- The CIA is reportedly using small teams of commandos to kill suspected terrorists.
- The program was launched by CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
- Pompeo has been picked to take over the State Department.
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Trump's pick for secretary of state reportedly set up 'kill teams' of commandos at the CIA
The CIA denied that the agency was running such a program, with a spokesman telling BuzzFeed, "Your story is wrong."
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As director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo reportedly set up small teams of commandos to kill suspected terrorists, according to a report by BuzzFeed.
Pompeo, who has said the agency would become more "aggressive" and "vicious," pushed for such lethal operations after he took over the agency in January 2017. The military and the National Security Council were initially resistant to the plan, according to BuzzFeed, but the proposal was eventually approved.
"They are getting people on targeting lists," one of the sources told BuzzFeed. "Small teams are locating and killing bad guys. That's what we are doing."
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