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"All Necessary Means" -- Employing CIA Operatives in a Warfighting Role Alongside Special Operations Forces
by Colonel Kathryn Stone, US Army War College, April 7, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT................................................................................................................................................................iii
PREFACE...................................................................................................................................................................vii
“ALL NECESSARY MEANS” - EMPLOYING CIA OPERATIVES IN A WARFIGHTING ROLE
ALONGSIDE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES ..................................................................................................1
CURRENT UNITED STATES POLICY........................................................................... 3
OBJECTIVE (ENDS).................................................................................................... 3
WAYS......................................................................................................................... 3
RESOURCES/MEANS ................................................................................................. 4
RISKS......................................................................................................................... 5
DOD AND CIA AUTHORITIES AND MISSIONS ............................................................ 5
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE...................................................................................... 5
Legal Authority...........................................................................................................5
Roles and Missions....................................................................................................5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY............................................................................ 7
Legal Authority...........................................................................................................7
Roles and Missions....................................................................................................7
COVERT ACTION WITHIN DOD................................................................................. 10
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF INTEGRATED CIA-SOF WARFIGHTING........................ 14
DENIABILITY............................................................................................................. 14
LAWFUL ACTION...................................................................................................... 15
GENEVA CONVENTIONS .......................................................................................... 17
COMMAND AND CONTROL....................................................................................... 18
ADDITIONAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH INTEGRATED CIA-SOF WARFIGHTING... 21
CAPABILITIES-SHIFTING .......................................................................................... 21
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT................................................................................ 22
TARGETING.............................................................................................................. 22
vi
RECOMMENDATION................................................................................................. 23
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................... 25
ENDNOTES................................................................................................................................................................27
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................................................................41
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by Colonel Kathryn Stone, US Army War College, April 7, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT................................................................................................................................................................iii
PREFACE...................................................................................................................................................................vii
“ALL NECESSARY MEANS” - EMPLOYING CIA OPERATIVES IN A WARFIGHTING ROLE
ALONGSIDE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES ..................................................................................................1
CURRENT UNITED STATES POLICY........................................................................... 3
OBJECTIVE (ENDS).................................................................................................... 3
WAYS......................................................................................................................... 3
RESOURCES/MEANS ................................................................................................. 4
RISKS......................................................................................................................... 5
DOD AND CIA AUTHORITIES AND MISSIONS ............................................................ 5
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE...................................................................................... 5
Legal Authority...........................................................................................................5
Roles and Missions....................................................................................................5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY............................................................................ 7
Legal Authority...........................................................................................................7
Roles and Missions....................................................................................................7
COVERT ACTION WITHIN DOD................................................................................. 10
LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF INTEGRATED CIA-SOF WARFIGHTING........................ 14
DENIABILITY............................................................................................................. 14
LAWFUL ACTION...................................................................................................... 15
GENEVA CONVENTIONS .......................................................................................... 17
COMMAND AND CONTROL....................................................................................... 18
ADDITIONAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH INTEGRATED CIA-SOF WARFIGHTING... 21
CAPABILITIES-SHIFTING .......................................................................................... 21
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT................................................................................ 22
TARGETING.............................................................................................................. 22
vi
RECOMMENDATION................................................................................................. 23
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................... 25
ENDNOTES................................................................................................................................................................27
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................................................................41
Download (http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/stone.pdf) in .pdf format (150kB)