Trump Secretly Authorized CIA To Run "Very Aggressive" Cyberwar Ops With No Oversight

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/16/2020 - 19:50 A bombshell new investigative report in Yahoo News could shed light on the recent spate of 'mystery' blasts rocking strategic Iranian sites like Natanz nuclear plant and ballistic missile bases. The report details that in 2018 President Trump issued a 'secret authorization' essentially allowing a 'gloves off' approach by US intelligence agencies in conducting cyber warfare against Iran and other so-called rogue states:The Central Intelligence Agency has conducted a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets since winning a secret victory in 2018 when President Trump signed what amounts to a sweeping authorization for such activities, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the matter.File image via Outside the BeltwayIt appears the kind of hidden 'dirty war' operations which accompanied the Washington's long-running proxy war against Assad in Syria. This amid a broader Iran policy spanning across administrations - through at least the Bush years - targeting Tehran for regime change. "The secret authorization, known as a presidential finding, gives the spy agency more freedom in both the kinds of operations it conducts and who it targets, undoing many restrictions that had been in place under prior administrations," the report continues. "The finding allows the CIA to more easily authorize its own covert cyber operations, rather than requiring the agency to get approval from the White House."But it's not just Iran, according to the report, but other 'official enemies' and so-called rogue states like North Korea, and including Russia and China.This also as both Russia and China have this week stood accused of attempting to hack US labs and pharmaceutical companies to gain valuable coronavirus research and vaccine development information. The Yahoo News report continues: The “very aggressive” finding “gave the agency very specific authorities to really take the fight offensively to a handful of adversarial countries,” said a former U.S. government official. These countries include Russia, China, Iran and North Korea — which are mentioned directly in the document — but the finding potentially applies to others as well, according to another former official. “The White House wanted a vehicle to strike back,” said the second former official. “And this was the way to do it.”Trump authorized covert ops when Pompeo was director of CIA, then made him Secretary of State. One goal of operation is *destabilizing*

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