28 August 2009

"Aid workers" to be spies. Not a good time to be an
aid worker. Totally confirms why NGOs are viewed with
suspicion.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/spooks-to-tap-aid-workers-for-af-pak-knowledge/

Earlier this week, Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, won attention — and praise — for a plan to open an intelligence-training center that will allow military officers, intelligence analysts and covert agents to focus long-term on Afghanistan and Pakistan. But the plan has raised eyebrows in the humanitarian community, in part because of an apparent push to gather intelligence from aid workers.

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The Taliban view foreign non-governmental organizations and aid workers as legitimate targets.

Duh.