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Pete Hegseth’s secret ‘movie-level spy craft’ agency sparks oversight alarm: report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has spent months quietly standing up a new covert agency that has insiders worried about who's watching it. The Technology Support Office, or TSO, was set up in April to secretly undermine rival nations' defense technology, Politico reported Thursday, citing a dozen current and former national security officials.…

Sources (1)· Oct 22, 9:58 PM

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Raw Story· Oct 22, 9:58 PMPete Hegseth’s secret ‘movie-level spy craft’ agency sparks oversight alarm: report

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