Working for the enemy

Wikileaks releases yet another essential document from the “war on terror.” The Human Terrain Team Handbook is used by the US military to allegedly intergrate into various foreign lands:

According to the handbook, HTTs [Human Terrain Teams] are 5-9 person intelligence teams made up of serving military, contractors and “academicians”. The teams are designed to assist a commander’s irregular warfare operations by using anthropological and intelligence techniques to exploit cultural, political and family relationships in a region.

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