see url:
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881
see full article and video....A classic example of "small"
government....in practice...😉
Quote<<<
The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created
by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to
this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low
profile, all part of a broad program called "signature reduction." The
force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the
CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military
uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes
hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household
name companies.
The unprecedented shift has placed an ever greater number of soldiers,
civilians, and contractors working under false identities, partly as a
natural result in the growth of secret special forces but also as an
intentional response to the challenges of traveling and operating in an
increasingly transparent world. The explosion of Pentagon cyber warfare,
moreover, has led to thousands of spies who carry out their day-to-day
work in various made-up personas, the very type of nefarious operations
the United States decries when Russian and Chinese spies do the same.
Newsweek's exclusive report on this secret world is the result of a
two-year investigation involving the examination of over 600 resumes and
1,000 job postings, dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests, and
scores of interviews with participants and defense decision-makers. What
emerges is a window into not just a little-known sector of the American
military, but also a completely unregulated practice. No one knows the
program's total size, and the explosion of signature reduction has never
been examined for its impact on military policies and culture. Congress
has never held a hearing on the subject. And yet the military developing
this gigantic clandestine force challenges U.S. laws, the Geneva
Conventions, the code of military conduct and basic accountability.
>>>End of Quote