US Navy Clandestine Activities
By Cliff Montgomery – July 31st, 2018Most people understand the importance of keeping a leash on U.S. intelligence organizations like the C.I.A. Few people would think of keeping a similar control on the Navy.Yet “in the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Navy has carried out a variety of Irregular Warfare (IW) and Counter-Terrorism (CT) activities” that often “blurred the traditional lines between soldier and spy,” according to an eye-opening study recently released by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).The extreme secrecy of the Navy’s clandestine activities “makes it impossible to fully assess its record and the…