Many Pentagon officials oppose the Defense Science Board's call for a new senior post to oversee intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance for counterinsurgency operations, a source with knowledge of the discussions told Inside the Pentagon. Defense officials critical of the idea argue that a new ISR post "isn't the way to go in view of a constrained budget," the source said. The DSB's report, released in May, outlined ways DOD intelligence could better support counterinsurgency operations. The panel urged the...
