Posted 18 мая 2021,, 06:41

Published 18 мая 2021,, 06:41

Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37

Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37

Newsweek reports 60,000-strong US secret army

Newsweek reports 60,000-strong US secret army

18 мая 2021, 06:41
Фото: US Navy
According to the American magazine Newsweek, over the past ten years, the Pentagon has created a separate 60,000-strong army within the military department, which is used in "hybrid wars" with China and Russia, in the fight against terrorists and is building its influence on the Internet.

Employees of the "secret army", the number of which is already 10 times more than the number of underground CIA employees, work both in combat zones and behind enemy lines under cover, reports Newsweek. At the same time, the fastest growing units of this grouping were the units of "cyber fighters".

Uncontrolled by anyone other than the leadership of the military department, the military operates both inside the United States and abroad, both in military uniform and under the guise of civilians. The program involves about 130 private companies, which spend more than $ 900 million on it annually. They, in particular, create false documentation, pay bills and taxes of employees under false names, create special devices for wiretapping and surveillance, which are used even in the most remote corners of Africa and the Middle East. Some also work deep in the rear, in countries such as Iran and North Korea.

Cyber fighters of the secret American army also work under false names, collecting information on the Internet and participating in campaigns of influence on social networks, RBC notes.

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