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War Room’s Steve Bannon discussed combating the cartels with potential paramilitary operations. President Trump had designated the cartels a terrorist organization for their drug smuggling and human trafficking operations. Todd Bensman (the previous day) was telling Bannon that the cartels had the human smuggling part of their operation stopped since President Trump sealed the border. He explained that fentanyl and other drugs was mostly what they had left to profit off of. “The only thing they have left now is fentanyl and drugs,” Bensman said. “I think things are gonna go kinetic. I have a source that is a really...

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - The CIA and the Defense Department have rejected a call by the independent 9-11 commission to consolidate secret U.S. paramilitary operations within the Pentagon, including those in which the U.S. government wants its hand to remain hidden. The agencies have determined that each of them brings different capabilities to different situations and both should retain an ability to mount paramilitary operations, a participant in the study and U.S. officials familiar with its findings said Wednesday. Paramilitary operations, which are used to arm rebel organizations, destabilize governments, destroy targets or collect intelligence, are conducted by armed units...