US Considering New Covert Push Into Pakistan
President Bush's senior national security advisers are debating whether to expand the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
The debate is in response to intelligence reports that Al Qaeda and the Taliban are intensifying efforts to destabilize the Pakistani government, according to several senior administration officials.




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New York Times | Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger and Steven Lee Myers | January 5, 2008 11:10 PM