BU Now » intertional relations http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Secret U.S. military ops in MidEast http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/25/secret-u-s-military-ops-in-mideast/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/05/25/secret-u-s-military-ops-in-mideast/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 18:58:31 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5708 Gen. Davide PatraeusThe New York Times reports that Gen. David Patraeus, the top American commander in the Middle East, has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity across the region in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats.  International Relations Professor Joseph Wippl, director of the BU Center for International Relations and a 30-year CIA operations officer, says the U.S. Armed Forces and the CIA have always had different areas of responsibility and he presumes Defense Secretary Gates knows the boundaries.

“The problem is balancing, on the one hand, the need for tactical intelligence to defend the United States with, on the other hand, the temptation to engage needlessly with U.S. military forces.”

Contact Joseph Wippl, 617-353-8992, jwippl@bu.edu

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