Pentagon faults US official for creating spy ring in Pakistan: NYT
A senior U.S. Defence Department official violated the department’s rules and “deliberately misled” senior military officers when he set up a spy operation using private contractors in Pakistan and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Friday, citing a Pentagon inquiry report.
The report accuses Michael Furlong, the official, of running what amounted to an illegal spying ring of military contractors.
The Times quoted Pentagon spokesman Colonel David Lapan as saying the probe found that “further investigation is warranted of the misleading and incorrect statements the individual made” about the legality of the spy programme.Read More »Pentagon faults US official for creating spy ring in Pakistan: NYT