February 04, 2021

Rep. Ruben Gallego to head panel overseeing Pentagon's intelligence, special operations

Rep. Ruben Gallego will head a new House panel with oversight of the Pentagon's special operations and military intelligence, a post with new interest after Congress belatedly learned of troops in unexpected hot spots in recent years.

Gallego, D-Ariz., said he wants the House Armed Services subcommittee he will chair to examine the "use, and I would say abuse," of special operations, whose deployments are sometimes opaque even for members of Congress.

"Special ops are used around the world a little too much to avoid scrutiny and, potentially, public pushback," he said. "That causes certain precarious situations."


Source:

Ronald J. Hansen, Arizona Republic