National Pulse reported on May 18 that Newsweek exclusively revealed that some 60,000 people belong to a relatively large U.S. undercover unit that “works in a low-profile capacity as a masked agent.”
Newsweek reported that “the largest undercover unit the world has ever seen was created by the Pentagon in the past decade. “
The “extensive program” is called “signature reduction,” which is an attempt by security agencies to minimize their footprint in the surveillance field.
Newsweek said it participated in a two-year investigation in which “more than 600 resumes and 1,000 jobs were investigated, dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests were issued, and dozens of interviews were conducted with participants and defense policymakers to put together a more comprehensive picture of the covert force. “.
According to reports, the force is more than 10 times the size of the CIA’s clandestine personnel, who operate at home and abroad, both in uniform and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consulting firms, some of which are household names.
This unprecedented shift to a growing number of soldiers, civilians and contractors working under false identities is partly a natural consequence of the growth of clandestine special forces, but also a deliberate response to the challenges of travel and operations in an increasingly transparent world. In addition, the explosive growth of cyber warfare at the Pentagon has led to thousands of spies working under a variety of false identities on a daily basis.
Dozens of little-known secret government organizations support the program, issue classified contracts, and oversee these unseen operations.
According to Newsweek, the U.S. military wing is both secret and “completely unregulated,” and while no one knows exactly how large the program is, its existence “challenges U.S. law, the Geneva Conventions, military codes of conduct and basic accountability.
About 130 private companies bring in $900 million a year in revenue to serve the Signature Reduction Program.
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