The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA's historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld broad authority over clandestine operations abroad...

http://snipurl.com/c9bu


Source confirms clandestine intelligence unit :

The official said Congress had been notified about the formation of "this kind of activity," but might have been told of the program several months ago when it had a different name.

http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/22086.asp


CIA in decline, Pentagon on the rise:

The recent revelation that the Department of Defense has been operating its own espionage arm for the last two years confirms Rumsfeld’s success in sidelining the CIA.

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/infoservice/secwatch/details.cfm?id=10626


From Information Clearing House