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08-10-2021, 08:15 AM
7 Oct, 2021 14:10
The head of the CIA has announced a number of changes, including the launch of two new mission centers focused exclusively on China and new technology respectively, as well as streamlining the agency’s talent recruitment.
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China has been in the crosshair of consecutive US administrations, which have ramped up pressure against Beijing, from the Obama-era “pivot to Asia,” through Trump’s trade wars and Covid-19 coverup accusations, to Biden’s closer engagement with Taiwan. The China center is meant to enhance the CIA’s intelligence-gathering and other activities targeting Beijing.
The other new bureaucratic unit, intended to work in tandem with the first, is called the Transnational and Technology Mission Center. Its purpose is to tackle global issues like pandemics and climate change, as well as monitor new technologies that would help the US stay competitive in the 21st century, including by assisting CIA operations.
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While two new CIA mission centers will be created, two existing ones – dedicated to Iran and North Korea – will be folded into the Near East Mission Center and the East Asia and Pacific Center respectively, according to media reports. China was handled by the latter before meriting a more dedicated approach.
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under Director Mike Pompeo the agency was preparing plans to assassinate or abduct WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The agency was reportedly ready to engage in battles on the streets of London to stop a possible exfiltration of Assange by Russian operatives, which never happened. The US is currently trying to extradite the Australian citizen from Britain to try him over alleged computer crimes under the Espionage Act.
https://www.rt.com/usa/536866-cia-reform...Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Email
The head of the CIA has announced a number of changes, including the launch of two new mission centers focused exclusively on China and new technology respectively, as well as streamlining the agency’s talent recruitment.
......
China has been in the crosshair of consecutive US administrations, which have ramped up pressure against Beijing, from the Obama-era “pivot to Asia,” through Trump’s trade wars and Covid-19 coverup accusations, to Biden’s closer engagement with Taiwan. The China center is meant to enhance the CIA’s intelligence-gathering and other activities targeting Beijing.
The other new bureaucratic unit, intended to work in tandem with the first, is called the Transnational and Technology Mission Center. Its purpose is to tackle global issues like pandemics and climate change, as well as monitor new technologies that would help the US stay competitive in the 21st century, including by assisting CIA operations.
......
While two new CIA mission centers will be created, two existing ones – dedicated to Iran and North Korea – will be folded into the Near East Mission Center and the East Asia and Pacific Center respectively, according to media reports. China was handled by the latter before meriting a more dedicated approach.
......
under Director Mike Pompeo the agency was preparing plans to assassinate or abduct WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The agency was reportedly ready to engage in battles on the streets of London to stop a possible exfiltration of Assange by Russian operatives, which never happened. The US is currently trying to extradite the Australian citizen from Britain to try him over alleged computer crimes under the Espionage Act.
https://www.rt.com/usa/536866-cia-reform...Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Email
