed Martin, according to the Times.

The very last sentence in the article (below), IMO, says it all. How much you want to bet that this is in the wikileaked files and that they decided to get in front of this one?

Furlong, a senior Air Force civilian official, told the newspaper that his work had been approved by a number of senior military officers in Afghanistan, and that he misled no one.

I believe him.

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