When I refer to the Scorpion program, I’m not referring to the fictional new show on CBS about a small group of geniuses working for the Department of Homeland Security. The Scorpion program I’m referring to is the National Security Agency’s (NSA) version, albeit on a much smaller scale, of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Global Response Staff, or GRS program. The GRS has gained recognition recently due to the role they played in mounting a rescue operation of U.S. diplomats and staff during the Benghazi attack in 2012. The GRS mission calls for the security, sometimes undercover, of the CIA’s case officers on the ground. Five of the last 14 CIA employees killed in recent years were part of GRS. Read more: sofrep/38990/glimpse-nsas-secret-combat-missions-overseas/#ixzz3LdM7Mn7N
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:26:54 +0000
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